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
Jeff Plotkin, MD
- Director of Transplant,
Hepatobiliary and Trauma Anesthesiology
- Director of Transplant,
Jenny Dhingra, MD
- Director of One Day Surgery
Matt Draughon, MD
- Acute Care Anesthesia and Trauma Director
Ian Cohen, MD
- Director of Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Joshua Marr, MD
- Director of Information Technology
Philippe Ball, MD
Patrick Brooks, MD
Jace Carter, MD
Omar Gafur, MD
Melody Herman, MD
Lindsay Lewis, DO
Areg Mekerian, MD
Sandeep Narayan, MD
Florin Orza, MD
Daniele Parise, MD
Nishita Patel, MD
Kevin Powell, MD
Waleed Sayedahmad, MD
Brent Toland, MD
Ben Trapp, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiologists
Leo Gendzel, MD
- Director of Pediatric Anesthesia
Janish Jay Patel, MD
- Vice Chief of Anesthesia, Central Division
Pediatric Pre-operative Director
- Vice Chief of Anesthesia, Central Division
Kimberly Blasius, MD
- Director of Education
Scott Hines, MD
Benjamin Pruden, MD
Ravi Sanghani, 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 of Anesthesia, Central Division,
Peri-operative Medical Director
- Chief of Anesthesia, Central Division,
Jeremy Bennett, MD
- Director of Cardiac Transplant Anesthesia
Sanjay Anand, MD
Kyle Campbell, 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
Alison Powell, MD
Rob Worth, MD
Advanced Practice Providers
Priscilla Haug, PA
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
Gary Dove, MD
- Union Medical Director
James Crowgey, MD
Joshua Howell, MD
Anirudha Kulkarni, DO
Gwen Parker, 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
William Brown, MD
- Stanly Medical Director
Vimal Choudhari, MD
Randy Efird, MD
Atrium Health Cleveland and Kings Mountain
James Masters, MD
- Cleveland Medical Director
Bruce Caldwell, DO
David Easley, MD
Jill Kaufman, MD
Tonya Powers, MD
Tyce Regan, MD
Brett Cleveland, MD