Faculty and Staff
Chief
Associate Professor, Division of Critical Care
Division Chief, Division of Critical Care
![Jayesh Thakker, MD, MBA](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/thakker.jpg)
Faculty
![Dr. Alyson Baker](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/210825_alyson_baker_3625-edit.jpg)
![Dr. Elizabeth Bleed](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/231115-elizabeth_bleed-1011-edit.jpg)
Assistant Professor, Division of Critical Care
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
![Lindsay Blick, MD, MEd](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/blick.jpg)
![Robert Chaplin, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/chaplin.jpg)
![Stephanie Claudy, MD, MPH](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/210825_stephanie_claudy_3725.jpg)
![Melissa Cullimore, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/cullimore.jpg)
![Dr. Dachepally](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/dachepally,_rashmitha_2-2.jpg)
Assistant Professor, Division of Critical Care
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
![Lauren Edwards, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/edwards.jpg)
![Dr. Eleanor Gradidge](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/220628-eleanor_gradidge-3089-edit.jpg)
Professor, Division of Critical Care
Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Medical Director, Simulation Program
Medical Director, Project Austin
Assistant Professor, Division of Critical Care
Medical Director of Extracorporeal Services., Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
![Santosh Kaipa, MD, MS](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/kaipa.jpg)
Associate Professor, Division of Critical Care
Medical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Medical Director, Hand-in-Hand Pediatric Palliative Care Program
![Andrew Macfadyen, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/andrew_macfadyen-horz-lg-2017.jpg)
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Chair, Nebraska Children’s Brain Tumor Collaborative
Co-Director, Pediatric Cancer Research Group
![Sidharth Mahapatra, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/chri/_images/mahapatra,-sidharth_ccexpress.jpeg)
![Amanda M. Marshall, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/amanda_marshall-large2.jpg)
Associate Professor, Division of Critical Care
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CICU)
![Laura Ortmann, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/laura_ortmann-horz.jpg)
Associate Professor, Division of Critical Care
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology
![Jeffrey Salomon, MD, MBA](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/salomon23.jpg)
![Ashley Scheffer, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/scheffer.jpg)
![Andrea Talukdar, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/talukdar,_andrea-billings.jpg)
Associate Professor, Division of Critical Care
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
![Timothy Welch, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/pediatrics/_images/divisions/critical-care/welch.jpg)