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Vice Chair of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Sapna R. Kudchadkar, MD PhD

  • Vice Chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
  • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology

Faculty

  • Sean Barnes, MD MBA

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Melania Bembea, MD MPH PhD

    • Interim Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
    • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Ivor David Berkowitz, MBBCH

    • Professor Emeritus of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Meghan Laura Bernier, MD

    • Medical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Sally Bitzer, MD

    • Director, Children’s Center Perioperative Optimization
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Megan Elizabeth Campion, MD

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Laura Chin, MD MPH

    • Assistant Director, Ambulatory Regional Anesthesia
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology

  • Nick Dalesio, MD MPH

    • Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Clinical Operations
    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Jennifer E. Diep, MD

    • Associate Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

  • Lori-Ann M. Edwards, MBBS

    • Assistant Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Jim C. Fackler, MD

    • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Jessica Anne George, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Dheeraj Goswami, MD

    • Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Robert S. Greenberg, MD

    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Sue Hong Routson, MD

    • Director of Pediatric Neurocritical Care
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Neurocritical Care, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Katherine Hoops, MD MPH JD

    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Joann Hunsberger, MD MS

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Pain Medicine, Pediatric Palliative Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Betsy Anne Hunt, MD MPH PhD

    • Co-Chair of the Johns Hopkins CPR Advisory Committee
    • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Sujatha Kannan, MBBS

    • Richard J. Traystman Endowed Chair
    • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Neurocritical Care, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Rahul Koka, MD MPH

    • Director for Surgery Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Children's Center
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology

  • Jessica LaRosa, MD

    • Associate Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Teresa Lee, MD MHS

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Pain Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Jennifer Lee-Summers, MD

    • Senior Associate Dean, Office of Women in Science and Medicine
    • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Amanda Levin, MD

    • Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Alison H. Miles, DO

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

  • Constance L. Monitto, MD

    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Pain Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Marc Aaron Murinson, MD

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Nina Nami, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Corina Noje, MD

    • Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Pediatric Transport Program
    • Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Aoibhinn Nyhan, MD

    • Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Resident Education
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Caitlin E. O'Brien, MD MPH

    • Associate Director, Johns Hopkins Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Pooja D. O'Neil, MD MBA

    • Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Rishi Parikh, MD PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Courtney Robertson, MD

    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Neurocritical Care, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Lewis Romer, MD

    • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Susanna Scafidi, MD

    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Jenny E. Schramm, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, Pediatric Cardiology

  • Jennifer J Schuette, MD MS

    • Associate Professor (PAR) of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

  • Deborah A. Schwengel, MD MED

    • Director, Education Research Core
    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Hal Harry Shaffner, MD

    • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Nicole Shilkofski, MD MED

    • Vice Chair of Education, Department of Pediatrics
    • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

    Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

  • Katherine Michelle Slogic, MD

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Diana Steppan, MD MPH

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Jochen Steppan, MD

    • Director of Perioperative Medicine, High Risk Cardiovascular Disease
    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • David Stockwell, MD MBA

    • Chief Medical Officer, Johns Hopkins Children's Center
    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Victoria Jenets Surma, MD

    • Associate Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Children's Center ECMO Program
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Elizabeth Tucker, MD

    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Samuel Vanderhoek, MD

    • Director of Pediatric Ambulatory Anesthesia and Surgery Operations
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Tricia Vecchione, MD MPH

    • Director, Pediatric Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesia
    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Pain Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Barbara A. Vickers, MD MPH

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Pain Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Emmett Edwin Whitaker, MD

    • Associate Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship
    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

  • Eric P. Zhou, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology

Pediatric ICU Nurse Practitioners

Irene Blake, MSN, CPNP-AC

Lead PICU Nurse Practitioner

Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatric Trauma and Burn, Traumatic Brain Injury, Maternal-child Wellness

Irene Blake, MSN, CPNP-AC

Elena Bertolino, DNP, CPNP-AC, PPCNP-BC, CCRN, WCC

Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care

Lauren Booth, MSN, CPNP-AC

Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care, Quality Improvement, Diagnostic Stewardship, Adverse Event Reporting

Lauren Booth, MSN, CPNP-AC

Theresa Ruddy, MS, CPNP-AC, CPN

Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care

Jennifer Snider, MSN, CPNP-AC

Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care

Beth Wieczorek, DNP, CPNP-AC

Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care
Beth Wieczorek

Pediatric Cardiac ICU Nurse Practitioners

Julianna (Julie) Provost Amorese, MSN, CPNP-AC

Lead PCICU Nurse Practitioner

Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, Quality Improvement, Feeding and Nutrition

Katherine Bernsoke, DNP, CPNP-AC 

Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Carlie Dobbins, DNP, CPNP-AC/PC

Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Jaime Esbensen Doroba MSN, CPNP-AC

Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Pediatric Pain Nurse Practitioners

Kelly Cole, MS, CPNP 

Expertise: Pediatric Acute Pain Management
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Carla Hoeck, MS, CPNP-AC/PC

Expertise: Pediatric Acute Pain Management

Carla Hoeck

Yvette Laboy, RN, DNP, CPNP-AC, CCRN, CPN

Expertise: Pediatric Acute Pain Management

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Kelly Vasquenza, MSN, CPNP

Expertise: Pediatric Acute Pain Management, Pediatric Oncology Acute and Chronic Pain Management, Pediatric Palliative Care, Pediatric Mental Health
Kelly Vasquenza

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists

Kaitlyn Vaughn, MSN, CRNA

Lead Pediatric CRNA 

Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

Kate Vaughn

Kelsey Brilliant, MSN, CRNA

Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

Marjorie Cesaire, MSN, CRNA

Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

Dean Fitzsimmons, DNP, CRNA

Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

Alyson Greene, MSN, CRNA

Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

Kimberly Hall, MSN, CRNA

Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

Briana LaFuria, CRNA

Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

Aileen Mendez, MS, CRNA

Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

Kevin Miller, DNP, CRNA

Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

Vania Milnes, MSN, CRNA

Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

Mary Saliski, MSN, CRNA

Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

Mary Scott-Herring, DNP, MS, CRNA

Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology

Matthew Soladay, MSN, CRNA

Expertise: Pediatric Anesthesiology