Meet Our Team
Carolinas Medical Center
Executive Leadership Team Members
Thomas Wherry, MD
- Chief Executive Officer/President
Kimberly Blasius, MD
- Chief Academic Officer
Jenny Dhingra, MD
- Integration Task Force Leader, Director of One Day Surgery
Deepu Ushakumari, MD
- Chief Medical Officer,
Peri-operative Medical Director
- Chief Medical Officer,
Bernie Velardo, MD
- CMC Director of Operations
William Wegh, DO
- Regional Operations Director, Union West Medical Director
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,
General Anesthesiologists
Philippe Ball, MD
- VICE CHIEF OF ANESTHESIA, CENTRAL DIVISION
Bernie Velardo, MD
- CMC Director of Operations
Jeff Plotkin, MD
- Director of Transplant,
Hepatobiliary and Trauma Anesthesiology
- Director of Transplant,
Jenny Dhingra, MD
- Integration Task Force Leader, Director of One Day Surgery
Michael Hrycelak, MD
- Director of Neuroanesthesia
Ian Cohen, MD
- Director of Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Kevin Powell, MD
- Director of Endoscopy Services
Joshua Marr, MD
- Director of Information Technology
Melody Herman, MD
- Director of Acute Pain Service
Satish Adawadkar, MD
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
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
Benjamin Pruden, MD
- Director of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Kimberly Blasius, MD
- Chief Academic Officer
Leo Gendzel, MD
Brent Holway, 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
Amany Gorgy, MD
Randall Joe, MD
Nishita Patel, MD
Obstetric Anesthesiologists
Sonya Randazzo, MD
- Director of OB Anesthesia
Juanita Bess, MD
Richard Geary, MD
Agnes Lamon, MD
Katy Nicholas, MD
Michael Worth, MD
Rob Worth, MD
Advanced Practice Providers
Kim Churchill, PA
Priscilla Haug, PA
Shannon Lane, NP
David McClellan, NP
Andrew Patterson, PA
Megan Wilson, NP
Atrium Health Mercy
Jon Epperson, MD
- Mercy Medical Director
Joel Beachkofsky, DO
Bill Fortuner, MD
Tim Malaney, MD
Laura Moore, MD
Daniel Sucherman, MD
Brooks Weller, 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
Joshua Howell, MD
Gwen Parker, MD
Alison Powell, MD
Jonathan Silva, MD
Tony Wright, MD
Atrium Health Lincoln
Alan Gwertzman, MD
- Lincoln Medical Director
Jonathan Weaver, MD
Carrie Zhang, MD
Atrium Health Stanly
Randy Efird, MD
- Stanly Medical Director
Mehtab Bajwa, MD
William Brown, MD
Atrium Health Cleveland
James Masters, MD
- Cleveland Medical Director
Bruce Caldwell, DO
Brett Cleveland, MD
Cliff Franklin, MD
Alex Hunter, MD
Tyce Regan, MD
Ken Sauve, MD
Atrium Health Union West
William Wegh, DO
- Regional Operations Director, Union West Medical Director
Travis Ansley, MD
Vincent Cordero, MD
Anna Greta Taylor, MD
Kristen Trulear-Jackson, MD