{"id":31555,"date":"2024-04-30T08:48:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=31555"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:54:21","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/anesthesiology-critical-care-medicine-fellowship\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"

The clinical faculty of the Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine consists of members of the Departments of Anesthesiology, Surgery\/Trauma, Emergency Medicine, and Neurology.<\/p>\n

The members of the Division have had a long-standing interest in Critical Care Medicine (CCM), have completed fellowships in CCM, and are board certified in the specialty. The faculty not only provides strong core mentorship in surgical critical care but diversity of training as well. The attending critical care staff is dedicated to training fellows to become expert clinicians and leaders in the field of Anesthesiology\/Surgical Critical Care.<\/p>\n

In addition, all units are staffed with experienced and highly qualified advanced practitioners consisting of physician assistants and nurse practitioners.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/strong><\/em> Yasser Al-Baghdadi, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nCo-Director, Surgical and Neuro ICU, UConn Health
\nDirector of Critical Care Anesthesia, UConn Health
\nSite Director, Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
\nChair of Critical Care Advisory Committee, UConn Health
\nAnesthesiology Residency: Yale University<\/em>
\nCritical Care Medicine: Johns Hopkins University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"NoSamuel Austin, D.O.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery ICU, Hartford Hospital
\nEmergency Medicine Residency: UConn School of Medicine<\/em>
\nEmergency Medicine Surgical Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center, The R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"Yu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yu Kan Au, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nDepartment of Neurocritical Care, Hartford Hospital
\nNeurology Residency: Thomas Jefferson University<\/em>
\nNeurocritical Care Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"No<\/strong>Robert Brautigam, M.D.
\n<\/strong>Associate Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nAcute Care Surgery, Hospital of Central Connecticut
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: Hospital of St. Raphael
\n<\/em>Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: UConn School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"NoGarrett Brooks, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nDepartment of Neurocritical Care, Hartford Hospital
\nNeurology Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center<\/em>
\nNeurocritical Care Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"NoCaitlin Burke, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nAcute Care Surgery, The Hospital of Central Connecticut
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: Albany Medical Center<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"NoDaryl Connolly, M.D.<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery ICU, Hartford Hospital
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nInternal Medicine Residency: Norwalk Hospital<\/em>
\nCritical Care Medicine: Yale University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"NoJustine Cormier, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nDepartment of Neurocritical Care, Hartford Hospital
\nNeurology Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital<\/em>
\nNeurocritical Care Fellowship: Yale New Haven Hospital<\/em>
\nCritical Care EEG Fellowship: Yale New Haven Hospital<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"NicholasNicholas Costanzo, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nAcute Care Surgery, Hartford Hospital
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: UConn School of Medicine<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: Yale University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"AlfredAlfred Croteau, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nAcute Care Surgery, Hartford Hospital
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: University of Vermont Medical Center<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: University of Michigan Health System<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"DanielDaniel Daman, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nAcute Care Surgery, Hartford Hospital
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: UConn School of Medicine<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: UConn School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"KatherineKatherine M. Daoud, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Program Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nEmergency Medicine Residency: UConn School of Medicine<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: Hartford Hospital, UConn School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"No<\/strong>Arturo Federico, D.O.
\n<\/strong>Assistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\n<\/span>Emergency Medicine Residency: Norman Regional Hospital, OK
\n<\/em>Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: Medstar Washington Hospital Center, DC<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"AntonioAntonio Fernandez, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssociate Professor of Medicine, UConn School of Medicine
\nDirector, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Hartford Hospital
\nInternal Medicine Residency: UConn School of Medicine<\/em>
\nCardiology Fellowship: Alpert Medical School of Brown University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"NitishNitish <\/strong>Gupta, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery ICU, Hartford Hospital
\nAnesthesiology Residency: Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine<\/em>
\nCritical Care Medicine and Cardiac Anesthesia: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"MatthewMatthew Jaffa, D.O.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Director, NeuroRecovery Clinic
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nDepartment of Neurocritical Care, Hartford Hospital
\nNeurology Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center<\/em>
\nNeurocritical Care Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center and The R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"No<\/strong>Arshdeep Kaur, M.D.
\n<\/strong>Assistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nDepartment of Neurocritical Care, Hartford Hospital
\nNeurology Residency: Wayne State University\/Detroit Medical Center
\n<\/em>Neurocritical Care Fellowship: New York-Presbyterian Medical Center<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"KristineKristine Kelliher, M.D.<\/strong>
\nDirector, Emergency General Surgery, Hartford Hospital
\nAssistant Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nAcute Care Surgery, Hartford Hospital
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: UConn School of Medicine<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: UConn School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"Brian<\/strong><\/p>\n

