Anesthesia Research
Meet the Team

Meet the Anesthesia Team

Behavioral/Procedural Intervention

Research Interests
Outcomes of pain treatment, with a focus on outpatient, chronic pain management.

Developmental Neurobiology

Steve C. Danzer, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia
Research Interests
Epilepsy; autism; neurodevelopmental disease
Research Interests
Neuroscience; pain research; sensory neuron biology

Michael J. Lacagnina, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia
Research Interests
Neuroimmunology; mechanisms of chronic pain; glial biology; autoimmunity

Candi L. LaSarge, PhD

Instructor, UC Department of Anesthesia
Research Interests
Epilepsy; neurological disorders; learning and memory; spreading depolarizations

Pharmacology/Pharmacogenomics

Research Interests
Pharmacogenomics; PK-PD modeling; genomics/epigenetics pain research; psychosocial factors; outcomes research

Ali I. Kandil, DO, MPH

Associate Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia
Research Interests
Intraoperative neurophysiology; auditory brainstem response; pediatric airway

Mohamed A. Mahmoud, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia

Joanna R. Paquin, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia
Research Interests
Sedation in congenital heart disease

Charlotte Walter, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia

Quality Improvement

Lori A. Aronson, MD

Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia
Research Interests
Liver transplantation and ROTEM

David Buck, MD, MBA

Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia

Veronica O. Busso, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia

Edward B. Cooper, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia
Research Interests
Medical education; simulation

Erica P. Lin, MD

Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia

Marc Mecoli, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia
Research Interests
Pain management; malignant hyperthermia

David L. Moore, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia
Research Interests
Fetal anesthesia and pharmacokinetics; operating room safety and efficiency

Rupi Parikh, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia

Paul J. Samuels, MD

Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia

Michael J. Sikora, MD, MEd

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia
Research Interests
Academic Interests focus on simulation education for trainees, fetal surgery team, liver transplant team, and perioperative code response.

Nathaniel Tighe, MD, MM

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Anesthesia