Faculty & Fellows

Faculty Leadership

Department Chair

Manish N. Shah, MD, MPH

The Azita G. Hamedani Distinguished Chair of Emergency Medicine

Department Vice Chairs

Sara Damewood, MD

Vice Chair of Education & Division Chief, Emergency Ultrasound

Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN

Vice Chair of Research, The John and Tashia Morgridge Chair of Emergency Medicine Research

Nicholas Kuehnel, MD

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

Mary Westergaard, MD

Vice Chair of Faculty Development

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 of Medical Staff, UW Health & Interim Medical Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

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

Fellows

Jesse Conterato, MD

Critical Care Anesthesiology Fellow

Dana Darling, DO

Retrieval & Critical Care Transport Fellow

Christian Hext, MD, MPA

Retrieval & Critical Care Transport Fellow

Leah Morgan, MD

Ultrasound Fellow

Nicolas Rubel, MD

Critical Care Anesthesiology Fellow

Megan Yank, MD

Retrieval & Critical Care Transport Fellow

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