Faculty at the University of Washington come from all over the world to teach, learn new techniques and conduct research. Faculty have offices and labs in many of the city's hospitals. They have a wide range of interests and residents are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to learn varied approaches to anesthesia practice.
Corrie Anderson, MD, FAAP
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics
corrie.anderson@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Biographical Statement: Dr. Anderson established the second Pediatric Pain Management Program on the West Coast in 1989. He holds a U.S. patent and European patent on the, "Corrie Cover" and lectures nationally and internationally on pediatric pain and pediatric regional anesthesiology.
Alan Artru, MD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Chief, Clinical Anesthesiology Services
Associate Medical Director for Perioperative Services
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Cerebral blood flow and metabolism, cerebrospinal fluid dynamics, CNS pharmacokinetics, aqueous humor dynamics.
Personal Interests: Church, basketball, politics, hiking.
Jane C. Ballantyne, MD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center — Roosevelt
Areas of Expertise: Outcomes assessment, Acute pain, Chronic opioid therapy and adaptations, Systematic reviews and meta-analysis.
Michelle Barnes, MD
Acting Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Michelle.barnes@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Gerard Bashein, MD, PhD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Bioengineering
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Alon Ben-Ari, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: VA Puget Sound HCS
Itay Bentov, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Satish Bhagwanjee, MB ChB
Professor & Vice-Chair (Academic Affairs),
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Clinical Interest: Critical care medicine.
Research Interests: Sepsis, outcome prediction and risk reduction, global health.
Personal Interests: Tennis, squash, dancing, reading.
Sanjay Bhananker, MB BS, FRCA
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Clinical Interest: Computers in Anesthesia, TIVA, post-op pain relief.
Personal Interests: Time out with the family, outdoor sports.
Michael J. Bishop, MD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Laurent Bollag, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Professional Interests: Ultrasound guided regional anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, pharmacology, acute post-operative pain, as well as novel clinical strategies to predict, diagnose and prevent chronic pain in a targeted manner.
Adrian T. Bosenberg, MB ChB
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Director, Regional Anaesthesia
& Co-Director, Academic Affairs, SCH
adrian.bosenberg@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seatle Children's Hospital
Research Interests: Regional anaesthesia in neonates and infants; Anaesthetic challenges in a developing world environment; Influence of anaesthesia on syndromes, inherited metabolic disorders and congenital anomalies on difficult intubation techniques.
Social Interests: Sport fanatic and collector! Played sub union representative rugby in S A and NZ, Enjoys endurance events and has completed running, cycling, kayaking, ultramarathon, and triathlons. Hobbies include photography, arctophily, philately, and beer label collecting.
T. Andrew Bowdle, MD, PhD
Professor & Director of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Simulation,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine;
Adjunct Professor, Pharmaceutics
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Cardiothoracic anesthesiology, echocardiography, physiologic monitoring.
Research Interests: Clinical pharmacology, patient safety and outcomes.
Personal Interests: Skiing, photography and cycling.
John Bramhall, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Professional Interests: Objective assessment of quality, safety and efficiency in clinical care.
F. Peter Buckley, MBBS FFARCS
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Pain management, regional anesthesia for operative and postoperative pain control.
Personal Interests: Running, refereeing rugby games, reading, family trips and projects.
Stefan Budac, MD
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
stefan.budac@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's
Sheila Chiu, DO
Acting Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Christopher Ciliberto, MD
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Ursula Class, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
ursula.class@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Biographical Statement: Pediatric anesthesiologist, working mostly in the general OR and also in some of the remote sites.
Michael J. Collins, MB BS
Acting Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
michael.collins@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Armagan Dagal, MD, FRCA
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Teaching Interests: Physics and measurement in anesthesia. Advanced cardiac, respiratory and neurophysiology.
Clinical Interests: Trauma, spine and orthopaedic anesthesia.
Research Interests: Spinal cord perfusion; perioperative management of impaired spinal cord function; massive blood loss and fluid management in major surgery; and acute kidney injury.
