Meet Our Medical College of Wisconsin Gastroenterology and Hepatology Teams
Faculty
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Reza Shaker, MD
Assoc Provost, Sr Assoc Dean, Ctr Dir, Chief, Prof
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Dilpesh S. Agrawal, MD, MRCP
Assistant Professor
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Helmut Ammon, MD
Professor
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Gokulakrishnan Balasubramanian, MD
Associate Professor
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Banani Banerjee, PhD
Associate Professor
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Poonam Beniwal-Patel, MD
Associate Professor
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William L. Berger, MD
Associate Professor
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Phillip Chisholm, MD
Assistant Professor
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Francis Edeani, MD
Assistant Professor
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James Esteban, MD
Assistant Professor
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Jose Franco, MD
Associate Dean, Professor
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Ivan M. Lang, PhD, DVM
Professor
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Veronica Loy, DO
Associate Professor
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Srivats Madhavan, MD
Assistant Professor
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Bidyut K. Medda, PhD
Associate Professor
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Ling Mei, MD
Associate Professor
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James B. Nelson, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
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Matthew T. Peller, MD
Assistant Professor
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Kia Saeian, MD, MSc EPI
Professor
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Patrick Sanvanson, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
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Jyoti Sengupta, PhD
Professor
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Preetika Sinh, MD
Associate Professor
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Zachary Smith, DO
Associate Professor
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W. Harley Sobin, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
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Achuthan Sourianarayanane, MD, MRCP, FOMA
Associate Professor
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Daniel J. Stein, MD
Director, Associate Professor; Vice Chair for Education
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Phaedra Tachtatzis, MD, MRCP, MBChB
Associate Professor
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Juan Pablo Trivella, MD
Assistant Professor
Physician Assistants & Nurse Practitioners
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Kenneth Christensen, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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Andrea Fetherston, APNP, MSN
Nurse Practitioner
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Casey J. Fisher, BSN, MSN, APNP
Nurse Practitioner
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Kristin M. Granlund, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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Whitney Hill, PA-C
Nurse Practitioner
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Kathryn Johnson, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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Lauren Hunt, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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Melissa L. McGlynn, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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Pamela Papenfuss, APNP, MSN, FNP
Nurse Practitioner
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Scott D. Ramirez, APNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
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Giuseppa Scaletta, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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Bryanne M. Sekeres, MSN, FNP-BC, APNP
Nurse Practitioner
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Keighla Slattery, APNP
Nurse Practitioner
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Margo R. Stern, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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Miranda Waraxa, APNP, MSN
Nurse Practitioner
Community-Based Physicians & Advanced Practice Providers
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Cristino C. Canga, MD
Staff Physician
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Peter Eichenseer, MD
Staff Physician
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Raman Khanna, MD
Staff Physician
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Syed H. Mehdi, MD
Staff Physician
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Madhuri H. Trivedi, MD
Staff Physician
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Denine E. Murn, PA-C, MPAS
Physician Assistant
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Emily Bartel, APNP
Nurse Practitioner
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Lynn M. Giovetti, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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Sara E. Glapa, APNP, MSN, BS
Nurse Practitioner
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Michael J. Kosnik, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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