SEATTLE — A former anesthesiology resident who worked at Seattle Children’s Hospital, Harborview, and other UW Medicine hospitals was sentenced Monday for stealing and using powerful narcotic pain medications while treating patients.
Andrew Voegel-Podadera, 36, of Seattle, admitted he diverted fentanyl, hydromorphone, and other controlled substances over the course of about a year while working as a resident anesthesiologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital, Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington Medical Center. Prosecutors said he sometimes used the drugs while still at the hospital, meaning he was under the influence while caring for patients.
Voegel-Podadera pleaded guilty in October to obtaining controlled substances by fraud. He was arrested in June 2025…