Aparna Dalal, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Jo Davies, MB BS, FRCA
Associate Professor
& Director for Patient Safety Initiatives,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Teaching Interests: Airway management training for anesthesiologists and other specialists. Obstetric anesthesia teaching in developing countries.
Clinical Interests: Obstetric and regional anesthesia with an interest in the management of difficult airways.
Personal Interests: Hiking, cycling, skiing, traveling, music and photography.
Timothy C. Dawson, MD
Clinical Associate Professor & Director (Pain Med.)
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, VAPSHCS
Gregory A. Dembo, MD
Associate Professor &
Director of the Division of Transplant Anesthesia,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Abdominal transplants, including transplantation of the liver, kidney, pancreas, and intestines. He also lead the development of anesthetic management of living related kidney transplantation surgery.
Research Interests: Patient safety during transplantation surgery. The prevention of such devastating complications as massive bleeding and reperfusion injury during liver transplantation surgery.
Personal Interests: Hiking, biking, skiing, traveling and spending time with family.
Emily M. Dinges, MD
Acting Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Karen B. Domino, MD, MPH
Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Neurological Surgery
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Pulmonary physiology, quality assurance, neuroanesthesia, trauma anesthesia.
Personal Interests: Parenting, hiking, camping, cooking, gardening.
Peter Dunbar, MB ChB, MBA
Associate Professor & Director of Finance,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Services
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Electronic medical records, pain and suffering in bone marrow transplant, informatics.
Personal Interests: Sailing, skiing, flying.
Jorg Dziersk, MD, FRCA
Clinical Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Anesthesia for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Intraoperative TEE.
Personal Interests: Contemporary fiction, biking, hiking, jazz.
W. Thomas Edwards, MD, PhD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Interim Director, Pain Fellowship Program
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Effects of early interventions for pain or outcome in trauma patients, new pain management systems, total quality improvement in pain management.
Personal Interests: Music, singing, philosophy, Benedictine spirituality.
Michael J. Eisses, MD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
michael.eisses@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: Anesthesia for congenital heart disease, hemostatic problems during pediatric surgery.
Personal Interests: Mathematics and computer programming.
Inge Falk van Rooyen, MB ChB, FRCA
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
inge.falk_van_rooyen@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Biographical Statement It is with much enthusiasm that I have had the opportunity to work on the Pain team and within the General OR for the dept of anesthesiology and Pain medicine. I have a particular love for the patients on the SCCA, their families and the staff. Within the OR I enjoy faster pace cases and the consideration for how to best achieve a comparatively Day surgery feel, for our families.
Renata G. Ferreira, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Staff Anesthesiologist, UWMC
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Dermot R. Fitzgibbon, MB BCh
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine;
Medical Director, Inpatient Pain Service, UWMC;
Medical Director, Oncology Pain Clinic, UWMC;
Medical Director, Pain & Anesthesia Services, SCCA
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Professional Interests: Perioperative pain management, cancer pain management and anesthesiology with a special interest in regional anesthesia.
Sean H. Flack, MB ChB, FCA
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
sean.flack@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Clinical Interests: Regional anesthesia in children, anesthesia for seizure surgery, "lean" methodology and waste reduction.
Current Research: Pharmacokinetics of intrathecal drug therapy, regional anesthesia in children.
Jeremy M. Geiduschek, MD
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine;
Director, Clinical Anesthesia Services &
Director, Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, SCH
jeremy.geiduschek@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: Anesthesiology for children with congenital heart disease, cardiovascular anesthesiology (pediatric), anesthesiology for neurosurgery (pediatric).
Michael Gofeld, MD, DEAA
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine;
Director of Clinical Operations, Center for Pain Relief
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Teaching Interests: Interventional pain management.
Clinical Interests: Cancer pain and pain among cancer survivors, nerve injury pain, neuromodulation (implantation of nerve/spinal cord stimulators), degenerative disc disease and other spinal disorders, and neuromodulation of chronic headaches.
Research Interests: Neuromodulation, ultrasound-guided techniques, treatment of degenerative disc disease, outcome studies and neurophysiology.
Personal Interests: Bicycling, hiking, sailing and Latin American and ballroom dancing.
