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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Barnes-Jewish Hospital honors Kollef, Rubin with Lifetime Achievement Award
Marin Kollef, MD, and Brian Rubin, MD, honored by medical staff for longtime service to hospital, university and community (Reprinted from the May 31, 2022 issue of Physician Connect.) Marin Kollef, MD, FACP, FCCP and Brian Rubin, MD, FACS, received the Barnes-Jewish Medical Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Association’s semi-annual general meeting May 12 […]
De Fer receives Jane F. Desforges Distinguished Teacher Award from the American College of Physicians; De Fer and Fraser awarded Masterships
Thomas M. De Fer, MD, FACP, Chief, Division of General Medicine, was awarded the 2021-2022 Jane F. Desforges Distinguished Teacher Award by the American College of Physicians (ACP) during the annual ACP meeting in April. The award is bestowed upon a Fellow or Master of the College who has demonstrated the qualities of a great […]
Andrej Spec, MD, MSCI, named interim Co-Editor-in-Chief of Open Forum Infectious Diseases
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has appointed Andrej Spec, MD, MSCI, as a interim co-editor-in-chief of Open Forum Infectious Diseases (OFID), an IDSA journal publication. Spec previously served as OFID’s associate deputy editor for transfers. More details regarding OFID’s new appointments are available on their website.
Goldberg elected to National Academy of Sciences (Links to an external site)
Recognized for work as renowned molecular parasitologist
McGill to receive award from diabetes organization (Links to an external site)
To receive American Diabetes Organization’s Outstanding Physician Clinician in Diabetes Award
Kornfeld receives Roscoe O. Brady Award (Links to an external site)
Hematologist honored for lysosomal disease research
Ross elected fellow of medical education society (Links to an external site)
Named to Society of Academic Continuing Medical Education’s Academy of Fellows
Researchers elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation (Links to an external site)
Adeoye, Chen, Lavine, Schwarz honored for clinical research







