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; Chief of Critical Care Medicine

Admin; Gemma Smith & Alana Suchman

Nicole Durko, MD

Nicole Durko, MD

Associate Chief of the Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology

Mitchell Fingerman, MD, FASA

Mitchell Fingerman, MD, FASA

Chief of Regional & Ambulatory Anesthesiology

Admin; Kayla Hewitt

Robert Gereau, PhD

Robert Gereau, PhD

Vice Chair for Research; Director of the Washington University Pain Center; Dr. Seymour & Rose T. Brown Professor of Anesthesiology

Admin; Amber Spies

Gereau Lab

Jason Gillihan, MD

Jason Gillihan, MD

Division Chief of Anesthesiology-Barnes Jewish West County Hospital; Associate Director of Clinical Anesthesiology-Barnes Jewish Hospital

Admin; Erin Kennedy

Thomas J. Graetz, MD, MBA

Thomas J. Graetz, MD, MBA

Chief of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Admin; Kayla Hewitt

Stephen Gregory, MD

Stephen Gregory, MD

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

Admin; Meredith McLaughlin

Simon Haroutounian, PhD, MSc

Simon Haroutounian, PhD, MSc

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

Admin; Emma Witzke

Justin Knittel, MD

Justin Knittel, MD

Interim Division Chief of Trauma Anesthesiology; Trauma Anesthesiology Fellowship Director; Resident Education Director, Surgical ICU

Molly McCormick, MD

Molly McCormick, MD

Chief of General Anesthesiology

Admin; Erin Kennedy

Jose Moron-Concepcion, PhD

Jose Moron-Concepcion, PhD

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

Admin; Amber Spies

Moron-Concepcion Lab

Dolores Njoku, MD

Dolores Njoku, MD

Vice Chair; Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology; Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Admin; Meredith McLaughlin

Arvind Palanisamy, MBBS, MD, FRCA
Lesley Rao, MD

Lesley Rao, MD

Chief of Pain Management

Admin; Chelsea Cobb

Isabella Riordan, MD

Isabella Riordan, MD

Division Chief of the Progress West Hospital Division of Anesthesiology

Tracey Stevens, MD

Tracey Stevens, MD

Associate Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Admin; Kayla Hewitt