Greg Gottlieb, MD
Clinical Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Andreas Grabinsky, MD
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Program Director & Section Head,
Emergency & Trauma Anesthesia
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Eliot Grigg, MD
Acting Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
eliot.grigg@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Charles M. Haberkern, MD, MPH
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Department of Pediatrics
charles.haberkern@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Clinical Interests: Health services research, newborn care.
Research Interests: Health promotion and disease prevention.
Matthew R. Hallman, MD
Acting Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Brian J. Hawkins, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Hawkins Lab, South Lake Union
Research Interests: Mitochondrial coordination of calcium signaling patterns and mitochondrial reactive oxygen species, discrete roles of mitochondrial complexes in cellular function, identification of the cellular targets of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species, how chronic mitochondrial stress develops into human disease.
James G. Hecker, MD, PhD
Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Mayumi Horibe, MD
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: VA Puget Sound HCS
Agnes I. Hunyady, , MD
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
agnes.hunyady@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: Pediatric anesthesia with focus on the pediatric airway.
Iskra Ivanova, MD
Acting Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
iskra.ivanova@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Yulia Ivashkov, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
David S. Jardine, MD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Clinical Interests: Hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome.
Research Interests: Heat induced gene expression and heat shock proteins as biomarkers for heat induced injury in sudden infant death syndrome.
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Srdjan Jelacic, MD
Acting Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Ryan J. Jense, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine; Sedation Lead, Veteran's Affairs Puget Sound HCS
Primary Location: VAPSHCS
Clinical and Teaching Interests: International global health: anesthetic and perioperative care, ultrasound guided regional anesthesia (advanced techniques for controlling pain in the postoperative period - especially for orthopedic procedures).
Research Interest: Systems design (mostly theoretical) to improve healthcare delivery, access, efficiency, and quality to the low-income populations of the world.
Personal Interest: Outdoors ...
Nathalia Jimenez, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
nathalia.jimenez@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: Pain perception and pain treatment in minority populations, epidermiology and public health, Transcranial doppler and craniosynostosis.
Aaron Joffe, DO
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Denise C. Joffe, MD
Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
denise.joffe@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Clinical Interests: Adult and pediatric congenital heart disease.
Research Interests: Use of dexmetetomidine in patients with single ventricle physiology and patients post-heart transplant.
Lisa M. Judge, MD
Clinical Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: VA Puget Sound HCS
Shamema B. Karjeker, MD, JD
Clinical Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Professional Interests: Neuroanesthesia, Medical Professional Liability, Ethics.
Helen W. Karl, MD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
helen.karl@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Field of Interest: Children.
Nicholas Kassebaum, MD
Acting Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Christopher D. Kent, MD
Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Professional Interests: Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia, Economics of anesthesia practice.
Nita Khandelwal, MD
Acting Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: HMC
Jerry H. Kim, MD
Acting Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
jerry.kim@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Clinical Interests: Hospital-based patient safety initiatives.
Research Interests: Biochemical genetics, genetics and developmental biology, tissue response to injury.
Personal Interests: Cycling, tennis.
Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD
Acting Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Ruth Landau, MD
Professor & Director of Obstetric Anesthesiology & Clinical Genetics, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Research Interests: Long term effects of post-partum pain on the mother, the effect of pregnancy on pain modulation (pregnancy-induced endogenous analgesia), the influence of genetics on pain perception and labor or post-CS analgesia requirements, and ways to predict who will suffer acute severe pain and potentially chronic pain.
Personal Interests: Aesthetics, design, contemporary architecture, travel, fitness.
John D. Lang, MD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine;
Associate Chief, UW Medical Center
Anesthesiology Clinical Services;
Adjunct Associate Professor,
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine;
Researcher, Mitochondria & Metabolism Center
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Reseach Interests: Influences of hypercapnia on inflammatory cell signaling pathways in relevant clinical translational models of lung injury. Effects of nitric oxide and nitrite anion on attenuating hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury during transplantation.
Gregory J. Latham, MD
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
gregory.latham@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: Teaching, pediatric cardiac anesthesia.
