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
Marie-Lisette Chapman, MSN, AGAC-NP
Nurse Practitioner
Jessica Higginbotham, PhD
Instructor, Anesthesiology
Max Nieva, MD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Shaan Patel, MD, MPH
Resident Physician
Featured Anesthesiology Department Members Archive
Max Nieva, MD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Max Nieva, MD, is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, and serves as the Medical Director at St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center West County, South County, and CAM South County.
Max came back to his hometown of St. Louis in 2007 as a pediatric fellow at WashU Medicine/St. Louis Children’s Hospital. He intended to return to New York after fellowship but joined the faculty due to the culture and camaraderie, and has remained ever since!
Outside of work, Max spends as much quality time as possible with his 13-year-old twins, Andrew and Abigail, and his partner Dalton. When he doesn’t have his kids, Max enjoys any form of exercise including group classes, yoga, tennis, and reluctantly, pickleball. He is always open to a challenge including Tough Mudders, “Murph challenge,” or a walk with a friend.
Fun fact: For the last 8 years, Max has grown his hair out & shaved it to raise awareness and money for childhood cancer with the organization St. Baldrick’s.
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.