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Dr. Dominique S. Williams joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology as an Assistant Professor on September 1, 2019. Dr. Williams received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Houston and a Doctor of Medicine from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas in 2012. She completed her internal medicine training […]

Washington University investigators at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been awarded a $15 million grant to better understand the genetic changes that drive acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a deadly blood cancer, and predict patients’ responses to therapy. The findings also may enable investigators to develop more […]

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis supports evidence that children with mild asthma can effectively manage the condition by using their two inhalers — one a steroid and the other a bronchodilator — when symptoms occur. This is in contrast to the traditional method of using the steroid daily, […]

Antibiotics are known to upset the balance of bacteria in the intestinal tract. In some cases, antibiotics can cause the bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) to overgrow wildly, causing diarrhea and, in severe cases, life-threatening intestinal inflammation. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found the molecular signature of a healthy gut microbial […]

Heidi Tastet joines the Department of Medicine in the Division of Medical Education as an Instructor on September 4, 2019. Dr. Tastet earned her undergraduate degree in Clinical Lab Science from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan in 2002. She went on to receive her medical degree from Loma Linda School of Medicine in 2008. […]

Dr. Joseph Rimando joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Medical Education as an Instructor on July 1, 2019. Joseph was born in Vidalia, Georgia and grew up in Warner Robins, Georgia, where he attended Warner Robins High School. He obtained a bachelors degree in microbiology with a minor in music at the […]

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Department of Medicine newsletter, The DOM Insider. In this Issue: Letter from the Chair, Divisional Spotlight, EPIC Update, Research News, Clinical News, Education News, Faculty Updates, Awards/Grants/Etc., Trainee Updates, OUTMed, and Giving

Dr. Sandeep Sodhi joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2019. Dr. Sodhi was born and raised in Danville, IL. He received his undergraduate degree from Saint Louis University. Dr. Sodhi earned his M.D. and M.B.A. from the University of Illinois. His postgraduate training was […]

Dr. Roland Njei joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an instructor on July 1, 2019. Dr. Njei was born in Batibo, North West Region of Cameroon and immigrated to the Chicagoland area in 2006. His journey to medicine was a non-traditional one. After living and working in China for […]

Dr. Zhen Ren joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Allergy and Immunology as an Instructor on July 1, 2019. Dr. Ren studied clinical medicine at Shanghai Tong Ji University, China. Fascinated by the cutting-edge bioscience research in the United States, she joined the Biochemistry Ph.D program in August 2006 at the Graduate […]

Dr. Bria Giacomino joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2019. Dr. Giacomino’s decision to specialize in cardiac critical care is not a common pathway, although she believes that this is a specialty that will continue to grow and this combination of cardiology and critical […]

Dr. Elvin Geng joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as a Professor on July 1, 2019. Dr. Geng earned MD and MPH degrees from Columbia University and subsequently completed post-doctoral training through the Aaron Diamond AIDS Institute (posted in Kunming, China) as well as fellowship training in infectious diseases at […]

Dr. Melissa Berrien-Elliott joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Instructor on August 1, 2019. Dr. Elliott’s research uses translational approaches to understand how natural killer (NK) cells are impacted by cancer immunotherapies and how the tumor microenvironment contributes to immune evasion. In order to achieve this, she works closely […]

Dr. Adam May joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2019. As an Illinois native, Dr. May grew up in close proximity to St. Louis in Champaign-Urbana. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, IL and medical education at Loyola […]

Dr. Joseph Ransdell joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology as an Instructor on July 1, 2019. Dr. Ransdell’s goals as a researcher are to determine the molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie and regulate neuronal firing and determine how these mechanisms are affected by diseases that affect membrane excitability. Dr. Ransdell […]

Dr. James White joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Instructor on July 1, 2019. Dr. James White completed his Bachelor’s of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Albany, State University of New York in 2005. As an undergraduate, James conducted research at Albany Medical […]

Dr. Anubha Mutneja joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2019. Dr. Mutneja received her MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, New-Delhi, India. She subsequently completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Florida where she won the Research Day Award in the medical […]

Dr. Kathleen Zhang joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2019. Dr. Zhang specializes in the cardiovascular care of patients with cancer and cardiac amyloidosis. Many cancer treatments such as radiation, chemotherapy, targeted monoclonal antibodies, and immunotherapy have cardiovascular toxicities that require directed therapy and/or […]

Physicians at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been awarded a six-year, $7.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to play a leading role in designing, conducting and enrolling patients in clinical trials through the NCI’s National Clinical Trials Network. The funding acknowledges Siteman’s continued […]

Dr. Namrata Patel joined the department of Medicine in the Division of Medical Education as an Instructor on June 10, 2019. Dr. Patel has been passionate about trying to help her community ever since she can remember. She completed her medical degree at The University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis, where she co-founded […]

Dr. Haris Murad joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2019. Dr. Murad received his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (M.B.; B.S. from Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan in 2012.  After one year as a research associate in pediatric rheumatology, Dr. Murad then moved […]

Dr. Joshua Dearborn joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Instructor on June 1, 2019. Dr. Dearborn is a behavioral neuroscientist with training in molecular biology. His research interests revolve around the neurobiology and etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders. He has a strong background in the application of rodent models in […]

Dr. Bruce Rosa joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases Division as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2019. Dr. Rosa received his PhD in Biotechnology from Lakehead University (Canada), which included a two-year visiting scientist appointment studying bioinformatics approaches to analyzing circadian rhythm at Michigan State University. He joined Dr. […]

Dr. Alex Wagner joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Instructor on June 1, 2019. Dr. Wagner is interested in the development and application of open bioinformatics resources that enable precision medicine. His career interests are to run an academic laboratory overseeing the development of these tools and the analyses […]

Dr. Dharushana Muthulingam joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Instructor on July 1, 2019. Dr. Muthulingam was born in London and grew up in the California desert. She received undergraduate training in both philosophy and molecular/cell biology at Berkeley. She went on to complete medical and public health […]

Dr. Christopher Rigell joined the Department of Medicine on July 1, 2019 as an Instructor in the Division of Allergy and Immunology. Dr. Rigell completed his undergraduate studies in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Vanderbilt University prior to obtaining his MD from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama. He completed his […]

Dr. Brandon Kayser joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Sciences as an Instructor on June 30, 2019. Dr. Kayser completed his Ph.D. in 2014 in Integrative and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Southern California. Using both longitudinal human cohorts and preclinical models, he investigated the role of obesity […]

Dr. Kangyun Wu joined the Department of Medicine in the Division pf Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine as an Instructor on July 1, 2019. Dr. Wu is a Senior Scientist in Dr. Michael Holtzman’s lab. He graduated from Huangzhong Agriculture University with a Bachelor of Science in Plant Protection in Wuhan, China in June 1998. […]

Dr. Colin Diffie joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology as an Instructor on July 1, 2019. Dr. Diffie is a native Texan, and dual majored in Psychology and Neurobiology at UT Austin, where he graduated summa cum laude. He then went to medical school at the University of Texas Health Science […]

Dr. Cristina Vazquez Guillamet joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2019. Clinical practice: After finishing her training in critical care medicine (CCM) and Infectious Diseases (ID), Dr. Vazquez Guillamet started her waiver position at University of New Mexico where her clinical practice encompassed […]