Meet Our Team
Carolinas Medical Center
Executive Leadership Team Members
Thomas Wherry, MD
- Chief Executive Officer
Charles Court, MD
- Chief of Strategy and Operations
Senior Advisory Board
Joseph Tobin, MD
- Professor Emeritus and former Chairman,
Department of Anesthesiology,
Wake Forest School of Medicine
- Professor Emeritus and former Chairman,
Thomas Mann, MBBS MRCGP MBA
- Managing Director, Direct Health First
Robert N Sladen, MBChB, FCCM
- Allen Hyman Professor Emeritus of Critical Care Anesthesiology at Columbia University Medical Center and College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, New York
William Greeley, MD, MBA
- Professor Emeritus, Anesthesia/Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics,
UPENN School of Medicine,
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics,
Duke University School of Medicine
- Professor Emeritus, Anesthesia/Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics,
Education
Kimberly Blasius, MD
- Director of Education
General Anesthesiologists
Philippe Ball, MD
- VICE CHIEF OF ANESTHESIA, CENTRAL DIVISION
Bernie Velardo, MD
- Director of Operations
Jeff Plotkin, MD
- Director of Transplant,
Hepatobiliary and Trauma Anesthesiology
- Director of Transplant,
Jenny Dhingra, MD
- Director of One Day Surgery
Michael Hrycelak, MD
- Director of Neuroanesthesia
Ian Cohen, MD
- Director of Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Joshua Marr, MD
- Director of Information Technology
Melody Herman, MD
- Director of Acute Pain Service
Patrick Brooks, MD
Jace Carter, MD
Naucika DeSouza, MD
Omar Gafur, MD
Imran Hamid, MD
Lindsay Lewis, DO
Areg Mekerian, DO
Sandeep Narayan, MD
Florin Orza, MD
Brian Palank, MD
Daniele Parise, MD
Nishita Patel, MD
Kevin Powell, MD
David Rotberg, MD
Loran Soliman, MD
Ben Trapp, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiologists
Janish Jay Patel, MD
- CHIEF OF ANESTHESIA, CENTRAL DIVISION
Pediatric Pre-operative Director
- CHIEF OF ANESTHESIA, CENTRAL DIVISION
Kimberly Blasius, MD
- Director of Education
Leo Gendzel, MD
Benjamin Pruden, MD
Kumar Sathyamoorthy, MD
Jeffrey Widelitz, MD
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologists
Laura Hastings, MD
- Director of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
James Harrington, MD
Leo Martinez, MD
Norbert Rios, MD
Cardiac Anesthesiologists
Amit Yajnik, MD
- Director of Cardiac Anesthesia
Deepu Ushakumari, MD
- Chief Medical Officer,
Peri-operative Medical Director
- Chief Medical Officer,
Jeremy Bennett, MD
- Director of Cardiac Transplant Anesthesia
Sanjay Anand, MD
Kyle Campbell, MD
Amany Gorgy, MD
Randall Joe, MD
Obstetric Anesthesiologists
Michael Worth, MD
- Director of OB Anesthesia
Chad Rosen, MD
- Associate Director of OB Anesthesia
Richard Geary, MD
Katy Nicholas, MD
Sonya Randazzo, MD
Rob Worth, MD
Advanced Practice Providers
Priscilla Haug, PA
Shannon Lane, NP
Andrew Patterson, PA
Megan Wilson, NP
Atrium Health Mercy
Tim Malaney, MD
- Mercy Medical Director
Joel Beachkofsky, DO
Bill Fortuner, MD
John Hamel, MD
Laura Moore, MD
Daniel Sucherman, MD
Jeremie Walker, MD
Atrium Health Pineville
Steven Galyon, MD
- Pineville Medical Director
Srinivasan Adayapalam, MD
Anthony Chillura, MD
Mukesh Nigam, MD
Rich Pagano, MD
Scott Palmer, MD
Mahesh Sardesai, MD
Atrium Health Union
Anirudha Kulkarni, DO
- Union Medical Director
James Crowgey, MD
Joshua Howell, MD
Gwen Parker, MD
Alison Powell, MD
Tony Wright, MD
Atrium Health Lincoln
Alan Gwertzman, MD
- Lincoln Medical Director
Timothy Burke, MD
Megan Lofton, MD
Carrie Zhang, MD
Atrium Health Stanly
Randy Efird, MD
- Stanly Medical Director
William Brown, MD
Vimal Choudhari, MD
Atrium Health Cleveland
James Masters, MD
- Cleveland Medical Director
Bruce Caldwell, DO
Brett Cleveland, MD
Cliff Franklin, MD
Tonya Powers, MD
Tyce Regan, MD
Ken Sauve, MD