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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Leadership Announcement – DOM Vice Chair for Career Advancement
I am pleased to announce that Rakhee Bhayani, MD, has been appointed as the Vice Chair for Career Advancement in the Department of Medicine (DOM). Dr. Bhayani is Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics at WashU Medicine and the Director of the Future Workforce in Medicine (FWIM). Dr. Bhayani brings a […]
Powderly will receive faculty achievement awards
William G. Powderly will receive Washington University in St. Louis’ 2023 faculty achievement awards, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced. Powderly, MD, the Dr. J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine, will receive the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award. Powderly, an infectious diseases specialist and public health leader, has made […]
Washington University School of Medicine chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society announces class of 2023
The Alpha Omega Alpha Executive and Selection committees announce the new faculty, alumni and house officers to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Class of 2023. AΩA is the honor medical society recognizing, advocating for, and inspiring physicians in the care of patients and promotion of health. Members may be elected throughout their career […]
Nephrologist Steven Cheng is the New Program Director for Internal Medicine’s Residency Program (Links to an external site)
WashU Nephrology congratulates Steven Cheng, MD, who has accepted the position of Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital. After receiving his medical degree and completing an internal medicine residency at Northwestern University in Chicago, Dr. Cheng entered the Nephrology Fellowship at WashU, and upon graduation in 2006 joined our […]
Sina Jasim, MD awarded AACE Rising Star in Endocrinology (Links to an external site)
On May 5, during the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology’s (AACE) 32nd Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, Sina Jasim, MD received the AACE Rising Star in Endocrinology Award. The prestigious award nationally recognizes member individuals who are within ten years of completing their endocrine fellowship and have demonstrated actionable outcomes in outstanding leadership, teamwork or innovation, […]
2019-2022 DOM Awards Recognition Reception
Congratulations to all the Department of Medicine Awardees!
Dr. Zainab Mahmoud Receives Eisenberg Scholar Award (Links to an external site)
The Paul and Patti Eisenberg Scholar Award is presented annually by the Washington University School of Medicine Cardiovascular Division to fund junior faculty research that broadly focuses on cardiovascular disease. Funds should be used to generate key preliminary data and/or to develop new areas of research. Dr. Zainab Mahmoud is this year’s recipient of the […]
WashU Nephrologists Timothy Yau and Steven Cheng Honored with Distinguished Teaching Awards (Links to an external site)
WashU Nephrology congratulates two of our outstanding medical educators, Timothy Yau, MD, and Steven Cheng, MD, for recently receiving Distinguished Service Teaching Awards.