Leadership

Department Leadership

Manish N. Shah, MD, MPH

The Azita G. Hamedani Distinguished Chair of Emergency Medicine

Katy Oksuita, MS

Chief Administrative Officer

Founding Chair

Azita Hamedani, MD, MPH, MBA

The Wisconsin Endowed Chair of Leadership in Emergency Medicine

Vice Chairs

Sara Damewood, MD

Vice Chair of Education & Division Chief, Emergency Ultrasound

Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN

Associate Vice Chair of Research

Nicholas Kuehnel, MD

Vice Chair of Clinical Operations &
Division Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Medical Directors

Andrew Cathers, MD, DRTM

Medical Director,
UW Health Med Flight

Andrew Dean, MD

Medical Director,
Beloit Memorial Hospital

Joshua Gauger, MD, MBA

Medical Director,
University Hospital

Irene (Allie) Hurst, MD, MS

Medical Director,
Pediatric Emergency Medicine & Med Flight Pediatric Critical Care Transport

Hani Kuttab, MD

Medical Director,
East Madison Hospital

Michael Lohmeier, MD

Lead Medical Director,
Ground EMS

Collin Michels, MD

Service Chief,
Veterans Hospital

Education Program Directors

Aaron Kraut, MD

Residency Program Director

Corlin Jewell, MD

Director, Medical Student Education

Division Chiefs

Sara Damewood, MD

Vice Chair of Education & Division Chief, Emergency Ultrasound

Joshua Glazer, MD

Division Chief,
Emergency Critical Care

Megan Gussick, MD

Division Chief,
Prehospital Medicine

Nicholas Kuehnel, MD

Vice Chair of Clinical Operations &
Division Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Michelle Hughes, MD

Division Chief,
Medical Simulation

Jessica Schmidt, MD, MPH

Division Chief,
Global Health

Jenna Brink, PA-C

APP Supervisor

Senior Administrative Leadership Team

Katy Oksuita, MS

Chief Administrative Officer

Cory Reithmeyer, MBA

Assistant Department Administrator

Jenna Wepfer, MBA, PHR

Finance Associate Director

Megan Childers, MHA

Prehospital & Clinical Operations Director

Taylor Johnson, MBA

Education Program Administrator

Phoebe Natzke, MS

Research Services Manager