Meet the Pediatric Anesthesiology Team

The Nicklaus Children's Hospital pediatric anesthesia department is staffed with highly-skilled and experienced specialists. Meet the team of pediatric anesthesiologists.

Department Leadership


Raul J Fernandez Torrealba, MD

Chief, Section of Anesthesiology 


Ellise Cappuccio, MD

Medical Director, Pain Management Clinic


Cardiac Anesthesiologists


Richard G. Lagueruela, MD

Medical Director, Cardiac Anesthesia


Jaime L Bozentka, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist 


Nelson R Riveros Perez, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist


Maricarmen Roche Rodriguez, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist


Learn more about our Pediatric Cardiology Team.

Pediatric Anesthesiologists


Gustavo M Andrade, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist


Jaime L Bozentka, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist 


Isaac Z Davidovich, MD


Aimee C Gasior Bejar, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist


Rafael E Gonzalez, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist


Debera S Hui, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist


Peggy J. Hui, MD

Director, Ambulatory Surgery Center


Luis Miguel Mendoza, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist


Jason Alan Mishal, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist


Eylin M. Negrin, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist


Giuliana Orihuela Guzman, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist


Sahitya Puttreddy, MD


Sahitya Puttreddy, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist


Luis I Rodriguez Alfonzo, MD


Gianella Russo, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist


Parvine Sadeghi, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist


Hannah Joy Tuckwell, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist


Frank K Wang, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist


See all Pediatric Anesthesiologists on the Nicklaus Children's Hospital medical staff.

Anesthesiology Assistants


Jessica Blair Hughes, AA


Brooke Anna-Maria Difede, AA


Amanda Dubois, AA


Melissa Eleanor Fay Kennedy, AA


Margaret Hajje, AA


Jenna Naila Halaby, AA


Harsimar Singh Jassar, AA


Julian F Salazar, AA


Michael Ernest Suarez, AA


Alexander G Tolbert, AA


Dat Xuan Vu, AA


Nurse Anesthetists


Javier Alexander Coronado, CRNA


Serena Eden Prado, APRN


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