The wait times in our emergency departments are longer than usual due to illnesses like RSV and the flu. View our estimated ED wait times and learn more about where to get care for your sick child.

Meet the team

Our emergency care team is the largest and most experienced in treating childhood injuries and acute illness in the region.

We are in emergency rooms 24 hours a day

Children’s Minnesota’s emergency departments are staffed 24 hours a day by:

Board-certified or board-eligible pediatric emergency physicians
Nurse practitioners, nurses and emergency medical technicians with specialized education in pediatrics and emergency medicine
Child life staff trained in child development to help children prepare for procedures, deal with anxiety and control pain

Just a phone call away

We also have a wide variety of specialty physicians on-call to help 24 hours a day, if needed. These physicians have pediatric board-certification in neurosurgery; critical care; ear nose and throat care; anesthesiology; and many other specialists.

Meet the emergency department leadership

Robert Sicoli, MD

System Medical Director of the Emergency Department

David Hirschman, MD

Associate Trauma Medical Director

Jennifer Argentieri, MD

Minneapolis Emergency Department Medical Director

Thomas Skrypek, MD

St. Paul Emergency Department Medical Director

Meet the emergency room team

Jennifer Argentieri, MD

Joseph Arms, MD

Scott Baker, APRN CPNP-AC

Mackenzie Beacom, DNP APRN CPNP-PC

Callie Becker, MD

Kelly Bergmann, DO

Charles Blackwell, MD

Erin Blackwell, DNP APRN CPNP-PC

Carissa Bunke, MD

Natasha Cabrera, MD

Saydi Chahla, MD

Marydee Chamberlain, MD

Molly Curtis, MD

Jeffrey Dahlen, MD

Kristin Dettmer, APRN CPNP-AC/PC

Joanna Ekstrom, MD

Emilia Fisher, MD MPH

Katarzyna Gawlik-Luiken, APRN CPNP-PC

Jennifer Halverson, MD

Nihal Hamouda, MD

Corinna Herickhoff, DNP APRN CPNP-AC/PC

Thomas Hetzel, MD

David Hirschman, MD

Rosina Hussain-Weeres, MD

Vaishali Jha, MD

Adriana Klucar Stoudt, DO

Hannah Kull, APRN CNP

Erin Martin, APRN CPNP-AC

Manu Madhok, MD MPH

Risha Moskalewicz, MD

Laura Nilan, DO

Henry Ortega, MD

Brianna Palme, DNP APRN CPNP-PC

Jeffrey Peterson, MD

David Piechota, MD

Robert Plouff, MD

Samuel Reid, MD

Karen Resch, MD

Cassidy Rhiel, APRN CPNP-PC

Tracy Ricke, MD

Meghann Ronning, MD

Annalisa Rudser, MD

Mark Schnellinger, MD

Kayla Schonhardt, APRN CPNP-PC

Kara Seaton, MD

Robert Sicoli, MD

Thomas Skrypek, MD

Kellee Street, MD

Ariel Stein, MD

Jessica Swentik, APRN CPNP-PC

Erin Taylor, DNP APRN CPNP-PC

Jennifer Thompson, MD

Emily Wagner, MD

Rachel Weigert, MD

Alexsandra Wenzel, DNP APRN CPNP-PC

Valerie Whitcomb, MD

Betty Wu, MD MPH

Albert Zhang, MD

– Children’s Minnesota Employee