Department Leadership
Associate Heads
Pygon, Bernard ‘Bud’, MD
Senior Associate Head
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Beckmann, Katharina, MD
Associate Head for Clinical Affairs
Section Chief for Cardiac Anesthesiology
Section Chief for Transplant Anesthesiology
Director of Simulation Education
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Beckerly, Rena, MD/MBA
Associate Head for Education
Residency Program Director
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Paisansathan, Chanannait, MD
Associate Head for Faculty Affairs
Section Chief of Neuroanesthesiology
Professor of Anesthesiology
Park, Christine, MD
Associate Head for Learning and Innovation
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Director, Simulation and Integrative Learning Institute
Banchs, Richard J., MD
Associate Head for Quality Improvement
Section Chief for Quality & Safety
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Roth, Steven, MD, FARVO
Associate Head for Research
Michael Reese Endowed Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Head for Faculty Development
Section Chiefs
Cohn, Stephan, MD
Section Chief for Ambulatory Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Banchs, Richard J., MD
Associate Head for Quality Improvement
Section Chief for Quality & Safety
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Beckmann, Katharina, MD
Section Chief for Cardiac Anesthesiology
Section Chief for Transplant Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Associate Head for Clinical Affairs
Director of Simulation Education
Nishioka, Hokuto, MD
Section Chief for Critical Care Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Operating Room Medical Director
Paisansathan, Chanannait, MD
Section Chief of Neuroanesthesiology
Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Head for Faculty Affairs
Nixon, Heather, MD
Section Chief of Obstetric Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Malik, Khalid, MD, FRCS, MBA
Section Chief of Pain Medicine
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Medical Director, Interventional Pain Clinic
Voronov, Polina, MD
Section Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Chief of Service, Anesthesiology, Shriners Hospital for Children – Chicago
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Leskiw, Ulana, MD
Section Chief for Perioperative Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Medical Director, Anesthesia Clinic
Chiang, Christopher, MD
Section Chief of Regional Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Residency Program
Beckerly, Rena, MD
Residency Program Director
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Associate Head for Education
Wheeler, Peggy, MD
Associate Director, Residency Program
James M. Feld Professor of Anesthesiology
Adituori, Lisa, DO
Associate Director, Residency Program
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Wilkinson, Nikki, MD
Associate Director, Residency Program
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Kim, Edina, MD
Director of Medical Student Education in Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology