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Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Meet Our Medical College of Wisconsin Gastroenterology and Hepatology Teams

Faculty

Reza Shaker, MD

Assoc Provost, Sr Assoc Dean, Ctr Dir, Chief, Prof

Dilpesh S. Agrawal, MD, MRCP

Assistant Professor

Helmut Ammon, MD

Professor

Gokulakrishnan Balasubramanian, MD

Associate Professor

Poonam Beniwal-Patel, MD

Associate Professor

William L. Berger, MD

Associate Professor

Phillip Chisholm, MD

Assistant Professor

Kulwinder S. Dua, MD, DSc, FACP, FRCP, MASGE

Professor

Francis Edeani, MD

Assistant Professor

Jose Franco, MD

Senior Associate Dean; Professor of Medicine

Ivan M. Lang, PhD, DVM

Professor

Veronica Loy, DO

Associate Professor

Srivats Madhavan, MD

Assistant Professor

Benson T. Massey, MD

Professor

Bidyut K. Medda, PhD

Associate Professor

Ling Mei, MD

Associate Professor

James B. Nelson, MD

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Matthew T. Peller, MD

Assistant Professor

Kia Saeian, MD, MSc EPI

Professor

Patrick Sanvanson, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Preetika Sinh, MD

Associate Professor

Zachary Smith, DO, MSc

Associate Professor

W. Harley Sobin, MD

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Achuthan Sourianarayanane, MD, MRCP, FOMA

Associate Professor

Daniel J. Stein, MD

Director, Associate Professor

Phaedra Tachtatzis, MD, MRCP, MBChB

Associate Professor

Juan Pablo Trivella, MD

Assistant Professor

Hassaan Zia, MD

Assistant Professor

Physician Assistants & Nurse Practitioners

Kenneth Christensen, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Andrea Fetherston, APNP, MSN

APP Outpatient

Casey J. Fisher, BSN, MSN, APNP

APP Outpatient

Kristin M. Granlund, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Kathryn Johnson, MPAS, PA-C

APP Outpatient

Lauren Hunt, MPAS, PA-C

APP Outpatient

Corinne Lange, APNP, FNP-C

Nurse Practitioner

Pamela Papenfuss, APNP, MSN, FNP

APP Outpatient

Scott D. Ramirez, DNP, APNP, NP-C

Nurse Practitioner

Bryanne M. Sekeres, MSN, FNP-BC, APNP

APP Outpatient

Keighla Slattery, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Margo R. Gengler, PA-C

APP Outpatient

Miranda Waraxa, APNP, MSN

APP Outpatient

Community-Based Physicians & Advanced Practice Providers

Cristino C. Canga, MD

Staff Physician

Peter Eichenseer, MD

Staff Physician

Raman Khanna, MD

Staff Physician

Syed H. Mehdi, MD

Staff Physician

Madhuri H. Trivedi, MD

Staff Physician

Denine E. Murn, PA-C, MPAS

APP Outpatient

Emily Bartel, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Lynn M. Giovetti, PA-C

APP Hybrid

Sara E. Glapa, APNP, MSN, BS

APP Inpatient 1

Michael J. Kosnik, PA-C

APP Outpatient

Kaitlin A. Meier, APNP, DNP

APP Outpatient

Sarah Patton, PA-C

Physician Assistant

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