Profiled

Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: July 2021

Peter is currently a CA-2 resident in the Department of Anesthesiology. Peter was born in Canada and moved to the United States at age 4, growing up near Detroit, Michigan. Prior to medical school, Peter completed his Doctor of Pharmacy degree and worked as a pharmacist in his local community. While continuing to work part-time as a pharmacist, he went on to medical school in pursuit of his dream of becoming a physician. Peter moved to St. Louis in 2019 to begin residency training in our department.

When not at work, Peter loves to travel and explore new places both locally and internationally. He has been to over 35 countries. One of his favorite adventures was a 3 month backpacking trip that took him around the world to 9 different countries. When he left home, he didn't even know when he would be coming back and planned the itinerary on the go! Peter is looking forward to future post-pandemic travel adventures.

Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: January 2024

Ally Tacony recently joined the Department of Anesthesiology as the Director of Business Operations-Finance. She's excited about the opportunity to learn something new.

Ally is a St. Louis native, born in St. Louis county and moved to Hillsboro as a teenager. She graduated from Webster University with a bachelor's degree in accounting and an MBA. She started her career as an intern at AT&T and spent 13 years in various roles in accounting and finance. Ally has been married for 10 years to her husband, Nathan, and they have an 8-year-old daughter named Ellie.

Outside of work, Ally likes talking her husband into home projects, traveling, spending time outdoors (in nice weather), and spending time with family and friends.

Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: February 2022

Brandon Tan, MD, is a PGY-4 ASAP resident/fellow currently engaged in ion channel/membrane research while continuing his Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship. He is fascinated by membranes and kids’ brains! He attended Duke University for his undergraduate degree and the University of Cincinnati for medical school.

While not working, Brandon can be found spending time with his family (wife and 2 kids), singing, and telling the best/worst jokes (puns).

Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: November 2021

Loc Thang, MD, PhD, was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States when he was a young boy.

He obtained his Master of Biomedical Engineering degree from the University of Michigan and then completed the MSTP program at Michigan State University.

He is an alumnus of the Department's Academic Scholars Advancement Program (ASAP) where he completed his residency training, a pain medicine fellowship, and nearly two years of research time. Currently, he is an instructor of anesthesiology and pain management. He also has served as the associated program director of the pain medicine fellowship since 2020.

His main interest is to alleviate human suffering of pain through educating the next generation of pain physicians, caring for acute/chronic pain patients, and researching ways to understand how norepinephrine modulate moods/pain.

Loc enjoys spending time outdoors including traveling and skiing. One of his memorable adventures was three months he spent in Ghana researching plant medicine. In his spare time, Loc enjoys hanging out with his lovely wife, Kim, and his two energetic sons, Isaiah and Isaac. The boys love to spend time together making garden beds and digging holes for Kim to plant her many beautiful flowers.

Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: October 2025

Jeremy Thompson, MD, PhD, is an Instructor in Anesthesiology in the Division of Pain Management and a member of the Washington University Pain Center, conducting research in Meaghan Creed’s Laboratory on how chronic pain reshapes mesolimbic dopamine circuitry with a focus on SK channel regulation in VTA→NAc neurons. He earned a BE in biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University, completed his MD/PhD in translational neuroscience at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and then finished anesthesiology residency and pain medicine fellowship at WashU Medicine through the Academic Scholars Advancement Program. He is currently supported by the FAER Alison Cole Endowed Mentored Research Training Grant. Outside of work, he enjoys playing with his cat, baking, building LEGO sets, and running in Forest Park.

Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: December 2022

Brian was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Soon thereafter, his family became a military family and "home" became a moving target! Growing up in different parts of the United States and around the world was a privilege that he credits his mother for (a single mother and retired Lieutenant Colonel). Landing in Missouri in the mid-90’s, he finished high school and went on to attend the University of Missouri, Columbia. Following his undergraduate college years, he launched his career in St. Louis at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and hasn’t looked back!

As a CRNA in the Department of Anesthesiology, he also serves as the assistant director of the nurse anesthesia program, a collaboration between WashU Anesthesiology and Barnes-Jewish College of Nursing. Brian’s clinical practice has focused on anesthesia for cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. Over the years he has developed several successful clinical research collaborations with a number of the department’s faculty and scientists. In his role as faculty, his teaching has focused on anesthetic pharmacology, preoperative health assessment, simulation, and the basic principles of anesthesiology.

When not at work, he enjoys spending time with his partner, Steven, and their three endlessly entertaining pets; Pip (neurotic miniature pincher), Foxie (goofy foxhound), and Spanky (snarky grey tuxedo cat). Travel, hiking, cooking (and eating), and music are among his favorite pastimes. He can regularly be seen at the Tower Grove Farmers Market on Saturdays, but you must get there early as that’s when the best picks are to be had! He hopes to see you there sometime soon (or at least come springtime…)!

Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: April 2022

Yolanda joined the research division as a Grant Specialist II in September 2020. She assists with the pre-and post-award grant application process.

The mother of two received her Masters in higher education from Saint Louis University, where she also worked as a financial specialist for over 15+ years.

Outside of work, Yolanda loves watching movies and writing.

Sydney Tyler is a CA-1 in the Department of Anesthesiology at WashU Medicine. Originally from Columbia, MO, Sydney majored in Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, and Classical Humanities at the University of Missouri—Columbia before moving to Denver to earn her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine.

Sydney lives with her sister and their two dogs, Bobo and Meatball.  In her free time, you can find her walking through Forest Park with her dogs, baking, trying out new area restaurants with some of her co-residents, and curling up on the couch with a good book. A fun fact about Sydney is that she loves our National Parks, and her and her mother make the time to visit at least one every year—so far her favorite is Glacier National Park.

Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: December 2025

Miguel is a second-year anesthesiology resident at WashU Medicine. He was born and raised in Maturín, Venezuela, where his early exposure to medicine through his father’s work as a physician inspired his path to healthcare. He completed his medical degree at the Universidad de Oriente before moving to the United States, where he became involved in clinical research and contributed to the launch of the THRIVE trial in the Department of Anesthesiology. Miguel enjoys the balance of strong clinical training and research opportunities at WashU Medicine.

Outside of medicine, he loves running through Forest Park, and spending time with his wife and family. He plans to pursue a fellowship and continue his career in academic medicine following graduation from the residency program in 2028.

Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: October 2020

Swarup is an Associate Professor in the departments of Obstetrics and General Anesthesiology. He grew up and attended medical school in the beautiful coastal city of Visakhapatnam, India. He did his anesthesia residency in India before moving to England to complete his specialist training in anesthesiology at Imperial College London, earning both FRCA from U.K. and FCARSI from Ireland.

He worked as a consultant anesthetist in London for short period before moving to St. Louis in 2007. Swarup considers joining the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine as one of the best decisions of his life because of its diverse, wonderful, and supportive people. Swarup is passionate about teaching is very active in medical student and resident education. He has been a dedicated faculty mentor and advisor for several residents. He is actively involved in the new Gateway curriculum for the School of Medicine's medical students and is co-director for the medical student clinical immersions program. His clinical work is shared between the obstetric and general anesthesiology divisions and he serves as co-leader for POD1 at Parkview Tower.

Outside of work, he loves spending time with his family, especially with his sons Tamish, who is 11 years old, and Grihith, who is a freshman at Washu. When time allows he enjoys, gardening, cooking, DIY-home improvement projects, and traveling.