Division Chiefs

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

Wayland Cheng, MD, PhD

Wayland Cheng, MD, PhD

Associate Division Chief, Basic Research

Portrait of Meaghan Creed, PhD

Meaghan Creed, PhD

Associate Division Chief, WashU Medicine Pain Center

Visit the Creed Lab

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Anne Drewry, MD

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

Admin: Gemma Smith

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Nicole Durko, MD

Associate Division Chief, Obstetric Anesthesiology; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

Portrait of Mitchell Fingerman, MD, FASA

Mitchell Fingerman, MD, FASA

Division Chief, Regional & Ambulatory Anesthesiology

Interim Admin: Lisa Parks

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Robert Gereau, PhD

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

Admin: Amber Spies

Visit the Gereau Lab

Thomas Graetz, MD

Thomas J. Graetz, MD, MBA

Division Chief, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Interim Admin: Lisa Parks

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

Simon Haroutounian, PhD, MSc

Division Chief, Division of Clinical and Translational Research (DoCTR); Division Chief, Clinical Pain Research, WashU Medicine Pain Center

Admin: Alexis Williams

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Justin Knittel, MD

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

Admin: Erin Hogg

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Molly McCormick, MD

Division Chief, General Anesthesiology

Admin: Erin Hogg

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Bhavi Mehta, MD

Associate Division Chief, General Anesthesiology; GI POD Leader

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

Admin: Meredith McLaughlin

Arvind Palanisamy, MD

Arvind Palanisamy, MBBS, MD, FRCA

Vice Chair for Strategic Initiatives; Division Chief, Obstetric Anesthesiology; OB/IVF POD Leader

Admin: Meredith McLaughlin

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Leslie Rao, MD

Lesley Rao, MD

Division Chief, Pain Management

Admin: Ashley Banks

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Isabella Riordan, MD

Division Chief of Anesthesiology, Progress West Hospital

Interim Admin: Kayla Hewitt

R. Austin Sargent, MD

R. Austin Sargent, MD

Division Chief of Anesthesiology, Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital

Tracey Wagner Stevens, MD

Tracey Stevens, MD

Associate Division Chief, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Interim Admin: Lisa Parks