Faculty
![Joanna Abraham, PhD](https://anesthesiology.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Joanna-Abraham-280x386.jpg)
Joanna Abraham, PhD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and the Institute for Informatics (I2)
- Email: joannaa@wustl.edu
![Jacob AuBuchon, MD](https://anesthesiology.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Jacob-AuBuchon-280x386.jpg)
Jacob AuBuchon, MD
Medical Student Director; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: jdaubuchon@wustl.edu
Admin; Shirley Vaughn
![Michael Avidan, MBBCh, FCA SA](https://anesthesiology.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Michael-Avidan-280x386.jpg)
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
![George Richard Benzinger III, MD, PhD](https://anesthesiology.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/George-Benzinger-280x386-1-280x386.jpeg)
George Richard Benzinger III, MD, PhD
Interim Vice Chair for Education
- Email: benzingerg@wustl.edu
Admin; Shirley Vaughn
![Jamie Brown-Shpiegel, MD](https://anesthesiology.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Brown-280x386-1-280x386.jpg)
Jamie Brown-Shpiegel, MD
Pod 4 Leader; Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
- Email: jamiebrown@wustl.edu
![Kelly Chilson, MD](https://anesthesiology.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Kelly-Chilson.jpg)
Kelly Chilson, MD
Clinic Director of CT Pediatric Anesthesiology; Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: chilsonk@wustl.edu
![Anne Drewry, MD](https://anesthesiology.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/drewry-head-shot46-280x386.jpg)
Anne Drewry, MD
Vice Chair; Chief of Critical Care Medicine
- Email: drewrya@wustl.edu
Admin; Gemma Smith & Alana Suchman
![Julie Drobish, MD](https://anesthesiology.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Julie-Drobish.jpg)
Julie Drobish, MD
Clinical Director of Pediatric Liver Transplantation; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
- Email: jkdrobish@wustl.edu
![Leon du Toit, MBChB, FCA(SA)](https://anesthesiology.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Leon-du-Toit_280x386-280x386.jpeg)
Leon du Toit, MBChB, FCA(SA)
Instructor, Anesthesiology; Attending Physician, Center for Preoperative Assessment and Planning (CPAP)
- Email: leond@wustl.edu