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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