Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship

Teaching Faculty

Cardiac Anesthesiology / Cardiothoracic Critical Care Medicine

Meghann Fitzgerald, MD

Meghann Fitzgerald, MD

Chief, Cardiac Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Interests: Patient blood management, anesthesia for robotic cardiac surgery, coagulation patterns in open thoracoabdominal aneurysm repairs.

Shanna Hill, MD

Shanna Hill, MD

Director of Anesthesiology Fellowship Education
Program Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Interests: Transfusion medicine, medical education, COVID-19 airway management.

Diana Khatib, MD

Diana Khatib, MD

Associate Program Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Interests: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery, interventions for structural cardiac disease, perioperative echocardiography.

Maria Betances Fernandez, MD

Maria Betances Fernandez, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

June Chan, MB BS, FANZCA

June Chan, MB BS FANZCA

Assistant Dean, Clinical Curriculum, WCM
Associate Director, Residency Education (Anesthesiology)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Interests: Applied cardiovascular physiology, curriculum development and trainee assessment, perioperative communication, anaphylaxis.

James Coleman, MD, MA

James Coleman, MD, MA

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Marguerite Hoyler, MD

Marguerite Hoyler, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Interests: Cardiothoracic critical care, patient blood management, patient frailty.

Dr. Rowaa Ibrahim

Rowaa Ibrahim, MBBCh

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Natalia Ivascu Girardi, MD

Natalia Ivascu Girardi, MD

Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Medical Director, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Professor of Medical Ethics in Clinical Medicine

Interests: Patient blood management, perioperative bleeding management, medical ethics, critical care medicine.

Mandisa Jones, MD, FASE

Mandisa Jones, MD, FASE

Director, Perioperative Echocardiography
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Interests: Point of care ultrasound, 3D echocardiography, critical care medicine.

Adam Lichtman, MD, FASE

Adam Lichtman, MD, FASE

Chief, General Anesthesiology
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Interests: Anesthesia for aortic surgery, trauma and vascular anesthesia, military medicine, undersea medicine.

Lisa Rong, MD

Lisa Rong, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Interests: Clinical cardiac and echocardiographic research.

Olga Rozental, MD, PhD

Olga Rozental, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Liang Shen, MD, MPH

Liang Shen, MD

Associate Program Director, Critical Care Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Interests: Critical care education, simulation design.

Mark Slomovits, MD

Mark Slomovits, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Interests: Quality improvement, Clinical cardiac anesthesia.

Julia Sobol, MD, MPH

Julia Sobol, MD, MPH

Program Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Ankur Srivastava, MD

Medical Director of BMH Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit
Medical Director of Adult ECMO Program
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Interests: Critical care medicine, point of care ultrasound, transthoracic echocardiography.

Sheida Tabaie, MD

Sheida Tabaie, MD

Medical Director, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
Assistant Chief of Critical Care Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Interests: Critical care medicine, global health.

Maria Walline, MD

Maria Walline, MD

Director of Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Interests: Anesthesia for adult and pediatric congenital heart disease, pediatric anesthesiology, clinical mentoring of trainees.

Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc

Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc

Vice Chair for Research
Director of Outcomes Research
Professor of Anesthesiology

Interests: Health services research, pharmacoepidemiology, critical care medicine

Thoracic Anesthesiology

Hugh C. Hemmings, Jr., MD, PhD, FRCA

Hugh C. Hemmings, Jr., MD, PhD, FRCA

Senior Associate Dean for Research
The Joseph F. Artusio, Jr. Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Professor of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Matthew Murrell, MD, PhD

Matthew Murrell, MD, PhD

Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Eric Brumberger, MD

Eric Brumberger, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency

Daniel Cook, MD

Daniel Cook, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Jaideep K. Malhotra, MD

Jaideep Malhotra, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Ariel Anderson, MD

Ariel Anderson, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

An Kim, MD

An Kim, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Maria Walline, MD

Maria Walline, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Contact Us

Dept. of Anesthesiology
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine
525 East 68th Street, Box 124
New York, NY 10065

Office of the Chair
Phone: (212) 746-2962
E-mail:  Office of the Chair, anesthesiology-chair@med.cornell.edu

Residency and Fellowship Education
Direct all inquiries to:
Phone: (212) 746-2941
E-mail: anes-programs@med.cornell.edu
For trainee verification inquiries: anes-verification@med.cornell.edu

Patient Billing Inquiries
Phone: (646) 962-5700