Emily Law, PhD
Acting Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
emily.law@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Research Interests: Health-risk behaviors in adolescents with chronic pain, the interrelation between pain and sleep and the impact of chronic pain on child and family functioning.
D. Khang Le, MD
Acting Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Alex Lee, MD
Acting Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: VA Puget Sound HCS
Christopher R. Lee, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Biographical Statement: I chose to join UW Anesthesiology in order to help guide resident anesthesiologists while caring for patients in challenging situations. I enjoy the challenge of Quality Improvement - helping to keep anesthesia as safe as possible.
Clinical Interests: Acute pain management, obstetric anesthesia.
Research Interests: Quality improvement, simulation in education.
Lorri A. Lee, MD
Professor
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Past interest in transplantation research. Current interest in neurosurgery / neuroanesthesia research.
Research Interests: Primary focus: Outcomes research associated with anesthetic and surgical complications; Member of the ASA Closed Claims Project Committee; Director of the ASA Postoperative Visual Loss Registry and the Neurological Injury after Non-Supine Surgery Registry; Other research interests: outcomes and complications associated with major spine surgery.
Personal Interests: Spending time with her 5-year-old daughter and husband, and swimming, outdoor activies, and cooking.
Na Lee, MD
Acting Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Amy Lewandowski, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
amy.lewandowski@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Research Interests: Dr. Lewandowski's research interests include functional outcomes in children and adolescents with chronic pain and treatment of chronic pain in primary care.
Spencer Liu, MD
Professor
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Chief of Regional Anesthesia and Perioperative Pain Medicine (RAPP)
Primary Location: UWMC
Vanessa Loland, MD, PhD
Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Loreto Lollo, MD
Clinical Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Trauma anesthesia, regional anesthesia, medical instrumentation.
Personal Interests: Hiking and cooking.
Stefan A. Lombaard, MB ChB, FANZCA
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Daniel King-Wai Low, MD, MB BS
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
daniel.low@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Anne M. Lynn, MD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics
anne.lynn@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: Research in pain medication kinetics in infants - morphine, ketorolac. Recent addition of acupuncture as adjunct pain management modality.
Burkhard Mackensen, MD, PhD, FASE
Professor and Acting Chair
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
UW Medicine Research & Education Endowed Professor in Anesthesiology
Adjunct Professor of Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Kenneth Martay, MD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Lynn D. Martin, MD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics
Director, Department of Anesthesiology
& Pain Medicine, Seattle Children's;
Medical Director, Bellevue Clinics and Surgery Center
lynn.martin@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: Pediatric anesthesia and critical care medicine. Research is focused on outcomes from regional anesthesia and quality/process improvement in the pediatric healthcare setting. Currently serving as Vice-President/President elect for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (will become president October, 2010).
Personal Interests: Running, all outdoor activities, and spending time with his wife and 3 daughters.
J. Grant McFadyen, MB ChB, DA(SA), FRCA
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
grant.mcfadyen@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Research Interests: Pediatric regional anesthesia, pediatric neurosurgical anesthesia.
Personal Interests: Cycling, hiking.
Kathleen L. McGinn, MD
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
katie.mcginn@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Field of Interest: Pediatric regional anesthesia, pain management and acupuncture, palliative care.
Iulia I. Metzner, MD
Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Thoracic anesthesia, neuroanesthesia, research in thermoregulation.
Personal Interests: Tourism, music (jazz, classical, opera), swimming, spending time with my 3 daughters.
Jennifer L. Meyers, MD
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
jennifer.meyers@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: Teaching future anesthesiologists and educating other medical specialists about anesthesiology.
Personal Interests: Cooking, knitting, opera, and spending time with my family.
Piotr Michalowski, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine,
Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System
Primary Location: VA Puget Sound HCS
Jessica Miller, MD
Acting Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine,
Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System
Primary Location: VA Puget Sound HCS
Mohammed M. Minhaj, MD
Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine;
Chief, VA Clinical Svs,
Director, Cardiac Anesthesiology, VAPSHCS
Primary Location: VA Puget Sound HCS
Philip G. Morgan, MD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
philip.morgan@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Research Interests: Mitochondrial function and in mechanism of action of volatile anesthetics.
