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Steffen E Meiler, MD

  • Professor and Chair
  • ZW Gramling Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology
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Sheryl Ang, MBBS, MRCP, CHSE

  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Clerkship Director
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Mary E Arthur, MD, MPH, FASE, FASA

  • Professor
  • Vice Chair for Educ & Faculty Development
  • Residency Program Director
  • NST Fellowship Director
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Nicolas Avila, MD

  • Assistant Professor
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Caryl Bailey, MBBS

  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Residency Program Dir
  • Clerkship Director
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Mafdy Basta, MBChB

  • Associate Professor

Richard Belle Isle, MD

  • Assistant Professor
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Mohamed Ben Omran, MD, CHSE

  • Associate Professor
  • Director of Neurosurgical Anesthesia
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Vaibhav Bora, MBBS, FASE, FASA, FCCM, FCCP

  • Associate Professor
  • Director of Anesthesia Critical Care
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Heather Byrd, MD

  • Associate Professor
  • Associate Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Dir
  • Dir and Clinical Service Chief, Pediatric Anesthesia
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Mamta Chura, MBBS

  • Assistant Professor
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(Mallikarjuna) Reddy Devarapalli, MBBS

  • Assistant Professor
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Roberto Diaz Galdo, MD

  • Assistant Professor
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Anterpreet Dua, MBBS

  • Associate Professor
  • Pain Medicine Fellowship Director
  • Medical Dir of Pain Management
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Stevin Dubin, MD

  • Associate Professor
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Ivan Florentino-Pineda, MD, MBA, FAAP

  • Professor
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Edward Foley, MD

  • Professor
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Akbar Herekar, MD, MPH, FASA

  • Assistant Professor
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Michael Ho, MD

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor
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Jasmeen Kaur, MBBS

  • Assistant Professor
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Igor Kislinger Hoffmann, MD

  • Assistant Professor
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Vikas Kumar, MBBS, CHSE, FCCM

  • Professor
  • Anes Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Dir
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John Latremouille, MD

  • Assistant Professor
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Lyndon Lennard, MD

  • Assistant Professor
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Michael Lyew, MD, MSc

  • Associate Professor
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James Mayfield, MD

  • Associate Professor
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Prathik Mudaliar, MD

  • Assistant Professor
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Lauren Powell, DO

  • Assistant Professor
  • Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Director
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Sri Varsha Pulijal, MBBS

  • Assistant Professor
  • Director of Patient Safety and Quality
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Victor Rizzo, MD

  • Assistant Professor
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Pam Rosema, MHSA

  • Instructor
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Lori Russo, MD, FASA, FASE

  • Assistant Professor
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Ashish Sakharpe, MD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Director of Anesthesiology Informatics
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Maria Gabriela Sanchez, MD

  • Assistant Professor
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Paramvir Singh, MBBS, MBA, FASA

  • Associate Professor
  • Director of Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesia
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Zhuo Sun, MD

  • Associate Professor
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Daniel Sweeney, MD

  • Assistant Professor
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Natalie Trojanowski, MD

  • Assistant Professor
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Ted Weatherred, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Administrative Staff

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Celvin G Mitchell, MBA

  • Department Administrator
  • Anesthesiology Department
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Matt Atkinson, BS

  • Office Specialist/Front Desk
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Kimberly Curtis, MBA

  • Residency Coordinator 2
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Carol Dickerson, MS, MBA

  • Business Manager 2
  • Observership, Clinical Research Volunteer, and Fellowship Coordinator
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Margaret Eakins

  • Clerkship and Fellowship Coordinator
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Tabatha Hatcher

  • Assistant to the Chair
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Jose Negron Centeno, BS

  • Business Operations Specialist
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Nadine Odo, MPH, CCRC, ELS, FACRP

  • Research Associate
  • Medical Writer/Author's Editor
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Angela "Angie" Skinner

  • Office Coordinator
  • Executive Suite
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Sharon Thomas, BS

