Dr. Ali Javaheri
Dr. Ali Javaheri joined the Department of Medicine as Instructor of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division on August 11, 2017. He was previously at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Javaheri’s clinical interests are treatment of advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation. Dr. Javaheri has research interests that are aligned with his clinical interests, including preventing […]
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Dear faculty: On behalf of the iTeach planning committee, it is my pleasure to invite you to register for iTeach, Washington University’s biennial faculty symposium on teaching, to be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 in The Knight Center. Please mark your calendar and plan to join us for this day-long event, which will bring together […]
$6 million supports leukemia research (Links to an external site)
John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a $6 million outstanding investigator award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support research aimed at improving therapies for leukemia. DiPersio, the Virginia E. and Sam J. Golman Professor of Medicine […]
Danish Ahmad, M.D.
Dr. Danish Ahmad joined the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine on July 1, 2017. He was previously at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. Dr. Ahmad is board certified in Pulmonary Diseases and Internal Medicine. His interests include interventional pulmonology, pleural diseases, and critical […]
William McCoy, MD, PhD
William McCoy IV, MD, PhD joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Dermatology on July 1, 2017. Dr. McCoy graduated with a B.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2002, and completed his honors thesis under the direction of Dr. Linda Jen-Jacobson. He enrolled at Washington University School of Medicine […]
Dr. Baosheng Chen
Dr. Baosheng Chen joined the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology on July 1, 2017. He has extensive research experience and expertise in laboratory and translational molecular oncology as well as developmental biology. His PhD training in Cell Biology and Oncology was focused on identifying tumor suppressor genes and mechanistically studying their biological functions in […]
George Christophi, MD, PhD
Dr. George Christophi joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology on September 1, 2017. Dr. George Christophi graduated Summa Cum Laude from Stockton University with a major in Molecular Chemistry and a minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He participated in research at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester and as a Howard […]
Cynthia Cherfane, M.D.
Cynthia Cherfane, M.D. joined the Department of Medicine in the division of Gastroenterology on August 1, 2017. Dr. Cherfane completed her fellowship in Gastroenterology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and specifically focused her training on immune and inflammatory bowel diseases. Those include ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, indeterminate colitis, pouchitis and celiac disease. She […]
Key malaria parasite findings could lead to new treatments (Links to an external site)
Sebastian Nasamu, an MD/PhD student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, battled successive bouts of malaria as a child growing up in Ghana. He survived – but decided long ago to commit himself to eradicating the disease. The possibility that his work could lead to a treatment is the reason he goes […]
Installation of Deborah C. Rubin, MD as the William B. Kountz Professor of Medicine
Deborah C. Rubin, M.D. was installed as the William B. Kountz Professor of Medicine on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 in the Eric P. Newman Education Center and lectured on “Short Bowel Syndrome: Paths to New Therapies.” Dr. Rubin is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Professor of Developmental Biology at Washington University […]
Haojia Wu, PhD
Haojia Wu, PhD, joined the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in the Division of Nephrology on September 1, 2017. He started as a postdoc and member of The Humphreys Lab at Washington University School of Medicine. Wu works on using human stem cells to generate kidney organoids, with the goal of one day transplanting […]
Dr. Frank J. O’Brien
Frank J. O’Brien, MBBCh, MRCPI, joined the Department of Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine on July 1, 2017. His clinical work includes nephrology consult, dialysis and general medicine. His educational responsibilities include teaching and supervision of medical students, residents, house staff and fellows. Dr. O’Brien […]
Fadi A. Tohme, MD
Fadi A. Tohme, MD, joined the Department of Medicine as an Assistant Professor, with dual appointments in the Division of Nephrology and the Department of Anesthesiology on August 1, 2017. Dr. Tohme is also director of the Renal Biopsy Service and serves both on the renal consult inpatient service at Barnes-Jewish Hospital as well as […]
Patrick Aguilar, M.D.
Dr. Patrick Aguilar joined the Department of Medicine as an Assistant Professor on October 1, 2017 in the division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Aguilar has joined the faculty in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine as a transplant pulmonologist and medical intensivist. He completed medical school and residency in Texas […]
Gateway to care: Fighting social stigma and barriers, doctor seeks to prevent HIV infections worldwide. (Links to an external site)
In 1978, during the infancy of the AIDS epidemic, reports about isolated cases of gay men suffering from a rare lung infection and an aggressive cancer began trickling in to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That same year, Rupa Patel was born in the Midwest to immigrants from rural Indian villages. While her parents […]
Sixth Annual Cardiovascular Research Day
Christopher Prater, MD
Christopher Prater, MD joined the Department of Medicine on August 1, 2017 as in Instructor in the Division of Medical Education. Christopher Prater, MD completed his combined internal medicine-pediatrics residency at Christiana Care Health System in Delaware in 2014. Since then, he has worked in primary care with a focus on immigrant and refugee healthcare. […]
Save the Date – Red Dress Affair on January 13, 2018
Drs. Fraser and Lewis receive Equality Award
The Equality Award recognizes the outstanding efforts of those who dedicate time, energy, spirit and whole-hearted commitment to better the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. The awards presented at the Human Rights Campaign gala dinners are the highest honor the organization bestows in the area of achieving equality for LGBTQ people. […]
Daniel Lenihan, M.D.
Daniel Lenihan, M.D. joined the Department of Medicine on September 1, 2017 as a Professor in the Cardiovascular Division. Dr. Lenihan has been active in cardio-oncology and heart failure for nearly 20 years. The main focus of these efforts have included hemodynamic assessments, angiogenic growth factor response, novel cardiac biomarkers as well as optimal methods […]
New gene-altering treatment offered for certain blood cancers (Links to an external site)
“This is the beginning of a new era of cancer therapy,” said Washington University oncologist Armin Ghobadi, MD, an assistant professor of medicine, who treats patients at Siteman. “With CAR-T cell therapy, we can take patients’ own cells and turn them into a powerful weapon to attack cancer. It’s a highly personalized, innovative therapy and one […]
Morris, Humphreys receive Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funding (Links to an external site)
Samantha A. Morris, PhD, an assistant professor of developmental biology and of genetics, and Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD, the Joseph Friedman Associate Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine, each have received one year of support to conduct what is called single-cell RNA sequencing with a focus on cells in the kidney, liver and small intestine. Work in […]
Maya R. Jerath, MD, PhD
Maya R. Jerath, MD, PhD joined the Department of Medicine as a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy and Immunology on November 1, 2017. Maya R. Jerath, MD, PhD received her medical degree from the University of Vermont and following Internal Medicine residency training at Duke University Medical Center, she sub-specialized in Allergy […]
Peter G. Ruminski
Peter G. Ruminski joined the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in the Division of Oncology on October 1, 2017. Peter comes from the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, where he served as the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for World Health & Medicine for the past seven years. There, he led […]
Miriam Y. Kim, M.D.
Miriam Y. Kim, M.D. joined the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in the Division of Oncology on August 15, 2017. Dr. Kim completed her clinical fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at the University of Southern California and then did postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania. Her primary interest is developing immunotherapy for the […]
Medical School leadership team recruits new physician executive (Links to an external site)
Paul J. Scheel Jr., MD, a highly regarded physician-leader at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been named associate vice chancellor for clinical affairs at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and chief executive officer of Washington University Physicians, the school’s faculty practice. His appointment, which begins July 1, was announced by David […]
Thomas M. Maddox, M.D.
Thomas M. Maddox, M.D. joined the Department of Medicine as a Professor of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division on June 1, 2017. Dr. Maddox is the inaugural Director of the Health Systems Innovation Lab (HSIL), a partnership between BJC HealthCare and Washington University School of Medicine. HSIL develops innovative ways to deliver care and improve […]
Randi E. Foraker, Ph.D.
Randi E. Foraker, Ph.D. joined the Department of Medicine as an Associate Professor of Medicine on July 1, 2017. Randi Foraker, PhD, is the Faculty Lead for Population Health Informatics in the Institute for Informatics and an Associate Professor of General Medical Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Foraker also serves […]
Karen E. Joynt Maddox, M.D.
Karen E. Joynt Maddox, M.D. joined the Department of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Social Work on July 1, 2017. Dr. Joynt Maddox is a health services and health policy researcher focused on improving the way quality in healthcare is measured and rewarded. She thinks of her research in […]
Portable 3-D scanner assesses patients with elephantiasis (Links to an external site)
An estimated 120 million people worldwide are infected with lymphatic filariasis, a parasitic, mosquito-borne disease that can cause major swelling and deformity of the legs, a condition known as elephantiasis. Health-care workers rely on leg measurements to assess the severity of the condition. However, measuring legs that are severely swollen often proves cumbersome and impractical. […]