Faculty
One of the major strengths of our fellowship is our multidisciplinary core faculty, and their commitment to teaching and mentoring fellows clinically and academically. Trainees from all backgrounds will tremendously benefit from working directly with attendings from six difference subspecialties in our NeuroICUs: Neurology, Neurological Surgery, Anesthesiology, Pulmonology & Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, and Pediatrics.
Fellowship Directors
Sarah Wahlster, M.D.
Dr. Wahlster is the Program Director of the Neurocritical Care Fellowship and an Associate Professor
Randall Chesnut, M.D.
Dr. Chesnut is the CAST Fellowship Director, Integra Foundation Endowed Professor of Neurotrauma, and a Professor of Neurological Surgery and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Robert Bonow, M.D.
Dr. Bonow is the Associate Fellowship Director of the Neurocritical Care Fellowship and an Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Neurocritical Care
Sarah Wahlster, M.D.
(Neurology)
Dr. Wahlster is the Program Director of the Neurocritical Care Fellowship and an Associate Professor
Thabele (Bay) Leslie-Mazwi, M.D
(Neurology)
Dr. Leslie-Mazwi is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology
Pratik Patel, M.D.
(Neurology & Anesthesiology)
Dr. Patel is an anesthesiologist and neurointensivist at Harborview Medical Center and UW Medical Center and is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Abhijit Lele, M.D.
(Anesthesiology)
Dr. Lele is the Director of the NeuroICU at Harborview Medical Center and a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.
Michael Souter, M.B., Ch.B.
(Anesthesiology)
Dr. Souter is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.
Robert Bonow, M.D.
Dr. Bonow is the Associate Fellowship Director of the Neurocritical Care Fellowship and an Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Vasisht Srinivasan, MD
(Emergency Medicine)
Dr. Srinivasan is an emergency physician and a neurointensivist, and is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine.
Victor Lin, M.D.
(Neurology)
Dr. Lin is an Assistant Professor of Neurology
Nicholas Johnson, M.D.
Dr. Johnson is the Associate Director of the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship and is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
James Town, M.D.
Dr. Town is the Medical Director of the MICU at Harborview Medical Center and is an Associate Professor
Ann L. Jennerich, M.D., M.S., ATSF
Dr. Jennerich is an Associate Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.
Erin Kross, M.D.
Dr. Kross is an Associate Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, an Assistant Professor of Medicine, and the Director of the Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence at UW Medicine.
Andrew Luks, M.D.
Dr. Luks is a Professor of Medicine and Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.
Başak Çoruh, M.D.
Dr. Çoruh is the Program Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, and is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Anesthesiology
Abhijit Lele, M.D.
Dr. Lele is the Director of the NeuroICU at Harborview Medical Center and is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.
Michael Souter, M.B., Ch.B.
(Anesthesiology)
Dr. Souter is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.
Rajen V. Nathwani, M.B.B.S., FRCA
Dr. Nathwani is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, the Program Director of the Fellowship in Trauma Anesthesiology & the Section Head of Emergency & Trauma Anesthesia
Nita Khandelwal, M.D.
Dr. Khandelwal is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Matthew Hallman, M.D.
Dr. Hallman is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Christopher Barnes, M.D.
Dr. Barnes is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Emergency Critical Care
Nicholas Johnson, M.D.
Dr. Johnson is the Associate Director of the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship and is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine.
Vasisht Srinivasan, MD
Dr. Srinivasan is an emergency physician and a neurointensivist, and is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine.
Vascular Neurology
Will Longstreth, M.D.
Dr. Longstreth is the chief of Neurology at Harborview Medical Center, Professor of Neurology, and an Adjunct Professor of General Internal medicine, Epidemiology, and medicine.
Claire Creutzfeldt, M.D.
Dr. Creutzfeldt is a neurologist at Harborview Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Neurology.
Malveeka Sharma M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Sharma is an Assistant Professor of Neurology
Arielle Davis, M.D.
Dr. Davis is the Vascular Neurology Fellowship Director and an Assistant Professor of Neurology.
Breana Taylor, M.D.
Dr. Taylor is an Assistant Professor of Neurology
Natalie Weathered, M.D., M.S.
Dr. Weathered is the Neurology Residency Program Director and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology.
Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Mark Wainwright, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Wainwright is Head of the Division of Neurology at Seattle Children’s Hospital, Director of the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Fellowship, and a Professor of Neurology.