2026 Leadership & Speakers | Department of Anesthesiology

Course Directors

Rob Isaak, DO
Course Director
UNC Anesthesiology
Professor of Anesthesiology
Vice Chair of Education

Jacob Acton, MD
Course Co-Director
UNC Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Visiting Professors

Gina Linganna, MD
UPenn Perelman School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
& Critical Care
Assistant Residency Program Director

Debnath Chatterjee, MD
University of Colorado
Professor – Anesthesiology-Pediatric Anesthesiology
Director of Fetal Anesthesia
Editor-in-Chief, OpenAnesthesia

UNC Anesthesiology Speakers

Greg Balfanz

Professor of Anesthesiology
Vice Chair of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement

Samuel Blacker

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Neuroanesthesia
Medical Director, Anesthesia Support Services

Catherine Campbell

Clincal Lead - SRNA

Alexander Doyal

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Lindsey Gouker

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

J Mark Hylton Jr.

UNC Health Wayne
Anesthesiologist

Sharon Kapeluk

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Russell-John (RJ) Krom

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Matt Mauck

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Vice Chair of Research

Christine McKenzie

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Nate Painter

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Division Chief, Ambulatory Anesthesiology

Andres Rojas

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Meghann Runyon

CRNA

Ted (Tetsuro) Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA

Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology

Wade Weigel

Professor of Anesthesiology

Tracy Wester

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Section Chief of Pediatric Regional Anesthesia
Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Program Director

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