Our success is intimately linked to the accomplishments of each and every member of our department.
Each month, four members are nominated and featured to celebrate their commitment to patient care, education, and research.
Current Featured Anesthesiology Department Members
Andrew Griesbaum, ACNP
Nurse Practitioner
Qin Liu, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Jake Meinkoth
Clinical Informaticist
Sydney Tyler, MD
Resident Physician
Featured Anesthesiology Department Members Archive
Hunter Niemeyer, CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: May 2025
Originally from Red Bud, Illinois, Hunter moved to St. Louis in 2013 to pursue his nursing education. He earned his BSN from Saint Louis University in 2017 and began his career in the Cardiothoracic ICU at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Building on that experience, he went on to complete his Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesia from Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College in 2022.
Hunter now works primarily with the Division of Acute and Critical Care Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and is a key member of the trauma anesthesia team. He actively contributes to the department’s educational and wellness efforts—serving as a CRNA mentor, a PIA SAFE Champion, and Peer Advocate, while also helping guide scholarly projects at Goldfarb. He values the department’s emphasis on evidence-based learning and enjoys passing along knowledge to the next generation of providers. Hunter is especially drawn to the complexity and diversity of the patient population he cares for.
When he’s not at work, Hunter enjoys hiking, exploring new restaurants, reading, antiquing, traveling, and spending time with his friends and family.
Rasheeq Nizam, MD
Resident Physician, Class of 2025
Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: April 2023
Rasheeq was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and moved to Columbia, Missouri, at the age of two, when his family moved for his father’s ophthalmology residency. He lived there for twenty years and attended the University of Missouri-Columbia for his undergraduate studies. He majored in biology and Spanish, and studied abroad twice in college: once in Santiago, Chile, and once at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica. He was also involved in brain trauma research throughout his undergraduate career. His true interest was in service and he volunteered a significant amount of time with underserved children in Columbia and around the country. Rasheeq then attended the University of Virginia in Charlottesville for his medical education, initially planning to follow in his father’s footsteps and pursue a career in ophthalmology. During a required third-year anesthesia rotation, however, he discovered his interest in the field while spending a half day with a chief resident on her PACU rotation. Rasheeq graduated in 2021 and came back home to Missouri for residency. Currently, his interests include cardiothoracic anesthesiology and regional anesthesia.
Rasheeq is the youngest of three siblings and a fourth-generation physician. His wife, Nadira, is an occupational therapy student at WashU and will also graduate in 2025. In his free time, Rasheeq enjoys touring St. Louis, trying new restaurants, hiking, and playing video games. His true passion, however, is in cooking and hosting dinner parties. Fun fact: he even wrote his personal statement for his residency application about the parallels between cooking and anesthesia!
Corrin Noel
Director of Finance
Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: March 2021
Corrin graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with an undergraduate degree in accounting and completed her MBA at Webster University after starting full time in the Department of Anesthesiology where she’s been for 10 years. Currently, Corrin oversees the department’s finance and billing operations.
“I absolutely love my job and all of the different and exciting missions of the department!” says Corrin.
She enjoys spending time with her family when she’s not working, and they love to travel when they get the chance. She and her husband have one daughter, Addison, who is 2 and another daughter due in April.
Sydney Nykiel-Bailey, DO
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: June 2023
Dr. Sydney Nykiel-Bailey is an associate professor of anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She completed her residency in anesthesiology at Washington University/BJC and completed a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Washington University/St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Dr. Nykiel-Bailey has been on faculty for 14 years and absolutely cherishes her time teaching and mentoring the residents. She serves as the associate program director for the anesthesia residency. She is currently completing a Masters of Health Education Program and is excited to bring this expertise to the anesthesia residency program. Outside of the hospital, Dr. Nykiel-Bailey spends her time with her wonderful family – her husband, Cory, and their two daughters, Lilliane and Gwyneth. They enjoy traveling and are looking forward to a family adventure to the Greek islands this summer.