Fellowships

Abdominal Organ Transplant Fellowship

Fellowship Director

George Richard Benzinger III, MD, PhD

George Richard Benzinger III, MD, PhD

Interim Vice Chair for Education

Admin; Shirley Vaughn

Fellowship Coordinator

Lisa Parks

Lisa Parks

Division Administrator

Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology (ACTA)

Fellowship Director

Daniel A Emmert, MD, PhD

Daniel A Emmert, MD, PhD

Associate Professor; Anesthesiology and Surgery CT Anesthesiology Fellowship Director

Admin; Lydia Swink

Associate Fellowship Director

Hawa Abubakar, MBBS

Hawa Abubakar, MBBS

Associate Director for the ACTA Fellowship Program; Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Fellowship Coordinator

Lydia Swink

Lydia Swink

Administrative Assistant

Cardiothoracic and Obstetrical Anesthesiology Divisions

Assists Drs. Daniel Emmert and Danish Jaffer

Critical Care Medicine

Fellowship Director

Brian Wessman, MD

Brian Wessman, MD

Associate Professor; Emergency Medicine Associate Professor; Anesthesiology Co-director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Fellowship Coordinators

Kara Bockius

Kara Bockius

Fellowship Coordinator

Critical Care Division

Kendra Gregory

Kendra Gregory

Manager of Business Operations

Dual Adult & Pediatric Pain 

Fellowship Director

Jessica Justmann, MD

Jessica Justmann, MD

Program Director for Dual Adult & Pediatric Pain Fellowship; Assistant Professor

Fellowship Coordinators

Amira Hodzic

Amira Hodzic

Residency/Fellowship Coordinator

Dual Critical Care Medicine & Cardiothoracic
Daniel A Emmert, MD, PhD

Daniel A Emmert, MD, PhD

Associate Professor; Anesthesiology and Surgery CT Anesthesiology Fellowship Director

Admin; Lydia Swink

Brian Wessman, MD

Brian Wessman, MD

Associate Professor; Emergency Medicine Associate Professor; Anesthesiology Co-director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Kara Bockius

Kara Bockius

Fellowship Coordinator

Critical Care Division

Neuroanesthesia

Fellowship Director

Umeshkumar Athiraman, MD, MBBS

Umeshkumar Athiraman, MD, MBBS

Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology

Fellowship Coordinator

Lisa Parks

Lisa Parks

Division Administrator

Obstetrical Anesthesia

Fellowship Director

Danish Jaffer, MD

Danish Jaffer, MD

Program Director, Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship

Admin; Lydia Swink

Fellowship Coordinator

Lydia Swink

Lydia Swink

Administrative Assistant

Cardiothoracic and Obstetrical Anesthesiology Divisions

Assists Drs. Daniel Emmert and Danish Jaffer

Pain Medicine

Fellowship Director

Lesley Rao, MD

Lesley Rao, MD

Chief of Pain Management

Admin; Janice Hoffman

Fellowship Coordinators

Amira Hodzic

Amira Hodzic

Residency/Fellowship Coordinator

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Fellowship Director

Ashley Weinhold, MD

Ashley Weinhold, MD

Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology; Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director

Fellowship Coordinators

Amira Hodzic

Amira Hodzic

Residency/Fellowship Coordinator

Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain

Fellowship Director

Ryan Guffey, MD

Ryan Guffey, MD

Associate Professor, Fellowship Director Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain

Admin; Lisa Parks

Fellowship Coordinator

Lisa Parks

Lisa Parks

Division Administrator

Trauma

Fellowship Director

Justin Knittel, MD

Justin Knittel, MD

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

Fellowship Coordinator

Jen Mahan

Jen Mahan

Staffing Admin; Fellowship Coordinator

General (Trauma) Anesthesiology