Personal Interest: Martial Arts.
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Bala G. Nair, PhD
Acting Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Professional Interests: Bioengineering and IT research in critical care, anesthesia information and decision support systems, closed-loop glucose control, biological modeling and signal processing.
Koichiro Nandate, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Professional Interests: Cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia and critical care, and echocardiography.
Krishna M. Natrajan, MB BS, FRCA
Clinical Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Clinical Interest: Computers in medical education, trans-esophageal echo, automated anesthesia records.
Research Interest: Adult congenital heart disease and trans-esophageal echo in those patients. Special expertise in lung transplant anesthesia, particularly avoiding bypass. Interest in management of pulmonary hypertension patients undergoing anesthesia.
Personal Interest: Computing, sailing, photography, playing saxophone, cycling.
Isuta Nishio, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: VA Puget Sound HCS
L. Charles Novak, MD
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Professional Interests: Healthcare systems, healthcare economics, and medical practice management.
Ma Carmen B. Ocampo, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
carmen.bernardo-ocampo@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Field of Interest: Regional Anesthesia.
Brendan R. O'Donnell, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Research Interests: Neurobiology of pain, particularly the contribution of NMDA receptors and glial cells in the perception of pain.
Clinical Interests: Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia and "dry needling" for myofascial pain.
Hernando P. Olivar, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Mark R. Opp, PhD
Professor & Vice Chair for Basic Research,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine;
UW Medicine Research & Education
Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Teaching Interests: Chronic insufficient sleep as a determinant of outcome; sleep and inflammation; effects of traumatic infection on brain function; sleep and pain
Personal Interests: Outdoor activities, woodworking .
Rosemary J. Orr, MB ChB
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
rosemary.orr@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Clemens M. Ortner, MD, MSc, DESA
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Donald C. Oxorn, MD, CM, FRCPC, FACC
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Professional Interest: Cardiothoracic anesthesiology, and more specifically in transesophageal echocardiography (TEE).
Personal Interests: Jogging, golf, and family outings.
Tonya M. Palermo, PhD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
tonya.palermo@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Clinical Interests: Pediatric chronic and recurrent pain, sleep disorders in children Psychological treatment of pediatric chronic pain, use of innovative technology to deliver treatment, sleep-wake disturbances.
Martha B. Pankovich, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
martha.pankovich@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Clinical Interests: Regional anesthesia in children.
Ronald Pauldine, MD
Clinical Professor & Chief of Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine;
Chief, ICU
Medicine Division & Co-Director, SICU, VA Puget Sound HCS
Primary Location: UWMC
D. Janet Pavlin, MD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Teaching Interests: Ultrasound-guided regional anesthetic techniques.
Clinical Interests: Ambulatory surgery and regional anesthesia.
Research Interests: Recovery and discharge after ambulatory surgery, prediction of postoperative pain and responses to analgesic therapies, postoperative bladder function and urinary retention, and regional anesthesia and ultrasound-guided nerve blocks.
Personal Interests: Skiing, cycling, tennis, waterskiing, hiking, tennis, dancing and gardening.
Edward G. Pavlin, MD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Nicole W. Pelly, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
nicole.webel@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: Anesthesia for outpatient pediatric surgeries.
Personal Interests: Architecture and design, Native American patients.
Gene N. Peterson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine; Associate
Medical Director, UW Medical Center;
Co-Director, Center for Clinical Excellence, UWMC
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Biographical Statement: My interest and passion is providing the safest possible care to all of the patients receiving care inside UWMC and UW Medicine. My team from the Center for Clinical Excellence is working to be the catalyst for advancing world-class quality, safety, and service in healthcare. We are doing this by working to develop a hospital system that is free of healthcare acquired infections, medication errors and injury. We are doing this work inside a system with a well developed culture of safety built on reporting and disclosure of adverse events, teamwork and a system that balances safety and accountability.
Andrew J. Pittaway, BM, BS, FRCA
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Residency Associate Program Director
& Director for the Residency Internship Year
andrew.pittaway@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: Medical education & the developing world.
