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Emergency Medicine Patient_Hero

Meet Our 91㽶 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Team

Leadership

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Amy L. Drendel, DO, MS

Professor of Pediatrics; Chief, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

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Viday Heffner, MD, MHPE

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Fellowship Co-Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

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Michael Levas, MD, MS

Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Social Medicine, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Medical Director, Project Ujima; Associate Director, Comprehensive Injury Center; Co-Director, Health Equity Scholars Program

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Jean Pearce, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Medical Director Children’s Wisconsin Emergency Department Trauma Center

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Abigail Schuh, MD, MMHPE

Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Education, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Fellowship Co-Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

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Danny Thomas, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics; Research Director, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Chair, 91㽶IRB Pediatric Minimal Risk Committee; Medical Staff President-Elect

Faculty

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Shannon Baumer-Mouradian, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Quality Improvement, Section of Emergency Medicine

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Kathleen Beckmann, DO

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Co-Director, Continuous Professional Development

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Lorin Browne, DO

Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine; Director, Mission Control; Associate Medical Director, Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services

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Sri Chinta, MBBS, MS

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

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Keli Coleman, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

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Yilu "Bill" Dong, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

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Patrick Drayna, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Medical Director, POCUS, Children's Wisconsin

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Amanda Dupont, DO

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

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Catherine (Cassie) Ferguson, MD

Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Scholarly Concentration; Co-Director, Health Equity Scholars Program

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Meagan Ladell, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

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Maureen Luetje, DO

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Medical Director, Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Medicine; Associate Medical Director

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Jane M. Machi, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

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Marlene Melzer-Lange, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

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Michelle Pickett, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

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Jane Rivas, MD

Assistant Professor; Clinical Pillar Lead, Global Child Health Program

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Ryan Scheper, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Associate Medical Director

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Megan L. Schultz, MD, MA

Associate Professor; Director, Global Child Health Program; Co-Director, Global Health Pathway

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Breanne Pacheco Shah, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

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Sarah Thill, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

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David Vyles, DO, MS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

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Patrick Walsh, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

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Wendi-Jo Wendt, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Adjunct Faculty

Christopher Spahr, MD

Christopher D Spahr

Associate Adjunct Professor

 

  

Physician Assistants/Nurse Practitioners

Steve Abramowski, NP

Abramowski Steve NP

Nurse Practitioner

Andrea Bobke, NP

Bobke Andrea NP

Nurse Practitioner

Jasmine Haines, PA-C

Jasmine Haines

Physician Assistant

Sandy Huitink, PA-C

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Physician Assistant
Advanced Practice Providers Manager

Candi Humphreys, APNP

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Advanced Practice Nurse Provider

Kyle Kinderman, PA-C

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Physician Assistant

Nandini Kolimas, PA-C

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Physician Assistant

Olivia Kovarik, PA-C

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Physician Assistant

Mariah Marino, PA-C

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Physician Assistant

Debra Schmidt, APNP

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Advanced Practice Nurse Provider

Sarah Slowik, PA-C

Slowik Sarah

Physician Assistant

Marissa Tenneson, PA-C

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Physician Assistant

Katherine Vernon, PA-C

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Physician Assistant

Madeline Winn, PA-C

Madeline Winn 2020

Physician Assistant

 Susan Cronn, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC

 Ellie Landreville, PA-C

Fellows

2022-25

Narmeen Kahn, MD
Jamie Holland, MD
Nathan White, MD

2023-26

Lindsay Boles, MD
 Hanna Heintz, MD
 Emily Hogikyan, MD

2024-27

Callie Krentz, MD
Abigail Mahler, MD
Emma Strode, DO
 

Research Staff

Sylvia Torres, MPH, CCRP
Clinical Research Manager

Mark Nimmer
Quality Outcomes Research Analyst III 

Michael Armanious
Clinical Research Coordinator  

Najia Ali
Clinical Research Assistant

Kyle Farris
Clinical Research Assistant III

Erika Kreuser
Clinical Research Assistant III

Hayder Jaafar
Postdoctoral Fellow

Holly Erpenbach, MS
Clinical Research Coordinator

Elise Rice
Clinical Research Assistant

Maya Pitts
Clinical Research Assistant

Kaitlyn Zakszewski
Clinical Research Assistant

Administrative Staff

Andrew Schuette
Division Administrator

Shayla Crape
Administrative Assistant Sr.

Tammy Hosch
Administrative Assistant Sr.

Kim Pitre
Administrative Assistant Sr.

Erin Penzel
Education Program Coordinator II