The department has a number of affiliated centers and institutes that focus on patient care, training opportunities and research at a regional and global level.

Administrative
  • Computing Support Services (CSS): CSS provides computer and technology support to Department of Medicine clients throughout the medical school.
  • Office of Faculty Development (OFD): OFD’s mission is to provide Department of Medicine faculty with resources and guidance that will foster professional and personal growth and development in clinical care, education, research and leadership.
  • Reporting: Designed for the internal client and groups with secure server access. In a continued effort to provide quick access to information and web based tools, this site supplies a number of resources directly to you.
Patient Care
  • Clinical Quality, Safety and Operations Executive Council (OEC): The OEC focuses on enhancing the Department of Medicine’s clinical enterprise across all divisions. OEC members identify and implement process changes to further the department’s mission of providing world-class patient care.
Education
  • Clinical Research Training Center (CRTC): The CRTC is the educational core of the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) that provides clinical and translational training for predoctoral students, house-staff, postdoctoral fellows, staff and junior faculty.
Research
Institutes

Located with the Department of Medicine are several affiliated Institutes that span schools at Washington University, including the Washington University School of Medicine.

  • Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS): The ICTS helps ensure that investigators have access to state-of-the-art research infrastructure, financial support and education; facilitates translational research; assists in the creation and sustaining of interdisciplinary research collaborations; and helps move research findings from the bench to the bedside.
  • Institute for Informatics, Data Science & Biostatistics: The institute supports and enhances Washington University’s expertise in clinical informatics, imaging informatics and bioinformatics.
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center

As an international leader in cancer treatment, research, prevention, education and community outreach, Siteman is the only cancer center in Missouri to hold the prestigious Comprehensive Cancer Center designation and “Exceptional” rating from the National Cancer Institute and membership in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. The Department of Medicine’s partnership with Siteman extends our tri-partite mission with numerous departmental physicians providing clinical care, conducting research and training within the resources of Siteman Cancer Center.