Jennifer A. Rabbitts, MB ChB
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Dan Raftery, PhD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: South Lake Union
Ramesh Ramaiah, MB BS, DA, FRCA, FCARCSI
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Teaching Interests: Neuromuscular physiology and pharmacology.
Research Interests: Airway management, and peripheral nerve blocks for post operative pain management.
Personal Interests: Playing tennis, swimming and cooking Indian curry.
Sally E. Rampersad, MB, DCH, FRCA
Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
sally.rampersad@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: Quality improvement, crew resource management and human factors/team training, PALS instructor.
Personal Interests: Parenting, skiing and running the occasional half marathon!
Suzanne E. Rapp, MD
Clinical Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Biographical Statement: Dr. Rapp has been a pain management specialist at the UWMC for 24 years. Her current clinical interest is in myofascial pain. Opioid policy and outcome are current research interests.
Mark A. Reed, MD
Clinical Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
mark.reed@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Michael J. Richards, BM, MRCP, FRCA
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine;
Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship, SCH;
Program Director, Anesthesia Residency, SCH
michael.richards@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Clinical Interests: Congenital cardiac anesthesia and pediatric anesthesia.
Teaching Interests: Education, Director of the ACGME certified Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Program.
Personal Interests: Family, friends and the great outdoors.
Anthony M. Roche, MB ChB
Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
G. Alec Rooke, MD, PhD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Professional Interests: Dr. Rooke has strong clinical and research interests in physiology, particularly cardiovascular physiology, and also in anesthesia for the older patient. He is very active nationally in the latter field, including membership (and former Chair) in the ASA Committee on Geriatric Anesthesia, and in the Society for the Advancement of Geriatric Anesthesia (founding President, current Treasurer).
Personal Interests: Hiking, sailing and skiing.
Brian K. Ross, MD, PhD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Executive Director, UW ISIS (Institute for
Simulation and Interprofessional Studies)
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Simulators in medical education, regional anesthesia, obstetrical anesthesia and the progress of labor.
Personal Interests: Music, amateur radio.
Irene Rozet, MD
Associate Professor , Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine;
Primary Location: VA Puget Sound HCS
Clinical Interests: Vascular and cardiac anesthesia; laboratory research in endothelial function area.
Personal Interests: Spending time with her 2 daughters and husband, reading books, swimming and tennis.
Daniel Rubens, MB BS, FANZCA
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
daniel.rubens@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: Moble medical simulation and team responses in crisis and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, novel approaches to finding a solution.
Personal Interests: Hiking and landscape/nature photography.
Howard A. Schwid, MD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Teaching Interests: Management of anesthesia critical incidents, use of systolic pressure variation to assess volume status.
Research Interests: Genetics and Developmental Biology.
Margaret M. Sedensky, MD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Research Interests: My research centers on the mechanism of action of volatile anesthetics. This investigation has led to an interest in mitochondrial biology, with spin offs in the fields of aging and development.
Samuel R. Sharar, MD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Teaching Interests: He is one of 37 UW School of Medicine faculty responsible for a 4-year integrated curriculum to medical students in clinical skills, patient-centered communications, ethics, and professionalism.
Clinical Interests: He is focused on providing high quality clinical care to pediatric victims of trauma and burn injuries, while simultaneously educating anesthesiology residents and fellows.
Research Interests: Understanding and enhancing perioperative pain management in trauma and burn patients using novel non-pharmacologic techniques, such as virtual reality distraction. Assessing and improving emergent airway and pain management in adults and children in the prehospital emergency care setting.
Personal Interests: Being a dad to two teenage kids, cycling and traveling.
Deepak Sharma, MBBS, MD, DM
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Chief, Division of Neuroanesthesiology & Perioperative Neurosciences
Program Director, Neuroanesthesiology Fellowship
Neuroanesthesiology Education Director
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Professional Interests: Transcranial Doppler (TCD) Ultrasonography, Cerebrovascular physiology, Traumatic Brain Injury, Education in Anesthesiology.
