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Meet Our Program Faculty

The core faculty of the Corewell Health Department of Anesthesiology are all members of the South Oakland Anesthesia Associates group, and together represent the largest and most diverse practice in Michigan. Its members have a diverse range of educational experience, and many have taught in academic departments in the past, having held key educational positions such as residency director and director of education elsewhere.

The following is a list of our education department directors, with approximately 30 anesthesiologists in total serving as teaching faculty.

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Roy Soto, MD

Program director, anesthesiology
Residency program

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Rebecca Clemans, MD
Director, pain in anesthesiology

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Moumen Asbahi, MD
Assistant program director, anesthesiology residency program
Director, thoracic/vascular and board runner rotation

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Michael McCue, MD
Department chair, anesthesiology

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Kaveh Aslani, MD

Director, pediatric anesthesiology

Bassel Kadi, MD
Director, ECHO/TEE rotation

Julie Kado, MD

Director, SICU and cardiac ICU rotation

Ihsan Asbahi, MDDirector, regional anesthesiology rotation

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Saifeldin Mahmoud, MD
Director, North Tower Anesthesiology Rotation

Shikha Shukla, MD
Director, ambulatory anesthesiology rotation

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Joseph Melrose, MD
Director, PreOP/PACU rotation

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Jose Navas Blanco, MD
Director, cardiac anesthesiology rotation

Matthew Price, MD
Chairman, clinical competency committee
Director of quality

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Kathryn Reck, DO
Rotation site director – Grosse Pointe

Alyssa Risk, MD
Director, South Tower Anesthesiology Rotation

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Ricardo Serrano, MD

Director, neuro anesthesiology rotation

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Patrick Stafford, MD
Director, non-operating room anesthesiology rotation

Christie Vahabzadeh, MD

Director, obstetric anesthesiology rotation