Meet Our Core Clinical 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.

Portrait of Roy Soto, MDRoy Soto, MD
Program Director, Anesthesiology
Residency Program
Portrait of Rebecca Clemans, MDRebecca Clemans, MD
Director, Pain in Anesthesiology 
Portrait of Moumen Asbahi, MD   Moumen Asbahi, MD 
Assistant Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency Program       
Director, Thoracic/Vascular and Board Runner Rotation
Portrait of Michael McCue, MD   Michael McCue, MD   
Department Chair, Anesthesiology  
Portrait of Kaveh Aslani, MDKaveh Aslani, MD
Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology 

generic-avatar-female.jpgBassel Kadi, MD 
Director, ECHO/TEE Rotation

generic-avatar-female.jpgJulie Kado, MD 
Director, SICU and Cardiac ICU Rotation  
generic-avatar-male.jpgIhsan Asbahi, MDDirector, Regional Anesthesiology Rotation 
Portrait of Saifeldin Mahmoud, MD Saifeldin Mahmoud, MD 
Director, North Tower Anesthesiology Rotation
generic-avatar-female.jpgShikha Shukla, MD   
Director, Ambulatory Anesthesiology Rotation
Portrait of Joseph Melrose, MD   Joseph Melrose, MD 
Director, PreOP/PACU Rotation
Portrait of Jose Blanco Navas, MD  Jose Navas Blanco, MD
Director, Cardiac Anesthesiology Rotation
generic-avatar-male.jpgMatthew Price, MD   
Chairman, Clinical Competency Committee
Director of Quality 

Portrait of Kathryn Reck, DO  Kathryn Reck, DO  
Rotation Site Director – Grosse Pointe
generic-avatar-female.jpgAlyssa Risk, MD   
Director, South Tower Anesthesiology Rotation
Portrait of Ricardo Serrano, MD   Ricardo Serrano, MD   
Director, Neuro Anesthesiology Rotation
Portrait of Patrick Stafford, MD Patrick Stafford, MD 
Director, Non-Operating Room Anesthesiology Rotation 
generic-avatar-female.jpgChristie Vahabzadeh, MD
Director, Obstetric Anesthesiology Rotation 

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