Fellowships

Abdominal Organ Transplant Fellowship

Fellowship Director

George Richard Benzinger III, MD, PhD

Fellowship Coordinator

Lisa Parks

Lisa Parks

Division Administrator of Clinical Operations

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

Associate Fellowship Director

Hawa Abubakar, MBBS

Hawa Abubakar, MBBS

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

Fellowship Coordinator

Erin Wood, MS, C-TAGME

Erin Wood, MS, C-TAGME

Manager of Education Programs

Critical Care Medicine

Fellowship Director

Brian Wessman, MD

Brian Wessman, MD

Professor, Anesthesiology & Emergency Medicine; Director, Anesthesiology 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

Senior 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

Brian Wessman, MD

Brian Wessman, MD

Professor, Anesthesiology & Emergency Medicine; Director, Anesthesiology 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 of Clinical Operations

Obstetric Anesthesia

Fellowship Director

Danish Jaffer, MD

Danish Jaffer, MD

Program Director, Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology

Fellowship Coordinator

Amira Hodzic

Amira Hodzic

Senior Residency/Fellowship Coordinator

Pain Medicine

Fellowship Director

Rajiv K. Shah, MD

Rajiv K. Shah, MD

Fellowship Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology

Fellowship Coordinators

Amira Hodzic

Amira Hodzic

Senior Residency/Fellowship Coordinator

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Fellowship Director

Ashley Weinhold, MD

Ashley Weinhold, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

Fellowship Coordinators

Amira Hodzic

Amira Hodzic

Senior 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 of Clinical Operations

Trauma

Fellowship Director

Jamie Brown-Shpiegel, MD

Jamie Brown-Shpiegel, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology; Assistant Residency Program Director of Recruitment, Integration, and Wellbeing; Trauma Fellowship Program Director; POD 4 Leader

Fellowship Coordinator

Erin Kennedy

Erin Kennedy

Executive Secretary

General Anesthesiology

Assists Drs. Ivan Kangrga, Jason Gillihan, Justin Knittel, and Molly McCormick