Leadership in the Department

CHAIR
P. Allan Klock, Jr. MD
Professor

EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIR 
Michael O'Connor, MD
Professor

VICE CHAIR - ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Mark Nunnally, MD
Professor

VICE CHAIR - CLINICAL AFFAIRS
Jeffrey Tong, MD
Associate Professor

ASSOCIATE VICE CHAIR - CLINICAL OPERATIONS
Frank DuPont, MD
Associate Professor

Jihye Ha, MD
Assistant Professor

VICE-CHAIR - EDUCATION
Allison Dalton, MD
Associate Professor

VICE CHAIR - RESEARCH
Zheng Xie, MD PhD
Professor

ASSOCIATE VICE CHAIR - FINANCE AND STRATEGY
Stephen Estime, MD
Professor

RESIDENCY DIRECTOR
Junaid Nizamuddin, MD
Associate Professor

ASSOCIATE RESIDENCY DIRECTORS
Sarah Nizamuddin, MD
Associate Professor

Danisa Daubenspeck, DO
Assistant Professor

ASSISTANT RESIDENCY DIRECTOR
Ted Timothy, MD
Associate Professor

SIMULATION LEADER
Sarah Nizamuddin, MD
Associate Professor

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION
Stephen Estime, MD
Associate Professor

SECTION CHIEFS

Anesthesia Perioperative Medicine
Robert Fong, MD
Associate Professor

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Mark Chaney, MD
Professor

Critical Care Anesthesia
Avery Tung, MD
Professor

Multispecialty Anesthesia

Neuro Anesthesia
Chanannait Paisansathan, MD
Assistant Professor

Obstetric Anesthesia
Chad Dean, MD (Interim)
Assistant Professor

Pain Medicine
Magdalena Anitescu, MD, PhD
Professor

Palliative Care

Pediatric Anesthesia
Ellen Choi, MD
Associate Professor

Transplant Anesthesia
Aalok K. Kacha, MD, PhD, FASA
Associate Professor

FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM DIRECTORS

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Danisa Daubenspeck, DO
Assistant Professor

Critical Care
Allison Dalton, MD
Associate Professor

Obstetric Anesthesia
Chad Dean, MD
Assistant Professor

Pain Medicine
Magdalena Anitescu, MD, PhD
Professor

Pediatric Anesthesia
Leili Khorassani, MD
Assistant Professor