
Faculty
Kendall Regional Medical Center

Javier Lopez, MD, FASA
Chairman, Dept. of Anesthesia
Chief of Cardiac Anesthesia
Training:
Residency: Yale University
Clinical Interests:
Cardiac, Regional, and Trauma anesthesia

Caleb Stalls, MD
Associate Residency Program Director
Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia
Training:
Residency: University of New Mexico
Pediatric Fellowship: Yale University
Clinical Interests:
Pediatric Anesthesia

Raul Cruz, MD
Vice-Chair, Dept. of Anesthesia
Training:
Residency: U. of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Clinical Interests:
Regional Anesthesia

Eric Amaro, MD
Cardiac and Critical Care Anesthesiologist
Training:
Residency and Critical Care Fellowship: U. of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Clinical Interests:
Cardiac anesthesia and Critical Care

Nicholas Nedeff, MD
Residency Program Director, Director of Simulation, Asst. Director of Trauma
Training:
Residency: U. of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Clinical Interests:
Trauma and OB Anesthesia

Tyler Chonis, MD
Anesthesiologist
Training:
Residency: U. of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital

Victor Iturbides, MD

Isabelle Jean-Pierre, MD
Anesthesiologist
Training:
Residency: Kendall Regional Medical Center
Clinical Interests:
Trauma and Regional Anesthesia

Mark McKenney, MD, MBA
Surgery Residency Program Director, Director of Trauma Surgery
Training:
Residency: William Beaumont Hospital
Critical Care Fellowship: U. of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Clinical Interests:
Trauma and Critical Care
Anesthesiologist
Training:
Residency: U. of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Clinical Interests:
Neuro and OB Anesthesia

Kalina Nedeff, MD
Anesthesiologist
Training:
Residency: Kendall Regional Medical Center

Leonel Martinez, MD
Anesthesiologist
Training:
Residency: U. of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Clinical Interests:
Neuroanesthesia

David Riesco, MD
Director of Trauma Anesthesiology,
Training:
Residency: U. of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Clinical Interests:
Trauma Anesthesia

Maria Sarach, MD
Anesthesiologist
Training:
Residency: SUNY Upstate
Clinical Interests:
Obstetric and Ambulatory Anesthesia
Aventura Hospital and Medical Center


Michael Decker, MD
Michael Decker, MD
Chairman, Dept. of Anesthesia
Chief of Cardiac Anesthesia
Training:
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess
Clinical Interests:
Cardiac Anesthesia


Javier Kaplan, MD
Javier Kaplan, MD
Vice-Chair, Dept. of Anesthesia
Training:
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Clinical Interests:
Regional Anesthesia


Ryan Shienbaum, MD
Ryan Shienbaum, MD
Asst. Residency Program Director
Training:
Residency: U. of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Clinical Interests:
Regional Anesthesia

Rohin Sarkar, MD
Cardiac and Critical Care Anesthesiologist
Training:
Residency and Critical Care Fellowship: U. of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Clinical Interests:
Cardiac Anesthesia and Critical Care

Christian Gonzalez, MD
Chief of Pain Management
Training:
Residency: Baylor University Pain Fellowship: Mass. General Hospital
Clinical Interests:
Chronic Pain

Ana Michelena, MD
Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Training:
Residency: University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Clinical Interests:
Cardiac Anesthesia

Maria De La Pena, MD
Pain Management
Training:
Residency: University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Pain Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess
Clinical Interests:
Chronic Pain

Leopoldo Rodriguez, MD, FACP, FASA
Chief of Anesthesia, Surgery Center of Aventura
Training:
Residency and Pediatric Fellowship: Vanderbilt
Clinical Interests:
Ambulatory, Regional, and Pediatric Anesthesia

Sandee Bristow, MD
Pain Management
Training:
Residency: University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Pain Fellowship: University of Washington, Seattle
Clinical Interests:
Chronic Pain
VA Medical Center Miami

Christina Matadial, MD
Chief of Anesthesia, Miami VA Medical Center
Training:
Residency:University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Clinical Interests:
Cardiac Anesthesia

Ricardo Martinez-Ruiz, MD
VA Cardiac Anesthesia and Critical Care
Training:
Residency and Cardiac/Critical Care Fellowship: Mass General Hospital
Clinical Interests:
Cardiac and Critical Care Anesthesia

Sean Quinn, MD
VA Director of Surgical ICU and Rotation Site Director
Training:
Residency and Critical Care Fellowship: University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Clinical Interests:
Critical Care Anesthesia
Wolfsons Children's Hospital and Nemours Children's Specialty Care

Carolyn Bannister, MD
Chair of Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Nemours Children's Specialty Care
Training:
Residency: Emory University
Clinical Interests:
Pediatric and Cardiac Anesthesia

Amy Burns, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Fellowship Director, Site Director
Training:
Residency: UNC Chapel Hill, NC
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, MN
Clinical Interests:
Pediatric Anesthesia

Katari Carello, MD
Pediatric Anesthesia
Training:
Residency and Pediatric Fellowship: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Clinical Interests:
Pediatric Anesthesia

Galaxy Li, MD
Chair of Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Nemours Children's Specialty Care
Training:
Residency: University of Florida
Pediatric Fellowship: Emory University
Combined Longwood Pain Fellowship: Harvard
Clinical Interests:
Pediatric Anesthesia and Pediatric Pain

Katrin Post-Martens
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Training:
Residency: Oregon Health Sciences University
Pediatric Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Clinical Interests:
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia

Stefanie Schrum, MD
Pediatric Anesthesia
Training:
Residency: Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
Pediatric Fellowship: Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC
Clinical Interests:
Pediatric Anesthesia