Featured Anesthesiology Members

Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: February 2022

Leslie has worked at WashU for 10 years, the majority of which she has worked for the Department of Anesthesiology. She currently works in the anesthesiology business office working as Senior Analyst of Finance and Planning. In her role, she oversees the account payable and payroll roles. Her duties include preparation of revenue and expense financial reports, forecasts and annual reports. Additionally, she prepares and verifies department accounting record entries and journals. Leslie also prepares presentations for quarterly division financial meetings and annual chairman presentations.

Fun fact – Leslie’s grandmother was the director of personnel in HR for 30 years. That is one of the reasons she was interested in working at WashU!

Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: April 2025

Dr. Stephanie Link joined the Department of Anesthesiology as an Assistant Professor in 2024. She completed medical training at Lincoln Memorial University, followed by an internal medicine residency and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Saint Louis University. Dr. Link practices primarily at Belleville Memorial Hospital, where she was born and worked before medical school. She is grateful for the opportunity to serve the community that shaped her.

Outside of work, Dr. Link loves spending time with her nearby family and spoiling her poodle, Bentley. Her hobbies include creating art and working on a home renovation.

Qin Liu is a professor of anesthesiology at WashU Medicine. She joined the Department of Anesthesiology in 2012 following her postdoctoral training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her research was focused on the neurobiology of pain, itch, and mechanosensation. Recently, she has developed a keen interest in the sensory biology behind sneezing, coughing, and weeping.

Qin and her husband have a seven-year-old son who is active in hockey, tennis, and chess. Most weekends, she serves as her son’s Uber driver, driving him to various hockey games and chess tournaments. In her free time, she enjoys reading, hiking, and cooking. She has recently enrolled in tennis classes and plans to start playing tennis in 2026.

Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: July 2025

Dr. Lizzo is an assistant professor in the Division of Critical Care in the Department of Anesthesiology. She practices as an intensivist at multiple hospitals within the BJC system caring for critical patient populations in the community on the ground and in a telemedicine role. She also practices in the surgical ICUs at BJH, caring for complex patients and providing high quality medical education at the bedside with a focus on providing excellent patient centered care with compassion.

She grew up in the Chicago area and attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for her undergraduate studies. She completed a Bachelor of Science in molecular & cellular biology there while beginning her journey into medicine as an EMT, volunteering in that capacity and teaching EMS courses. After finishing her undergraduate degree, she worked as a phlebotomist before ultimately going on to complete a Master of Arts in medical sciences from Loyola University Chicago and then added medical school at University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. She remained in Peoria for her residency in emergency medicine before going on to complete critical care fellowship at the University of Iowa, managing complex patients in multiple ICUs and doing additional training in ECMO and percutaneous tracheostomy during her training.

Dr. Lizzo enjoys traveling, a passion that began with a medical mission to San Jose, Costa Rica. Before starting her Master’s, she taught English to children in Italy through a homestay program. She continues to travel internationally, immersing in local cultures, cuisines, and languages. She also enjoys decompressing with yoga, and spending time with family and friends.