Lurie Children’s Department of Anesthesiology administers more than 30,000 anesthetics a year to treat children with all types of conditions. The department is a national leader and provides safe and state-of-the art sedation, pain management, critical care and surgical anesthesia for procedures using the highest standards in medicine.
About Us
We specialize in the anesthesia care of children with life-threatening illnesses and complex chronic conditions. We care for patients across the age span - from fetal surgery for babies before they are born, premature infants, newborns, children, adolescents, and adults. Our team of dedicated providers has expertise in not only clinical management but also psychosocial, developmental wellbeing, and age-appropriate care.
Why Choose Lurie Children's?
We are driven by our commitment to the best outcome for every patient. Our commitment to this exemplified through Lurie’s Children's and department wide efforts focus on quality care and pain management. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is a childkind certified hospital demonstrating our commitment to children’s comfort and the appropriate treatment of children pain. Safe surgical care relies on high functioning teams and Lurie Children's uses High Reliability principles to create a thriving team environment which keeps patient safety at the heart of our approach to care. The same team of dedicated anesthesia providers who treat children at our main campus in Chicago, also care for children undergoing procedures at our Westchester and Northbrook Ambulatory Surgical Centers.
Nationally-Ranked Care
Lurie Children’s continues to be the #1 children's hospital in Illinois and is ranked in 11 specialties by U.S. News & World Report.
Olutoyin Olutoye, MD, MSc
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief & Chair
Olga Leavitt, MD
Vice Chair of Clinical Operations
Lisa E. Sohn, MD
Vice Chair of Quality & Safety
Hubert Benzon, MD, MPH, FAAP
Medical Director, Preoperative Anesthesiology Clinic
Medical Director, Neuroanesthesia
Eric C. Cheon, MD
Medical Director, Research & Clinical Informatics
Audrey Rosenblatt, PhD, CRNA, APRN
Director, APP Anesthesia Services
Anesthesiology Specialists
Our anesthesiologists are fully trained in pediatric anesthesia and practice pediatric anesthesia full-time. The department has teams dedicated to pain management, pediatric chronic pain and innovative airway anesthesia.
The hospital offers one of the largest training programs for pediatric anesthesiologists in the country, and the department serves as a benchmark for other institutions nationwide for advanced postoperative pain management.
Olutoyin Olutoye, MD, MSc, is Chair of the Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Lurie Children’s. Dr. Olutoye is board-certified in pediatric anesthesia and anesthesiology. She is also a Professor of Anesthesiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Olutoyin A. Olutoye, MD, MSc
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief; Department Chair, Pediatric Anesthesiology; Attending Physician, Anesthesiology; Arthur C. King Board Designated Professorship in Anesthesiology
Courtney A. Hardy, MD, MBA
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology; Vice President of Perioperative Services
Bradley M. Albers, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology; Co-Medical Director, Lurie Children’s Surgery Center in Northbrook
Benjamin J. Baldukas, MSN, RN, CPN
Registered Nurse, Chronic Pain Management Program
Heather A. Ballard, MD, MS
Medical Director, Liver Transplantation Anesthesia; Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Hubert A. Benzon, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Preoperative Anesthesiology Clinic; Medical Director, Neuroanesthesia; Co-Medical Director, Westchester Ambulatory and Surgery Treatment Center; Chair, Faculty Recruitment Committee; Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Wendy B. Binstock, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Tierney O. Brennan, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Nicholas E. Burjek, MD
Medical Director, Spine Surgery Anesthesia; Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Eric C. Cheon, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Yeona Chun, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Jeffrey G. Cohen, DO, D.ABA
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Jillian DiBiase, DO
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Richard M. Dsida, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Michael A. Evans, MD, FASA
Attending Physician, Cardiac Anesthesiology
Amy Fang, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiac Anesthesiology
Alexander Froyshteter, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Jacob Heninger, DO
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Jue Hou, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Andrea S. Huang, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
David J. Krodel, MD, MS, FASA
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology; Medical Director, Acute Pain
Alina Lazar, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Olga Leavitt, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Ryan E. Marcelino, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology; Co-Program Director, Regional Anesthesia Fellowship; Medical Director, Regional Anesthesia
Diana Matusiak, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Ann C. Monahan, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Isabella I. Mukherji, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Nisha M. Pinto, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Alison L. Robles, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Matthew Rowland, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine; Assistant Medical Director, Vascular Access Team; Co-Medical Director, Rapid Difficult Airway Management
Ashley E. Sarver, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Anesthesiology
Jonathan Shaffer, DO
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Ravi D. Shah, MD
Division Head, Pain Medicine; Fellowship Program Director; Attending Physician, Anesthesiology, Pain Management Team
