Faculty & Fellows

Faculty Leadership

Department Chair

Manish N. Shah, MD, MPH

The Azita G. Hamedani Distinguished Chair of Emergency Medicine

Founding Chair

Azita Hamedani, MD, MPH, MBA

The Wisconsin Endowed Chair of Leadership in Emergency Medicine

Department 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

Institutional Leadership

Ciara Barclay-Buchanan, MD

Chief Medical Officer, University Hospital

Joshua Ross, MD

Chief Medical Officer, American Family Children’s Hospital & UW Health Kids

Jeffrey Pothof, MD, MMM

Chief Quality Officer,
UW Health

Brian Sharp, MD

Medical Director of Patient Safety & Quality, UW Health

Brian Patterson, MD, MPH

Physician Administrative Director for Clinical AI, UW Health

Jamie Hess, MD, MMM

President,
UW Medical Foundation

David Tillman, MD

Associate Dean for MD Admissions, UW School of Medicine and Public Health

Ryan Tsuchida, MD

Assistant Dean, Office of Multicultural Affairs, UW School of Medicine and Public Health

Affiliate & Adjunct Faculty, Honorary Fellows

Robert Batt, PhD

Affiliate Faculty,
Wisconsin School of Business

Frank Liao, PhD

Clinical Adjunct Faculty,
UW Health

Micah Long, MD

Affiliate Faculty,
Anesthesia & Medicine
UW-Madison

Scott Reeder, MD, PhD

Affiliate Faculty, Radiology
UW-Madison

Gabriel Zayas-Cabán, PhD

Affiliate Faculty,
UW College of Engineering

Fellows

Miranda Bradley, MD

Ultrasound Fellow

Taylor Cesarz, MD

Simulation Fellow

Jesse Conterato, MD

Retrieval & Critical Care Transport Fellow

Matthew Heffernan, MD

Retrieval & Critical Care Transport Fellow

Priscilla (Polly) Kennedy, MD

Simulation & Education 3+1 Fellow

Brittany Kotek, MD

Global Health Fellow

Nicolas Rubel, MD

Anesthesia Critical Care Fellow

Mikko Sayre, MD

Retrieval & Critical Care Transport

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