
Michael Avidan, MBBCh, FCA SA
Dr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor of Anesthesiology; Head of the Department of Anesthesiology
- Email: avidanm@wustl.edu
Founding Director of the Initiative for Quality Improvement, Research and Informatics (INQUIRI)
Admin; Lauren LaChance
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Enyo Ablordeppey, MD, MPH
Associate Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Email: ablordeppeye@wustl.edu

George Richard Benzinger III, MD, PhD
Interim Vice Chair for Education
- Email: benzingerg@wustl.edu
Admin; Shirley Vaughn

Anne Drewry, MD
Vice Chair; Chief of Critical Care Medicine
- Email: drewrya@wustl.edu
Admin; Gemma Smith & Alana Suchman

Robert Gereau, PhD
Vice Chair for Research; Director of the Washington University Pain Center; Dr. Seymour & Rose T. Brown Professor of Anesthesiology
- Email: gereaur@wustl.edu
Admin; Amber Spies

Erin Herrera, CRNA
Associate Vice Chair for Well-Being; Assistant Director for CRNA Activities
- Email: erinherrera@wustl.edu
Admin; Cassie Cole

Ivan Kangrga, MD, PhD
Vice Chair for Health System Liaison; Director of Quality and Safety for Perioperative Services
- Email: kangrgai@wustl.edu
Admin; Erin Kennedy

Thomas Kannampallil, PhD, FAMIA
Director of Acute Care Innovation Research; Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and the Institute for Informatics; Associate Chief Research Information Officer, School of Medicine
- Email: thomas.k@wustl.edu

Chak Lattanand, MD, MBA
Vice Chair for Clinical Operations
- Email: lattanac@wustl.edu
Admin; Leigh Ann Zupan

Scott Markowitz, MD
Vice Chair for Professional Development and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: scott.markowitz@wustl.edu

Dolores Njoku, MD
Vice Chair; Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology; Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- Email: njoku@wustl.edu
Admin; Meredith McLaughlin

Audrey Vincent
Executive Director of Business Operations
- Email: vincenta@wustl.edu
Admin; Leigh Ann Zupan