Michael Avidan, Head of the Department of Anesthesiology

Michael Avidan, MBBCh, FCA SA

Dr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor of Anesthesiology; Head of the Department of Anesthesiology

Admin: Lauren LaChance

Founding Director of the Center for Informatics, Quality Improvement, Research & Safety (INQUIRES)

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Portrait of Enyo Ablordeppey, MD, MPH

Enyo Ablordeppey, MD, MPH

Associate Vice Chair for Engagement and Culture

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Anne K. DeSchryver, JD

Executive Director of Business Operations

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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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Robert Gereau, PhD

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

Erin Herrera

Erin Herrera, CRNA

Associate Vice Chair for Well-Being; Co-director for CRNA Activities

Admin: Wendy Knirr

Ivan Kangrga, MD, PhD

Ivan Kangrga, MD, PhD

Vice Chair for Health System Liaison; BJH Director of Perioperative Safety and Quality; Professor, Anesthesiology

Admin: Erin Hogg

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Chak Lattanand, MD, MBA

Vice Chair for Clinical Operations

Allison Mitchell, MD

Allison Mitchell, MD

Vice Chair for Education; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

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Rachel Moquin, EdD

Vice Chair for Academic Affairs and Professional Development; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

Admin: Wendy Knirr

Dolores Njoku, MD

Dolores Njoku, MD

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

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Corrin Noel

Executive Director of Business Operations

Arvind Palanisamy, MD

Arvind Palanisamy, MBBS, MD, FRCA

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

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Bethany Pennington, PharmD, BCPS

Associate Vice Chair of Quality & Safety; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

Amynah Pradhan, PhD

Amynah Pradhan, PhD

Director of the Center for Clinical Pharmacology; Professor of Anesthesiology

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Jonathan Zoller, MD

Associate Director of Clinical Anesthesiology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology; PACU POD Leader

Admin; Erin Hogg