Featured Anesthesiology Members

Jake grew up on a horse farm in Union, MO. His father worked as a part-time horse trainer, so much of his childhood was spent cleaning stalls, fixing fence, and going to horse shows around Missouri. He completed the combined degree program at the University of Missouri – Kansas City (Go Kangaroos!). After medical school, Jake completed his anesthesiology residency, pain management fellowship, and pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Washington University. He also spent three months at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital for additional pediatric pain medicine exposure. Jake is currently the Director of Pediatric Pain Management at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and his clinical practice focuses on pediatric acute and chronic pain management in addition to still l providing OR pediatric anesthesia. He also enjoys being involved in medical student and resident education. Outside of work, he loves spending time with my his wife, Sarah, and his 3 children (Owen, Bella, and Lucy). Family days usually involve going on hikes, biking, and being active.

Ramya is a current second-year resident originally from southeast Michigan. She has slowly been moving further south to warmer climates following medical school at Ohio State University. She is currently undecided about which fellowship to pursue but is excited to complete CA-1 year to see the other subspecialties of anesthesia. Outside of work, Ramya is a foodie and enjoys exploring new restaurants both in St. Louis and abroad. She is also recently trying out rock climbing.

Kam has been a clinical nurse coordinator for the Pain Management Center since 2005. In her role as patient advocate, she guides the patients and their families in the referral process as well as providing information on chronic pain treatment modalities. Kam also acts as a physician liaison to promote practice growth and development. As new physicians join the Pain Center, she helps to build relationships with their referring colleagues which emphasizes the attending’s interests and expertise. She is blessed with a very supportive husband, and two talented children. In her spare time she enjoys distance running, biking and swimming.

Javaughn Baker is a resident physician in the Department of Anesthesiology from Panama City, Florida. He completed his MD in Nashville, Tennessee at Meharry Medical College, which is one of four historically black medical schools in the U.S. Javaughn earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Emory University in 2015. He then went on to complete a Master of Health Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2016. Javaughn attributes much of his initial interest in anesthesiology to his participation in the FAER Medical Student Anesthesia Research Program during medical school.

During his free time, he enjoys spending time and visiting his lovely wife Jakayla who is a psychiatry resident at Duke University School of Medicine. Javaughn also enjoys watching basketball and football. Fun fact: Javaughn minored in Ancient Greek in college and can translate Ancient Greek and Latin.