With over 760 full-time faculty members, the Department of Medicine faculty are not only active clinicians, researchers and educators at the School of Medicine. They are recognized nationally and internationally for their efforts to advance research discoveries and improve human health, here in the St. Louis region and around the world.
National appointments and honors
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Vermette announced as Macy Faculty Scholar
National foundation dedicated solely to improving the education of health professionals. David Vermette, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics, was announced as a Macy Faculty Scholar. The Macy Faculty Scholars Program, now in its second decade, is dedicated to identifying and nurturing promising early-career educators in medicine […]
2026 Dean’s Impact Award Recipients
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:
2025 Castle Connolly Top Doctors®
The Department of Medicine is proud to announce that 170 of our faculty have been selected for the 2025 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® list. The Top Doctors® selection process is entirely merit-based. Doctors cannot pay to be listed. These doctors are best-in-class healthcare providers, embodying excellence in clinical care as well as interpersonal skills. More […]
Jeffrey R. Millman, PhD – Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Endocrinology
It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Jeffrey R. Millman is being appointed as the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Endocrinology in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research of the Department of Medicine at WashU Medicine. Dr. Millman is a distinguished scientist who discovered the process for converting human […]
Dr. Kevin Hurtado Selected for Induction into the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (Links to an external site)
Kevin Hurtado, PhD, a postdoctoral research scholar in the laboratory of Leslie Gewin, MD, has been selected for induction into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, a national honor recognizing exceptional scholarship, leadership, and a commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion in higher education.
Leadership Announcement – Section Chief of Hospital Medicine
I am pleased to announce that Michael Lin, MD, SFHM, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine, Geriatrics and Hospital Medicine has been appointed as the new Section Chief of Hospital Medicine in the Division of General Medicine, Geriatrics and Hospital Medicine. Dr. Lin brings an exceptional track record of leadership, clinical excellence, hospital […]
Alison Antes, PhD Appointed as MSCI Director (Links to an external site)
The WashU Medicine Clinical Research Training Center (CRTC) is thrilled to share that Alison Antes, PhD has been appointed as the Director of the Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) Degree Program.
Moe Mahjoub Advancing Lung Disease Research Through Dual R01 Awards (Links to an external site)
Moe Mahjoub, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine (Division of Nephrology) and the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, has received two newly awarded R01 grants from the NIH, totaling $6.1 million over four years.