Division Chiefs

The best way to contact our division chiefs is via their respective administrative staff & secretaries.

Anne Drewry, MD

Anne Drewry, MD

Vice Chair; Division Chief, Critical Care Medicine; Llorin-Roa Professor of Anesthesiology

Admin: Gemma Smith

Nicole Durko, MD

Nicole Durko, MD

Associate Division Chief, Obstetric Anesthesiology; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

Mitchell Fingerman, MD, FASA

Mitchell Fingerman, MD, FASA

Division Chief, Regional & Ambulatory Anesthesiology; Professor, Anesthesiology

Admin: Kayla Hewitt

Robert Gereau, PhD

Robert Gereau, PhD

Vice Chair for Research; Division Chief, Washington University Pain Center; Dr. Seymour & Rose T. Brown Professor of Anesthesiology

Admin: Amber Spies

Visit the Gereau Lab

Thomas J. Graetz, MD, MBA

Thomas J. Graetz, MD, MBA

Division Chief, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Admin: Kayla Hewitt

Stephen Gregory, MD

Stephen Gregory, MD

Division Chief, Perioperative Medicine; Medical Director, Center for Preoperative Assessment and Planning (CPAP); Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

Admin: Meredith McLaughlin

Simon Haroutounian, PhD, MSc

Simon Haroutounian, PhD, MSc

Division Chief, Division of Clinical and Translational Research (DoCTR); Division Chief, Clinical Pain Research, Washington University Pain Center

Admin: Alexis Williams

Justin Knittel, MD

Justin Knittel, MD

Division Chief, Trauma Anesthesiology; Director, Resident Education, Surgical ICU; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

Admin: Erin Hogg

Molly McCormick, MD

Molly McCormick, MD

Division Chief, General Anesthesiology

Admin: Erin Hogg

Bhavi Mehta, MD

Bhavi Mehta, MD

Associate Division Chief, Division of General Anesthesiology

Jose Moron-Concepcion, PhD

Jose Moron-Concepcion, PhD

Division Chief, Basic Research; Henry E. Mallinckrodt Professor of Anesthesiology

Admin: Amber Spies

Visit the Moron-Concepcion Lab

Dolores Njoku, MD

Dolores Njoku, MD

Vice Chair; Division Chief, Pediatric Anesthesiology; Anesthesiologist-in-Chief, St. Louis Children’s Hospital; Professor, Anesthesiology

Admin: Meredith McLaughlin

Arvind Palanisamy, MBBS, MD, FRCA

Arvind Palanisamy, MBBS, MD, FRCA

Vice Chair for Strategic Initiatives; Division Chief, Obstetric Anesthesiology

Admin: Meredith McLaughlin

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Lesley Rao, MD

Lesley Rao, MD

Division Chief, Pain Management

Admin: Ashley Banks

Isabella Riordan, MD

Isabella Riordan, MD

Division Chief, Progress West Hospital Division of Anesthesiology

Admin: Kayla Hewitt

Tracey Stevens, MD

Tracey Stevens, MD

Associate Division Chief, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Admin: Kayla Hewitt

Branden Yee, MD, MPH

Branden Yee, MD, MPH

Interim Division Chief of Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital; Director of Anesthesia at the Ambulatory Surgery Center

Admin: Kayla Hewitt