University of Wisconsin–Madison

Staff Directory

Administrative Leadership

To see the full Administrative Leadership Team visit the Administrative Leadership Directory

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Administrative Support

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Advanced Practitioners

Our advanced practitioners are UW Health employees who are assigned to support the UW Department of Radiology.

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Center for High Value Imaging (CHVI)

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Clinical Leadership Staff

Our clinical leadership and staff are UW Health employees assigned to support the UW Department of Radiology.

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Clinical Support Staff

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Coding

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Communications

  • Anna Hildebrandt, Communications Manager
  • Brenna Burke, Communications Specialist

Education

  • Katie Ricks, MS, Assistant Director of Education
  • Alexandra (Lexi) Lindstrom, Medical Education Coordinator
  • Han Sol Meinig, Graduate Medical Education Manager
  • Lauren Phelps, Graduate Medical Education Manager
  • Margaret Zulich, Health Professions Education Coordinator

Events

  • Sarah Fallon, Director of Strategic Functions
  • Whitney Hanson Larson, Event Coordinator (Administrative Specialist)
  • River Brophy, Event Coordinator

Faculty Development, Recruitment, and Onboarding

  • Chelsea Hanewall, Professional Development Specialist
  • Colleen Pilsner, MS, Professional Development Specialist
  • Raquel Rego, Onboarding Coordinator
  • Jessica Whittow, Faculty Recruiter Administrative Assistant

Finance

  • Claire Ly, MBA, Director of Budget and Business Operations
  • Emily Bridwell, CPA, MSA, Budget Planner II
  • Kelsey Henschen, Financial Analyst II
  • Lea Krasniqi, Accountant I
  • Kayla Maddox, Budget Planner II
  • Aisha Malik, Accountant I
  • Iryna Matiash, Accountant I
  • Meara McDonald, Accountant I
  • Brian Onken, Accountant I
  • Jenné Orr, Accountant III
  • Hideo Sakai, Accountant II

Human Resources

The UW School of Medicine and Public Health have a centralized team for human resources. The following staff are assigned to support the Department of Radiology:

  • Michelle Justice, HR Associate Director
  • Nancy Apfelbeck, Payroll & Benefits Specialist
  • Annette Bliefernicht, HR Assistant Advanced
  • Jen Cole, HR Business Partner
  • Amanda Joncas, HR Business Partner
  • Melissa Kuester, Physician Recruiter
  • DJ Payton, M.E., HR Coordinator
  • Gillie Yanoff, HR Assistant

Information Technology

The UW School of Medicine and Public Health have a centralized team for information technology. The following staff are assigned to support the Department of Radiology.

  • Ken Fanta, IIT Business Relationship Manager
  • George (Bob) Ash, MS, MFA, SMPH IIT User Support Manager
  • Rohan Bareja, MS, Data Engineer I
  • Daryn Belden, DW/Eng/Developer III
  • Dominic Cayabyab, User Support Specialist III
  • Mallory Dziuk, IT Help Desk Specialist III
  • Sean Gonzalez, DevOps Engineer III
  • Jacob Hatch, Database Report Writer II
  • Hoklan Hau, System Engineer III
  • Geoff Johnson, Software Engineer/Developer II
  • Shariq Khan, Software Engineer/Developer II
  • George Meltzer, Database Report Writer II
  • Hector Morales, System Engineer II
  • Hariprasad (Hari) Putti, BE, IT Project Manager II
  • Paul Ramirez, Software Engineer/Developer II
  • Ryan Smith, IT Professional III
  • David Troyer, Software Engineer/Developer III
  • Peng-Sue Vang, IT Help Desk Specialist III
  • Andrew Werden, System Engineer III

Outreach

  • Lisa Aumann, MBA, Senior Radiology Project Specialist – Outreach
  • Rosanne Benson, Radiology Specialist
  • Jasmine Bravo Ramos, Clinical Operations Assistant

Project Management

  • Erica Ede, Project Coordinator

Research Staff

Our research staff are organized into teams reflecting their particular focus. This includes the PET/CT and MRI technical support teams, WIMR front desk staff, Medical Imaging Research Support (MIRS) service, study coordination team, Radius service, regulatory oversight team, research administration, Radiopharmaceutical Production Facility staff, scientists and researchers, as well as additional research personnel. 