Gouri K. Sivarajan, MB BS
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Professional Interests: Education - resident training.
Personal Interests: Backpacking, hiking.
Murali Sivarajan, MB BS
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Teaching Interests: I am interested in Medical Student Education and counseling! medical students interested in pursuing anesthesia as a career. I am also interested in evaluating teaching styles and methods of other faculty in anesthesiology (Peer Evaluation of Teaching).
Clinical Interests: Cardiovascular monitoring, airway and anesthesia, education in anesthesia.
Personal Interests: Hiking, scuba diving, cooking, reading, and theater.
Irakli Soulakvelidze, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Teaching Interests: Teaching residents and fellows the theory and practice of pain medicine, as well as developing clinical research collaborations with them to answer new clinical questions.
Clinical Interests: Chronic regional pain syndrome, neuropathic pain and spinal pain.
Research Interests: To develop a standardized clinical pathway for optimal management of chronic regional pain syndrome. To help improve management of chronic pain in the primary care setting.
Personal Interests: Spending time with family and friends, reading, traveling and sports.
Karen J. Souter, MB BS, FRCA
Associate Professor & Vice Chair for Education,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine;
Residency Program Director
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Teaching Interests: Resident education, educational outcomes, teaching and evaluation of residents' skills in the disclosure of adverse outcomes.
Personal Interests: Opera, flying (PPL), scuba diving.
Michael J. Souter, MB ChB, FRCA
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine;
Chief, HMC Anesthesiology Clinical Services;
Adjunct Professor, Neurosurgery;
Head, Neuroanesthesia Division,
Medical Co-Director, NeuroCritical Care Service,
Harborview Medical Center
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Research Interests: Neuroanesthesia with neurophysiology and monitoring, critical care of subarachnoid hemorrhage and traumatic brain injury, information technology in anesthesia & medicine, monitoring technology in anesthesia & critical care medicine.
Personal Interests: Scuba diving (divemaster, mixed gases, closed circuit rebreathers), aviation (Private Pilots License).
Bradley P. Spak, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Agnes Stogicza, MD
Acting Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: HMC
David J. Tauben, MD
Clinical Associate Professor & Interim Chief (Pain Medicine)
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine;
Director of Medical Student Education in Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
"Care and treat all patients as I would expect for myself."
Expertise: Diagnosis, education, and medical management of acute and chronic pain in specialty and primary care.
Clinical interests: Consultative and Primary care management of acute and chronic pain primary care internal medicine.
Personal interests: Family, friends, skiing, mountain biking, art, theater, non-fiction reading, political and philosophical discussion.
Gregory W. Terman, MD, PhD
Professor & Director of Pain Research,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine;
Professor, Graduate Program in Neurobiology & Behavior
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Research Interests: For the last 30 years I have been interested in the synaptic plasticity of the central nervous system as a result of repeated or prolonged nociception and/or repeated or prolonged pain relieving drugs. In the last few years, my research has focused on the mechanisms and neurochemistry of of opiate tolerance, potential therapeutics to help opiate tolerant patients, and studies to minimize the life-threatening risk of opiates in analgesic tolerant patients.
Douglas R. Thompson, MD
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
douglas.thompson@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: Outcomes based research using medical simulation.
Rong Tian, MD, PhD
Director, Mitochondria & Metabolism Center;
Co-director, NMR Center;
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine;
Professor, Bioengineering;
Adjunct Professor, Biochemistry
Primary Location: Tian Lab, South Lake Union
Research Interest: Dr. Tian has been studying the molecular mechanisms regulating cardiac metabolism and energetics for about 20 years. She is immensely interested in bi-directional translational research between the bench and the bedside. Her research program is built to move from fundamental questions to rigorous evaluation of in vivo metabolism and physiology in cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Tian is building a multi-disciplinary research center on mitochondria and metabolism to focus on the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in a number of complex human diseases associated with aging, such as cardiovascular and neuro-degenerative diseases, obesity and diabetes, and cancer.
