Department of Anesthesiology Faculty and Staff

Chairperson

Asokumar Buvanendran, MD

Vice Chairs

• Robert J. McCarthy, PharmD, Vice Chair for Research Affairs
• Christopher J. O’Connor, MD, Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
• David M. Rothenberg, MD, FCCM, Vice Chair for Academic Affairs

Department Leadership

• Brian W. Birmingham, MD
  • Clinical Director
  • Director, CVT and Liver Transplant Anesthesia
• Sarah M. Cocoma, MD, Critical Care
• Timothy R. Lubenow, MD, Pain Medicine
• Graham Lubinsky, MD, Director, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
• Neal Mehta, MD, Regional Anesthesia & Acute Pain Management
• Parag Patel, MD, Ambulatory Anesthesia
• Edelberto Perez, MD, OB Anesthesia
• Arvind Rajagopal, MD, Residency Program Director 
• David M. Rothenberg, MD, Preop Clinic
• Alisha Sachdev, MD, Neuro-Anesthesia
• Behnoosh Shayegan, MD, Pediatric Anesthesia
• Eric Sloan, MD, Director of Anesthesia for GI Services
• Tolga Suvar, MD
  • Director of Cancer Pain Managment
  • Assistant Fellowship Program Director

 Pain Medicine Faculty

• Sandeep D. Amin, MD
• Asokumar Buvanendran, MD
• Matthew Jaycox, MD
• Timothy R. Lubenow, MD
• Tolga Suvar, MD

Clinical Faculty

• Rosemarie Andres, MD
• Joel Biala, MD
• Brian W. Birmingham, MD
• Sarah M. Cocoma, MD
• Elizabeth Cooney, MD
• Sheila Cooper, MD
• Joy Degani, MD
• Deepali Garg, MD
• Margaret Griesemer, DO
• Lakshmi Iyer, MD
• Shuchi Jain, DO
• George Katsoyannis, MD
• Ashley Kydes, MD
• Marijana Ljubanovic-Lazarevic, MD
• Graham Lubinsky, MD
• Edmund B. Mangahas, MD
• William McDade, MD, PhD (Adjunct Professor)
• Neal Mehta, MD
• Jason Mitchell, MD
• Robert Molnar, DO
• Kadhiresan  Murugappan, MD
• Brian A. Myers, DO
• Christopher O’Connor, MD
• Nabil Othman, MD
• Steven L. Outly, MD
• Gopi Patel, DO
• Parag Patel, MD
• Nicolas Patonai, MD
• Edelberto Perez, MD
• Wieslaw Podlasek, MD
• Jeffery Podnar, MD
• Alexi Pollet, DO
• Arvind Rajagopal, MD
• Richard J. Ropp, MD
• David M. Rothenberg, MD
• Alisha Sachdev, MD
• Matthew Shaw, MD
• Behnoosh Shayegan, MD
• David J. Sklar, MD
• Eric Sloan, MD
• Alaeddin Tarhuni, MD
• Edwin Narváez Torres, MD
• Phil Traylor, MD
• Michael Tripp, MD

Research

• Vaskar Das, Ph.D
• Jeffrey S. Kroin, PhD
• Robert J. McCarthy, PharmD 
• Patricia A. Merriman, PhD
• Mario Moric, MS, Biostatistician
• Jay L. Shils, PhD, D. ABNM, FASNM 

Staff

• April Bradley, Administrator
• Alexandra Bernal, MHA, Residency Coordinator, Pain Medicine and Regional Fellowship Coordinator
• David B. Hairlich, Financial Officer
• Theresa M. Orozco, Senior Residency Coordinator, Senior Pain Medicine and Regional Fellowship Coordinator
• Melissa Sams-Carey, Director of Operations
• Emily Sandoval, Residency Coordinator, Pain Medicine and Regional Fellowship Coordinator