Shashank S. Singh, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Lisa E. Sohn, MD
Director, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety; Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Jared M. Spilka, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiac Anesthesiology
Scott A. Stenquist, MD
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist, Cardiac Anesthesiology
Anthony Tantoco, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Erin E. Toaz, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Michelle Tsao, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology; Medical Director, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
Angelica A. Vargas, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Keziah Mae A. Vargas, MD
Attending Physician, Anesthesiology
Meghan M. Christopher, APRN-CRNA, MSN
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Cardiac Anesthesiology
Tyler Davis-Sandfoss, DNP, APRN-CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology; Clinical Coordinator, Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist (SRNA)
Daniela G. Doyle, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner, Anesthesiology
Sarah Duggan, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Anesthesiology
Jermy J. Farnell, APRN-CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Stephanie P. Flynn, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner, Anesthesiology
Leslie Gamez-Gallo, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Amy Gawura, APRN-CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Molly E. Geaman, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC
Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Anesthesiology
Abigail Hadley, APRN-CRNA, DNP
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Cardiac Anesthesiology
Anne Havrilla, APRN-CRNA, MSN
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Cardiac Anesthesiology
Lisa Hawks, APRN-CRNA, MSN
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Lauren S. Irwin, APRN-CRNA, MSN
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Cardiac Anesthesiology
Jillian C. Jesionowski, APRN-CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Angela R. Keehn, APRN-CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Amanda Kirchhoff, DNP, APRN-CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Emily Klinefelter, APRN-CRNA, DNAP
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Stephanie Knell, APRN-CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Alison N. Lunau, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Anesthesiology
Elena Occident, DNP, APRN-CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Suzanne O. Park, APRN-CRNA, MS
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Leah G. Parks, APRN-CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Julia Pavlenko, DNP, APRN-CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Renee Pederson, APRN-CRNA, DNP, MSN
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Jake Perkins, DNP, CRNA, APRN
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Valerine Romeo, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Anesthesiology
Tracey Rooney, DNP, APRN-CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Audrey Rosenblatt, PhD, APRN-CRNA
Director of Advanced Practice Anesthesia Services; CRNA Manager, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Crystal A. Spaeth, APRN-NP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Anesthesia
Kimberly N. Stanford, APRN-CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Alison C. Thompson, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Anesthesiology
Katie Tillhof, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Anesthesiology
Anne E. Tracy, APRN-CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Sally Wallin, CRNA, DNP, APRN-NP
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Natalie Weatherred, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC, AP-PMN
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Anesthesiology; APP/RN Manager and Pain Clinic Program Coordinator, Pediatric Anesthesiology Pain Management Team
Make an Appointment
We offer several scheduling options for your child's care needs.
Pediatric Anesthesiology Research
The Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology is continuously dedicated to pursuing the advancement of pediatric anesthesiology and enhancing the safety and comfort of our young patients through clinical research.
From the operating room to the recovery units, the faculty works directly with young patients, their families and collaborating institutions to investigating innovative procedures, techniques and devices to improve patient outcomes in pain management and safety.
Our Locations
Lurie Children's Hospital Outpatient Center in Northbrook
1131 Techny Road
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
312.227.7600
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
225 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60611
312.227.4000
Billing & Financial Support
If you have any questions or need assistance paying your bill, please call 847.257.3000 for more information.
Frequently Asked Questions
Patients and families often have questions about what to expect when a child is put under anesthesia. We have answers to many of the most common questions.
Anesthesiology News & Stories
Finding Peace Through Pain: How Psychologists Help Chronic Pain Patients Cope
Chronic pain often causes disruption to normal childhood activities and affects a child’s mood, family and peer relationships, and their ability to do the things they care about. Psychologists are an integral part of these patients' care. Learn about the mental health professionals embedded within each program who address the emotional and mental well-being of their patients.
Pediatric Anesthesiology at Lurie Children's Hospital with Dr. Olutoyin Olutoye
In this episode, Dr. Olutoye walks through her and her team members’ various roles before, during, and after an operation to ensure successful surgeries for even the tiniest babies.
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Ashley and Daniel were preparing themselves for their newborn to lose his right arm.