Our Team

Leadership

Christopher Lace, MD, MBA 
Interim Chair 

Anthony Oliva, MD, PhD
Vice Chair of Education

Residency Program 

Mario Villaseñor, MD
Residency Program Director 
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Bethany Benish, MD
Associate Program Director
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Michael Canepa, MD
Associate Program Director
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Young May Cha, MD
Associate Program Director
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Kenji Tanabe, MD
Associate Program Director
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Mitchell Gist, MD
Associate Program Director, Recruitment Director
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Fellowship Programs

Lyndsey Grae
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director 
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Markus Kowalsky
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Associate Program Director 
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Sarah Alber, MD
Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program Director 
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Kenji Tanabe, MD
Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Associate Program Director 
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Adrian Hendrickse, MD
Liver Transplant Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director 
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Patrick Henthorne, MD
Liver Transplant Anesthesiology Fellowship Associate Program Director 
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Tony Oliva, MD, PhD
Multidisciplinary Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director 
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Colby Simmons, DO
Neuroanesthesia Fellowship Program Director 
Global Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director

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Jaime Daly, MD
Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director 
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Monica Hoagland, MD 
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director 
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Rachael Rzasa Lynn, MD 
Pain Medicine Fellowship Associate Program Director
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Christopher Nichols, MD 
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Associate Program Director 
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Rachel Clopton, MD 
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Advanced Fellowship Program Director 
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Kim Strupp, MD 
Pediatric Anesthesiology Perioperative Quality Improvement Advanced Fellowship Program Director 
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Leah Webb, MD 
Pediatric Anesthesiology Regional and Acute Pain Advanced Fellowship Program Director 
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Kyle Marshall, MD
Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Program Director 
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Matthew Lyman, MD
Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Associate Program Director
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Medical Students 

3rd Year 

Jason Papazian, MD 
Co-Clerkship Director 
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Scott Vogel, DO 
Co-Clerkship Director 
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4th Year 

David Douin, MD
Fourth-year Medical Student Course Director (Course ANES 8001)
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Mario Villasenor, MD 
Fourth-year Medical Student Course Director (Courses ANES 8000, 8002, 8100 & 8600) 
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Whitney Balusi
Education Coordinator
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Anesthesiologist Assistant Program (Master of Science) 

Jaime Daly, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Medical Director, Master of Science in Anesthesiology Program
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Jillian Vitter, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Associate Medical Director, Master of Science in Anesthesiology Program
Rotation Director, Pre-Procedure Services
Acute Pain Service
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Serena Younes, CAA, MSA
Program Director, Master of Science in Anesthesiology Program
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Eloise Mulroy, CAA, MHSc 
Associate Program Director, Master of Science in Anesthesiology Program
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Craig Maré, CAA, MMSc 
Director of Simulation, Master of Science in Anesthesiology Program
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Amy Hebbert
Program Manager, Master of Science in Anesthesiology Program
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Lauren Pratt
Program Coordinator, Master of Science in Anesthesiology Program
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Other Learners/Non-Anesthesia Learners

Syed Raza, MD
Non-Anesthesia Learner & Medical Student Director at Children’s Hospital Colorado
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Whitney Balusi
Education Coordinator
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Education Administration

Nicole Lacroix
Education Manager 
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Lindsay Johnson Baumgartner
Senior Pediatric Fellowship Program Coordinator 
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Bonnie Caywood
Education Project Coordinator
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Tara Boyle
Senior Residency Coordinator 
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Caroline Dockerty
Senior Residency Coordinator 
Caroline.Dockerty@cuanschutz.edu

Tina Guerrero 
Administrative Assistant 
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Melanie Calderwood
Adult Fellowship Coordinator   
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Anesthesiology

CU Anschutz

Leprino Building

12401 East 17th Avenue

7th Floor

Aurora, CO 80045


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