Anesthesiology Residency, Royal Oak

Faculty

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.

	Roy Soto, MD Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency Program		Rebecca Clemans, MD Director, Pain in Anesthesiology
	Moumen Asbahi, MD Assistant Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency Program Director, Thoracic/Vascular and Board Runner Rotation		Michael McCue, MD Department Chair, Anesthesiology
	Kaveh Aslani, MD Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology		Bassel Kadi, MD Director, ECHO/TEE Rotation
	Julie Kado, MD Director, SICU and Cardiac ICU Rotation		Ihsan Asbahi, MD Director, Regional Anesthesiology Rotation
	Saifeldin Mahmoud, MD Director, North Tower Anesthesiology Rotation		Shikha Shukla, MD Director, Ambulatory Anesthesiology Rotation
	Joseph Melrose, MD Director, PreOP/PACU Rotation		Jose Blanco Navas, MD Director, Cardiac Anesthesiology Rotation
	Matthew Price, MD Chairman, Clinical Competency Committee Director of Quality		Kathryn Reck, DO Rotation Site Director – Grosse Pointe
	Alyssa Risk, MD Director, South Tower Anesthesiology Rotation		Ricardo Serrano, MD Director, Neuro Anesthesiology Rotation
	Patrick Stafford, MD Director, Non-Operating Room Anesthesiology Rotation		Christie Vahabzadeh, MD Director, Obstetric Anesthesiology Rotation