  • Sara John, Associate Director of Research

PER/CT Technical Support Team

  • Marne VanderPas, CNMT, PET/CT Research Program Manager
  • Brittany Bolin, Rad Technologist Assistant
  • Hayley Bertram, PET Instrumentation Technologist I
  • Christine Crystal, PET Instrumentation Technologist I
  • Riley Diekvoss, CNMT, Lead PET Instrumentation Technologist II
  • Melissa (Lissa) Hruska, CT Instrumentation Technologist II
  • Ryan Legler, Lead PET Instrumentation Technologist II
  • Jered Meyer, PET Instrumentation Technologist II
  • Lauren Schwartz, Nuclear Medicine Tech I
  • Krista Spalding, PET Instrumentation Technologist II
  • Matthew Tande, PET Instrumentation Technologist II
  • Patricia (Trish) Tolan, PET Instrumentation Technologist II
  • Christing Jaskowiak, BS, CNMT, Research Program Manager Emerita

MRI Technical Support Team

  • Liz Briel, MRI Research Program Manager
  • Brooke Grosse, MRI Instrumentation Technologist II
  • Michael (Mike) Lodahl, R.T.(R)(MR)(AART), MRI Instrumentation Technologist II
  • Patti Perowitz, Medical Assistant
  • Alexis Ruetten, MRI Instrumentation Technologist I
  • Emily Whyte, MRI Instrumentation Technologist II
  • Kristin Kiefer, MRI Instrumentation Technologist II

WIMR Front Desk

  • Melanie Thompson, WIMR Operations Manager,
  • Cecilia Cabrera, Project Coordinator
  • Charlotte Halverson, Medical Office Assistant
  • Anna O’Malley, Medical Office Assistant

Medical Imaging Research Support (MIRS)

  • Matthew Hamilton, Project Program Manager
  • Jenna (Jenn) Cava, MIRS Project Manager I
  • Kelli Hellenbrand, MIRS Project Manager II

Study Coordination Team

  • Lacey Lubeley, Clinical Research Manager
  • Kathryn Becker, Clinical Research Coordinator I
  • Kalisha Hang, Clinical Research Coordinator II
  • Amanda Hirsch, Research Nurse
  • Samantha (Sam) Jacobson, Clinical Research Coordinator II
  • Scout Jones, Clinical Research Coordinator I
  • Anna Lippert, Clinical Research Coordinator II
  • Caitlin Normoyle, Lead Clinical Research Coordinator II
  • Kristin Smith, Research Nurse
  • Sara Steybe, Clinical Research Coordinator II
  • Edalene Xiong, Clinical Research Coordinator I
  • Janie (Jan) Yakey, RN, CCRC, Research Nurse

Radius

  • Savannah Brakefield, Research Program Manager
  • Emily Ferris, R(CT), Radius Medical Imaging Analysis Manager
  • Martha Garcia, Research Analyst I
  • Sylvana Garcia, PhD, Client-Based Researcher II
  • Kent Ring, Research Analyst II

Regulatory Oversight

  • Stephanie Wilson, Regulatory Manager
  • Suzanne Hanson, Regulatory Coordinator

Research Administration

  • Carissa Manteufel, Pre-Award Grants and Contracts Manager
  • Sara Bakken, Pre-Award SPGC Specialist
  • Max Olin, Administrative Manager
  • Beth Rauch, Post-Award Accountant
  • Karissa Wisniewski, Post-Award Financial Manager

Radiopharmaceutical Production Facility

  • Jeanine Batterton, PhD, Process Dev & Mfg Scientist III
  • Jennifer Eagleburger, Process Dev & Mfg Scientist II
  • Harrison (Harry) Gregory, Process Dev & Mfg Scientist I
  • Scott Knishka, RPh, BCNP, Radiopharmacist
  • Colin Lynch, PhD, Process Dev & Mfg Scientist II

Scientists and Researchers

  • Anusha Adlurua, MTech, Research Analyst I
  • Joseph Grudzinski, PhD, Scientist III
  • Guruprasad (Guru) Krishnamoorthy, PhD, Research Scientist
  • Carl Kashuk, Data Scientist III
  • Sunil Manjila, Scientist I
  • Mary Ozers, Scientist III
  • Anthony Peret, Scientist I
  • Ojas Ramwala, PhD, Scientist I
  • Anatoly Pinchuk, PhD, Scientist I
  • Kelley Salem, Scientist I
  • Jitka Starekova, MD, Visiting Assistant Professor
  • Daiki Tamada, PhD, Scientist I
  • Julia Velikina, PhD, Scientist III
  • Jon Wieser, Research Specialist

Additional Research Personnel

  • Carrie Bartels, RT(R)(CT), Imaging Specialist (CT) Senior
  • Rachel Bladorn, Instrumentation Technologist I
  • John Christensen, Research Cyberinfrastructure Specialist III
  • Stephen Craig, Research Services Manager
  • Grace George, Laboratory Manager
  • Courtney Goetsch, Research Analyst I
  • David Harris, Research Services Manager
  • Preethi Natesan Sridhar, Research Coordinator
  • Amber Possell, Ultrasound Research Program Coordinator
  • Kelsey Schluter, Instrumentation Technologist I
  • Dantong Xiang, Research Coordinator

Non-Employee Affiliates

  • Timothy Allen, Honorary Fellow
  • Jean Brittain, PhD, Honorary Fellow
  • Ty Cashen, PhD, Honorary Fellow
  • Jim Holmes, PhD, Honorary Fellow
  • Garrett Staver, Consultant