The Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) has notified the hospital of its plan to hold a strike at BWH on July 8. The hospital is open and we will continue to ensure high-quality, safe patient care for the five-day work stoppage. Learn more.

Department of Anesthesiology

Contact the Department of Anesthesiology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Department of Anesthesiology
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
Phone (617) 732-8210

Area	Leadership	Email
Department Chairman	Seun Johnson-Akeju, MD	oluwaseun.akeju@mgh.harvard.edu
BWH Vice Chair for Clinical Operations	Luigi Nascimben, MD, PhD	lnascimben@bwh.harvard.edu
Chief of Anesthesia, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital	Costin Negroiu, MD	cnegroiu@bwh.harvard.edu
Ambulatory Anesthesia	Brian Donnenfeld, MD	bdonnenfeld@bwh.harvard.edu
Cardiac Anesthesia	Douglas Shook, MD	dshook@bwh.harvard.edu
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs)	Meryl Williamson, MSN	mwilliamson7@bwh.harvard.edu
Critical Care Anesthesia	Kenneth Shelton, MD	kshelton@mgh.harvard.edu
General-Surgical Anesthesia	Zhiling Xiong, MD	zxiong@bwh.harvard.edu
Neurosurgical Anesthesia	James Rhee, MD, PhD	jrhee@mgb.org
Obstetric Anesthesia	Michaela Farber, MD	mfarber@bwh.harvard.edu
Regional and Orthopedic Anesthesiology and Acute Pain	Philipp Gerner, MD	pgerner1@mgh.harvard.edu
Out-of-OR Anesthesia	Evan Blaney, MD	eblaney@bwh.harvard.edu
PACU Anesthesia	Matthew Grunert, MD	mgrunert@bwh.harvard.edu
Pain Management	Robert Jason Yong, MD, MBA (interim)	ryong@bwh.harvard.edu
Thoracic Anesthesia	Xiaodong Bao, MD, PhD	xbao1@mgh.harvard.edu

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