Miriam M. Treggiari, MD, PhD, MPH
Professor & Faculty Fellowship Academic Project
Coordinator, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Director of ICU Research, HMC Anesthesiology
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Professional Interests: Pathophysiology and clinical management of patients with cerebral aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage, glucose management and outcomes in critically ill patients, and outcomes assessment in critically ill patients.
Dennis C. Turk, PhD
John & Emma Bonica Professor
of Anesthesiology & Pain Research, Director of C-PRIME (Center for Pain
Research on Impact, Measurement, and Effectiveness,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Professional Interests: Research related to multidisciplinary assessment of patients with chronic pain, identification of patient subgroups and customizing treatment, clinical trials of treatments of chronic pain, and adaptation to chronic diseases. A Special Government Employee of the US Food and Drug Administration, Co-chair of the Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT.org), and Editor-in-Chief of The Clinical Journal of Pain.
Gail A. Van Norman, MD
Professor and Director of Compliance,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine;
Director, UWMC Pre-Anesthesia & Surgery Clinic;
Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Biographical Summary: Boarded in Internal Medicine, after several years of primary care practice, trained in Anesthesiology. Subspecialty in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and extensive experience in organ transplantation. Chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Ethics.
Clinical Interests: Medical ethics in clinical practice, preoperative preparation of the surgical patient. Cardiac and transplant anesthesiology.
Research Interests: Research in advance directives.
Youri L. Vater, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Great passion in liver transplantation anesthesia and new world challenges - global obesity epidemics and aging.
Research Interests: Ischemia-reperfusion injury, aging issues in donor and recipient match, obesity as a new challenges in solid organ transplantation.
Teaching Interests: Liver transplantation anesthesia, major surgical procedures, thromboelastography and the physiology of obesity for anesthesiologists.
Personal Interests: Physicians for Human Rights.
Monica S. Vavilala, MD
Professor & Interim Vice-Chair of Clinical Research
Director of Faculty Fellowships
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Professor,
Pediatrics;
Adjunct Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery;
Associate Director, Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center (HIPRC)
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Professional Interests: Interested in epidemiology, pathophysiology and outcomes after traumatic brain injury.
Shilpa T. Verma, MB BS
Acting Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
shilpa.verma@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: Interested in the effects of general anesthesia versus regional anesthesia on the developing brain of infants.
Alexander A. Vitin, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Professional Interests: Liver pathology and transplantation issues.
Personal Interests: He loves his dogs (more than just a hobby), philosophy, psychology, ancient and medieval history, PC games, hiking, swimming, bicycling, and a little bit of tennis.
Peter Von Homeyer, MD, FASE
Interim Chief (CT Anesthesia)
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: UW Medical Center
Professional Interests: Cardiovascular physiology, coagulation, echocardiography, and adult congenital heart disease.
Personal Interests: He loves to spend time outdoors with his family, cycling, mountaineering, and reading.
Gary A. Walco, PhD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics & Psychiatry
Director of Pain Medicine, SCH
gary.walco@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: A major professional focus has been advocacy for better pain management for children. The socpe of these efforts conitnues to broaden, including national and international efforts.
Wang Wang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Wang Lab, South Lake Union
Research Interests: Superoxide flash genesis, effects of superoxide flash on local signaling, and superoxide flash as biomarker for cardiac dysfunction.
Biographical Summary: Dr. Wang won the 2007 Richard J. Bing Award for Young Investigators of ISHR (International Society for Heart Research), for discovery of the superoxide flash. He has been studying the intrinsic triggers/regulators of physiological mPTP opening and subsequent superoxide flash production. His research program seeks to demonstrate how physiological mPTP activity and ROS production impact local signaling. He works to establish the use of superoxide flash as novel indication of oxidative cardiac disorders, as well as novel criterion to evaluate the effectiveness of anti-oxidant treatments.
Wong, Karen C., MB BS, FANZCA
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
karen.wong@seattlechildrens.org
Primary Location: Seattle Children's Hospital
Professional Interests: Simulation training and pediatric anesthesia.
David R. Wright, BM, FRCA
Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: Harborview Medical Center
Ahmed F. Zaky, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor,
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Primary Location: VA Puget Sound HCS