2026 Dean’s Impact Award Recipients - John T. Milliken Department of Medicine

The 2026 theme is “Honoring the Focused Excellence of Exemplary Clinicians and Researchers.“

Recipients of the Dean’s Impact Awards represent the compassion, innovation, and commitment required to build dynamic, meaningful, and community-focused efforts to improve clinical care, education, and research.

Congratulations to:

**Ernie-Paul Barrette, MD, FIDSA, FACP**
Professor of Medicine

Dr. Alan Braverman — **Alan C. Braverman, MD, FACC**
Alumni Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases

**C. Prakash Gyawali, MD, MRCP**
Professor of Medicine

**Deborah Parks, MD**
Professor of Medicine

**Chelsea Pearson, MD**
Assistant Professor of Medicine

**Ramaswamy Govindan, MD**
Anheuser Busch Endowed Chair in Medical Oncology

**Daniel Rosenbluth, MD** Tracey C. and William J. Marshall Professor of Medicine

**Marcos Rothstein, MD** Professor of Medicine

We recognize and thank each of the Dean’s Impact Award winners for their contributions to the success of their protégés and for fostering a culture of dedicated service within the clinical, educational, and research missions of WashU Medicine.