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