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; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

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Meaghan Creed, PhD

Associate Division Chief, WashU Medicine Pain Center; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

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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

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Mitchell Fingerman, MD, FASA

Division Chief, Regional & Ambulatory Anesthesiology; Professor, Anesthesiology

Admin: Alyssa Waight

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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

 

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Thomas Graetz, MD

Thomas J. Graetz, MD, MBA

Division Chief, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology; Interim Chief of Anesthesiology, MBMC; Professor, Anesthesiology

Admin: Alyssa Waight

Stephen Gregory, MD

Stephen Gregory, MD

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

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; Russell D. and Mary B. Shelden Professor of Anesthesiology

Admin: Alexis Williams

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Justin Knittel, MD

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

Admin: Erin Hogg

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Molly McCormick, MD

Division Chief, General Anesthesiology; Professor, Anesthesiology

Admin: Erin Hogg

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Bhavi Mehta, MD

Associate Division Chief, General Anesthesiology; Associate Professor, 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

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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, MD

Arvind Palanisamy, MBBS, MD, FRCA

Vice Chair for Strategic Initiatives; Division Chief, Obstetric Anesthesiology; Professor, Anesthesiology

Admin: Meredith McLaughlin

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Leslie Rao, MD

Lesley Rao, MD

Division Chief, Pain Management; Professor, Anesthesiology

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Isabella Riordan, MD

Division Chief of Anesthesiology, Progress West Hospital; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

Admin: Alyssa Waight

R. Austin Sargent, MD

R. Austin Sargent, MD

Division Chief of Anesthesiology, Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital; Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology

Admin: Alyssa Waight

Tracey Wagner Stevens, MD

Tracey Stevens, MD

Associate Division Chief, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

Admin: Alyssa Waight