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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Eleven WashU faculty elected to AAAS (Links to an external site)
Eleven WashU faculty members are among the nearly 500 new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the most distinct honors in the scientific community.
Ewald Receives BJH Neville Grant Award (Links to an external site)
Greg Ewald MD, Director, Section of Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation, has received the 2026 Neville Grant Award for Clinical Excellence. Ewald and other recipients will be recognized at the upcoming BJH Medical Staff Association Semi-Annual meeting.
Steve Brody, MD, Elected to Association of American Physicians (Links to an external site)
The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine proudly congratulates Steve Brody, MD, on his election to the Association of American Physicians (AAP), one of the nation’s most respected honorary medical societies. Founded in 1885, the AAP recognizes physician scientists whose work has advanced biomedical science and improved human health.
ICTS Announces 2026-2027 CTRFP Awardees (Links to an external site)
Congratulations to Hilary E.L. Reno, MD, PhD and Mengcheng Shen, PhD for being among the awardees. The WashU Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) and The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital have awarded 22 investigators as part of the 19th annual Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program (CTRFP).
Danielle Cicka, MD, PhD, Receives 2025 HIP Resident Award (Links to an external site)
Danielle Cicka, MD, PhD, a resident physician at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 HIP Resident Award.
Odeny selected for a Winn Clinical Investigator Leadership Award
Award is a three-year professional and leadership development program designed to help early-career clinical investigators Thomas Odeny, MD, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology, member of the School for Public Health secondary faculty, has been selected for a Winn Clinical Investigator Leadership Award. This competitive three-year program, supported by the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation […]
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, and Pediatrics, Division of Hospital Medicine, was announced as one of five Macy Faculty Scholars. The Macy Faculty Scholars Program, now in its second decade, is dedicated to […]
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: