2024 Diabetes Day Symposium Recap (Links to an external site)

2024 Diabetes Day Symposium Recap
In honor of World Diabetes Day, the Diabetes Research Center of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research sponsored the 2024 Diabetes Day Symposium. The event took place on Thursday, November 7 at the Washington University School of Medicine’s Eric P. Newman Education Center, with programming aimed at bringing together scientists and trainees to showcase their work, […]

Multiple Hospitalists Contribute to Insightful Article about Substance Use Disorder (Links to an external site)

Multiple Hospitalists Contribute to Insightful Article about Substance Use Disorder
The Society of Hospital Medicine has a monthly publication entitled, ‘The Hospitalist’ in which they share helpful information about a variety of topics that are relevant to hospital medicine. The October 2024 issue featured an article about substance use disorder in physicians written by Dennis Chang, MD, Tony Dao, MD, Carol Faulk, MD, and Kieran […]

First Annual Hospital Medicine Awards Ceremony is a Success (Links to an external site)

First Annual Hospital Medicine Awards Ceremony is a Success
Division Chief Mark Williams, MD, along with the Social and Wellness Committee, spearheaded the inaugural Division of Hospital Medicine Awards Ceremony as an opportunity to recognize the hard work and efforts of our providers and staff. They worked together to create 12 award categories and sent out surveys for the division to nominate their colleagues and […]

DOLF Leadership Visits Clinical Trial Sites in Liberia and Ivory Coast (Links to an external site)

DOLF Leadership Visits Clinical Trial Sites in Liberia and Ivory Coast
The DOLF Project PI, Dr. Peter Fischer, and associate director Laura Peer traveled to Liberia in October for a mid-trial visit the site of DOLF’s clinical trial of treatment for the neglected tropical disease (NTD) onchocerciasis (also known as “river blindness”). The clinical trial is located at Bong Mines Hospital about 70 miles from the […]

Physician Leadership Development Program

Physician Leadership Development Program
Fundamentals of Performance Improvement and Change Management Summary The Physician Leadership Development Program will equip physicians in the Department of Medicine with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in leadership roles. The program is tailored to address the unique challenges and opportunities faced by leaders in medicine in today’s healthcare system. This course offering […]

Innovation by collaboration (Links to an external site)

Innovation by collaboration
The brightest minds solving brain cancer’s toughest challenges. Brain tumors are among the most challenging cancers to effectively treat. Depending on the tumor’s location, surgery can interfere with cognitive function, movement or language, and surgery often is not the solution because the tumor cells are invasive and intertwined with normal brain cells. Additionally, the brain’s […]

WashU Medicine reaches all-time high in NIH funding (Links to an external site)

WashU Medicine reaches all-time high in NIH funding
NIH grants recognize the quality and significance of WashU Medicine research in enabling life-changing advances in medicine In a testament to the quality and national competitiveness of biomedical research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the school secured $683 million in research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in federal […]

Baggstrom presented a poster at the annual AAMC Learn Serve Lead GWIMS

Baggstrom presented a poster at the annual AAMC Learn Serve Lead GWIMS
In November 2024, Dr. Maria Baggstrom, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Oncology, presented a poster at the annual Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Learn Serve Lead Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) Poster Session that she co-authored with Dr. Rakhee Bhayani, Vice Chair of Advancing Women’s Careers and Professor of […]

WashU research funding exceeds $1 billion for first time (Links to an external site)

WashU research funding exceeds $1 billion for first time
For the first time, annual research funding to Washington University in St. Louis has surpassed $1 billion. External funding supports WashU investigators tackling big challenges from Alzheimer’s disease to air pollution to childhood depression. Research funding also ripples across the economy, sparking job growth, new construction and local spending, said Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.

WashU Medicine Division of Pulmonary and Infectious Diseases Selected as Bronchiectasis and NTM Care Center

WashU Medicine Division of Pulmonary and Infectious Diseases Selected as Bronchiectasis and NTM Care Center
Bronchiectasis and NTM 360, a division of the COPD Foundation, has accepted WashU Medicine – Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, into its Bronchiectasis and NTM Care Center Network (CCN), recognizing the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division’s dedication to providing high-quality medical care, resources and education for those with bronchiectasis and nontuberculous mycobacterial […]

Dr. Vishwanath Jha joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Vishwanath Jha joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Vishwanath Jha joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hematology as an instructor in December 2024. He is an accomplished postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Jaehyung Cho’s laboratory at Washington University School of Medicine, specializing in hematology, focusing on thrombosis and platelet activation. His innovative research has led to a groundbreaking discovery: intracellular ERO1α […]

New drug tested to reduce side effect of ‘half-matched’ stem cell transplants (Links to an external site)

New drug tested to reduce side effect of ‘half-matched’ stem cell transplants
Clinical trial indicates safety, fewer cases of life-threatening graft-versus-host disease than expected Adding a new drug to standard care for stem cell transplant recipients may reduce a life-threatening side effect, according to an early-stage clinical trial conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The trial showed that patients being treated for various […]

World leaders in ending blood cancer (Links to an external site)

World leaders in ending blood cancer
The Siteman Blood Cancer Center delivers tomorrow’s treatments today. The Siteman Blood Cancer Center, recognized internationally as a leader in innovative care, draws patients from across the U.S. and overseas. The center brings together the multidisciplinary expertise of WashU Medicine physicians who have a singular focus on treating blood cancers, including leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and myelodysplastic […]

Department of Medicine 2025 Fellowship Matches

Department of Medicine 2025 Fellowship Matches
The Department of Medicine is proud to announce that we have 69 matched fellows. Please view the list below for more information about each. Fellowships Allergy & Immunology Fellowship Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Fellowship Gastroenterology Fellowship Cardiology Fellowship Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship […]

Dr. Dmitri Kotov joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Dmitri Kotov joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Dmitri Kotov joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor in December 2024.  He earned his PhD in the lab of Dr. Marc Jenkins at the University of Minnesota, where he studied how T cell receptor signaling impacts CD4+ T cell fate commitment. Pivoting from researching fundamental […]

Congratulations to Colonel James G. “Doc” Avery on His Promotion! (Links to an external site)

Congratulations to Colonel James G. “Doc” Avery on His Promotion!
We are delighted to celebrate Dr. James G. “Doc” Avery’s well-earned promotion to Colonel in the United States Air Force. As the Chief of Aerospace Medicine at the 126th Medical Group, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Colonel Avery oversees the health and medical readiness of the unit’s personnel and leads key aerospace medicine initiatives.

Leadership Announcement – Director of CTSA TWD and CRTC (Links to an external site)

Leadership Announcement – Director of CTSA TWD and CRTC
Nancy Sweitzer, MD, PhD, Named as Director of Clinical and Translational Science Award Translational Workforce Development (CTSA TWD) and Clinical Research Training Center (CRTC) at WashU Medicine. As Director of the Clinical Research Training Center, Dr. Sweitzer will oversee the training and education core of WashU’s CTSA. 

Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week

Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week
Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week takes place from December 1-7 each year, spotlighting the nearly 3 million Americans living with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), which include Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. These chronic, lifelong conditions cause inflammation in the digestive tract, leading to symptoms that can significantly impact quality of life, including abdominal pain, diarrhea, […]

Las Posadas (Links to an external site)

Las Posadas
Las Posadas is a traditional Mexican celebration that takes place from December 16th to December 24th, marking the nine days before Christmas. This event holds significant cultural and religious importance in Mexico and other Latin American countries, as well as among Latino communities in the United States.

Happy Hanukkah (Links to an external site)

Happy Hanukkah
Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival. The central theme of Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the second century B.C. and the miracle of the oil. Hanukkah holds great cultural and religious significance for Jewish communities around the world, and the celebration of this festival is a time for reflection, […]

Happy Kwanzaa (Links to an external site)

Happy Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is a secular festival observed from December 26th through January 1st as part of a celebration of African American cultural heritage and traditional values. The word Kwanzaa comes from the Swahili phrase, “matunda ya kwanza” or first fruits, referring to First fruits or Harvest festivals that are found throughout Africa. Kwanzaa was created in […]

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas
December 25th is celebrated as both a religious holiday and a global cultural and commercial event. People around the world celebrate this holiday through a variety of religious and secular traditions. Christians celebrate Christmas Day as the anniversary of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, a spiritual leader whose teachings form the basis of their […]

Discovery of Culprit Behind Scars in Heart Failure Points to Possible Treatment Target (Links to an external site)

Discovery of Culprit Behind Scars in Heart Failure Points to Possible Treatment Target
More than 6 million adults in the U.S. have heart failure, a condition that develops when the heart can’t pump enough blood to meet the demands of the body. While lifestyle changes and treatment can slow heart failure, there’s no cure. One reason is that heart failure and other heart conditions including heart attacks lead heart […]

Vaccine Shows Promise Against Aggressive Breast Cancer (Links to an external site)

Vaccine Shows Promise Against Aggressive Breast Cancer
A small clinical trial shows promising results for patients with triple-negative breast cancer who received an investigational vaccine designed to prevent recurrence of tumors. Conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis with a therapy designed by Washington University researchers, the trial is the first to report results for this type of vaccine — known […]