B<\/strong>rian Kelley, M.D., Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor of Neurosurgery, UConn School of Medicine
\nDepartment of Neurosurgery and Surgical ICU, UConn Health
\nNeurosurgery Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital<\/em>
\nNeurocritical Fellowship: UPenn School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"NoubarNoubar Kevorkian, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssociate Director, Surgical Critical Care
\nSite Director, UConn Surgery Residency, Hospital of Central Connecticut
\nAssistant Professor of Surgery, UConn School of Medicine
\nClinical Professor, Yale School of Nursing
\nAcute Care Surgery, The Hospital of Central Connecticut
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: Brooklyn Hospital Center<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: UConn School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"PhillipPhillip Kim, M.D., MBA
\n<\/strong>Acute Care Surgery, Hartford Hospital
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University
\n<\/em>Surgical Innovations Fellowship: University of California San Francisco Medical Center
\n<\/em>Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"JessicaJessica Lee, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nAcute Care Surgery, Hartford Hospital
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: UConn School of Medicine<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"MatthewMatthew L<\/strong>issauer, M.D.<\/strong>
\nDivision Chief, Acute Care Surgery, Hartford Hospital
\nProfessor, UConn School of Medicine
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: Hospital of Saint Raphael, CT<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center and The R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"JohnJohn Mah, M.D., FACS<\/strong>
\nProgram Director, UConn Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
\nMedical Director, General Surgery\/Trauma ICU, Hartford Hospital
\nAssociate Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: University of Missouri<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: UConn School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"NoJohann Mathew, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery ICU, Hartford Hospital
\nAnesthesiology Residency: Temple University Hospital<\/em>
\nCardiac Anesthesia Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center<\/em>
\nCritical Care Medicine Fellowship: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"RobertRobert McLoughlin, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor of Surgery, UConn School of Medicine
\nAcute Care Surgery, UConn Health
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: UMass Chan Medical School<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: Johns Hopkins All Children\u2019s Hospital<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"Leah-Meisterling,-D.O.\"Leah Meisterling, D.O.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nDirector of Neuroanesthesia, Hartford Hospital
\nPACU Director, Hartford Hospital
\nAnesthesia Residency: UConn School of Medicine<\/em>
\nAnesthesia Critical Care Fellowship: George Washington University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"NishantNishant Merchant, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssociate Program Director, Acute Care Surgery Fellowship
\nAssistant Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nAcute Care Surgery, Hartford Hospital
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: St. Agnes Hospital (Baltimore)<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: Yale New Haven Hospital<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"No<\/strong>Georgios Mihalopulos, M.D.
\n<\/strong>Assistant Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nAcute Care Surgery, Hospital of Central Connecticut
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: Waterbury Hospital, CT
\n<\/em>Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: UConn School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"GraciaGracia Mui, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssociate Professor of Neurology, UConn School of Medicine
\nNeurocritical Care, UConn Health
\nNeurology Residency: UConn School of Medicine<\/em>
\nNeurocritical Care Fellowship: Stanford University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Dhamodaran Palaniappan\"Dr., M.D.<\/strong>
\nProgram Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
\nAssociate Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nAnesthesiology Residency: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India\/Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami<\/em>
\nCritical Care Medicine Fellowship: Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"AugustoAugusto Parra, M.D.<\/strong>
\nDirector, Neurocritical Care, Hartford Hospital
\nAssociate Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nCombined Internal Medicine and Neurology Residency: Duke University Medical Center<\/em>
\nNeurocritical Care and Stroke Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"Lynn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lynn A. Pauls, M.D. <\/strong>
\nAssociate Program Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nAnesthesiology Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania<\/em>
\nCritical Care Medicine and Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"JudithJudith Pepe, M.D., FACS<\/strong>
\nAssociate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
\nSenior Associate Director, Surgical Critical Care
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: UMass Medical Center<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"StevenSteven Prunk, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssociate Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nDirector, Medical Intensive Care Unit, The Hospital of Central Connecticut
\nInternal Medicine Residency: UConn School of Medicine<\/em>
\nPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: UConn School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"DanielDaniel Ricaurte, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nAcute Care Surgery, Hartford Hospital
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: Waterbury Hospital<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"ElizabethElizabeth Roderick, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nAcute Care Surgery, The Hospital of Central Connecticut
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: University of California Medical Center<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: UConn School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"SandySandy Roh, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nAcute Care Surgery, Hartford Hospital
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: Baystate Medical Center<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: UConn School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"EvanEvan Schreyer, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Hartford Hospital
\nInternal Medicine Residency: Cooper University Hospital
\nCardiology Fellowship: UConn School of Medicine<\/em>
\nCritical Care Medicine Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"J.J. Aaron Scott, D.O., FCCP, FCCM, FASA<\/strong>
\nVice Chair of Education and Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency
\nAssociate Professor of Anesthesiology, UConn School of Medicine
\nDepartment of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine
\nAnesthesiology Residency: University of Massachusetts Medical School<\/em>
\nFellowship: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"NoJyoti Sharma, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAcute Care Surgery, The Hospital of Central Connecticut
\nAssistant Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: Westchester Medical Center<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: Hackensack University Medical Center<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"SyedaSyeda Dania Shujaat, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nDepartment of Neurocritical Care, Hartford Hospital
\nNeurology Residency: University of Oklahoma Hospital<\/em>
\nNeurocritical Care Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"Rekhinder\" Rekhinder Singh, M.D.<\/strong>
\nChief of Surgery, The Hospital of Central Connecticut
\nAssociate Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: University of Pittsburgh<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"NoSriharsha Subramanya, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nMember, Hartford Hospital Credentialing Committee
\nAnesthesiology Residency: Cleveland Clinic<\/em>
\nCritical Care Medicine Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"MatthewMatthew B. Tichauer, M.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Program Director
\nProgram Director, Emergency Critical Care and Resuscitation
\nAssociate Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nDirector, Emergency Critical Care
\nEmergency Medicine Residency: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, UMDNJ<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"NoJordan Vorrie, D.O.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nInterim Director, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery ICU, Hartford Hospital
\nEmergency Medicine Residency: Campbell University\/Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
\n<\/em>Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"SharonSharon Weintraub, M.D.<\/strong>
\nChief, Surgical\/Trauma ICU, The Hospital of Central Connecticut
\nSite Director, Surgical Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
\nAssociate Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nGeneral Surgery Residency: UConn School of Medicine<\/em>
\nSurgical Critical Care Fellowship: University of California, Irvine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The clinical faculty of the Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine consists of members of the Departments of Anesthesiology, Surgery\/Trauma, Emergency Medicine, and Neurology. The members of the Division have had a long-standing interest in Critical Care Medicine (CCM), have completed fellowships in CCM, and are board certified in the specialty. The faculty not only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"parent":31542,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 23:25:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31555"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38120,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31555\/revisions\/38120"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}