  • Office Manager, FCCS Coordinator
  • Chronic Pain, BLS/ACLS/FCCS

Advanced Practice Providers

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Rebecca Kerko, DNP, CRNA

  • Chief Anesthetist, Main OR

MSN, Augusta University

DNP, Augusta University

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Sebah Abdulaziz, MHS, CAA

  • CAA, Main OR
MHS, Nova Southeastern University
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Jordan Barnes, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
DNP, Augusta University
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Allyson Battaglia, DNP, CRNA

  • Assistant Chief Anesthetist
  • Main OR
DNP, Augusta University

Alanna Bennett, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
DNP, Augusta University
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Lori Boswell, MSN, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
MSN, Augusta University
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Jose Castro, MSN, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
MSN, University of Puerto Rico
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Connor Cole, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
DNP, University of Pittsburgh
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Frances Curry, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
DNP, Augusta University

Ryan Delaney, DNAP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Children's Hospital
DNAP, Augusta University
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Megan Dowdy, MMSc, CAA

  • CAA, Children's Hospital
MMSc, South University
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Holly Edmonds, MSN, CRNA

  • CRNA, Children's Hospital
MSN, Florida International University

Kimberly Griffin, MSN, FNP-BC

  • Nurse Practitioner, Pain Clinic
MSN, Georgia Southern University
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Megan Griffis, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
DNP, Augusta University
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HaYong "Nicole" Hirst, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR

MS, Northeastern University

MSN, Uniformed Services University of Heatlh Sciences

DNP, Chatham University

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Holly Holman, MSN, CRNA

  • CRNA, Children's Hospital
MSN, Augusta University
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Allison Jester, MSN, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
MSN, Augusta University
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Nada Kent, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
DNP, Augusta University,
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Nadia Lee, MSN, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR

MSN, Augusta University

MSN, American Sentinel University

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Lauren Lowell, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Children's Hospital
DNP, Augusta University
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Rani Mable, MSN, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
MSN, Georgetown University
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Sujitha Manoj, MSN, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
MSN, Augusta University
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Danielle May, MS, CAA

  • CAA, Main OR
MS, Indiana University
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Margaret Mears, MMSc, CAA

  • CAA, Main OR
MMSc, South University
photo of Kayla Morgan, DNP, CRNA

Kayla Morgan, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR

MSN, University of West Georgia

DNP, Augusta University

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Rachel Murchison, MSN, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
MSN, Augusta University
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Sara Norman, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR and Children's Hospital
DNP, Augusta University
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Caroline Overgaard, MSN, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
MSN, Augusta University

Robert Pace, MSN, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
MSN, Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia
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Tamara Pittman, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR

MSN, University of South Carolina

DNP, Augusta University

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Darrell Ragan, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR

MSN, Augusta University

DNP, Augusta University

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Brittany Reese, MSN, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
MSN, Augusta University
photo of Martin Roybal, DNP, CRNA

Martin Roybal, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR

MSN, Augusta University

DNP, Augusta University

photo of Kendall Santamaria, DNP, CRNA

Kendall Santamaria, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
DNP, Augusta University
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Karen Sheppard, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
Ohio State University
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Elizabeth Shoop, MSN, FNP-C

  • NP, Children's Hospital

Amanda Sifre, DNAP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
DNAP, Augusta University

(Stephen) Michael Smith, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
DNP, Augusta University

Kelly Stamper, MSN, CRNA

  • CRNA, Children's Hospital
MSN, Augusta University

Kit Taylor, MPA

  • PA, Pain Clinic
MPA, Augusta University
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Cecelia (Niki) Thomas, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
DNP, Augusta University
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Charles Videna, DNP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
DNP, Augusta University
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Brittany Westcott, MSN, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
MSN, University of South Florida

Michael Wilson, DNAP, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
DNAP, Medical University of South Carolina
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Gloria Young, MSN, CRNA

  • CRNA, Main OR
MSN, Augusta University

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