Dr. Spencer Willet joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology as an Instructor in October, 2019. Dr. Willet grew up in Franklin, Tennessee and attended The University of Tennessee at Knoxville for his undergraduate studies, matriculating to Vanderbilt University for his doctorate training. Dr. Willet earned his PhD in developmental biology at […]
Dr. Katherine Clifton joined the Department of medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Assistant Professor in September, 2019. Throughout Dr. Clifton’s training, she developed an interest in clinical research. As an internal medicine resident as well as early in her hematology-oncology fellowship, she gained research experience through several projects. These projects taught her […]
Dr. Steven Funk joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology as an Instructor in November, 2019. Dr. Funk’s major interest is the regulation of cellular functions by cell-matrix and cell-cell adhesion, with a focus on how renal glomerular basement membrane (GBM) defects in the kidney affect the podocyte cells that attach to […]
Dr. Nickole Forget joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine as an Assistant Professor in October, 2019. Originally from a small farming community in southern Missouri, Dr. Forget moved to St. Louis in 1988 to attend Washington University in St. Louis where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in both […]
Dr. Shivani V. Tripathi joined the Department of Medicine an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Washington University in St. Louis in September, 2019. Dr. Tripathi was born in Chicago, Illinois, and completed a dual major in Neurobiology and English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. She completed medical school at the Medical […]
Dr. Nathan Singh has joined the Department of Medicine as an assistant professor on the investigator track in the Division of Oncology, Section of Stem Cell Biology. He comes to Wash U from the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed a combined MD/Masters of Science in Translational research program, during which he spent two years […]
Dr. Reimers completed her undergraduate training at Washington University in St. Louis with a double major in Biology and German and went on to receive her MD from Saint Louis University in 2013. She then moved to North Carolina for Internal Medicine residency at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Most recently, she completed […]
Dr. Alessandro Vindigni joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as a Professor in August, 2019. Dr. Vindigni received a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics from the University of Padua (Italy) and completed his postdoctoral training at Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis. In 2002, he was appointed Group […]
Dr. Annabel Quinet joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Instructor in August, 2019. Dr. Quinet moved from Brazil to France after receiving an Award from the French Department of Foreign Affairs and International Development and obtained her Bachelor’s in Sciences in 2007 from the University of Paris XI in […]
Dr. Reema Syed joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology as an Associate Professor in September, 2019. Dr. Syed is a board certified Adult and Pediatric Rheumatologist who completed her combined fellowship at Saint Louis University in 2007 and is currently Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. Dr. Syed completed her […]
Dr. James Watson joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an instructor in July 2019. He was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia and graduated from the Collegiate School in 2002. He went on to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Commerce with Concentrations in Finance and Accounting at the […]
Dr. Elaine Shao joined the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in the Division of Hospital Medicine in July 2019. Originally from Chapel Hill, NC, she attended Wake Forest University and graduated summa cum laude in 2012 with majors in Biology and Spanish and a minor in History. She was awarded the full merit Guy […]
Dr. Mark Pinkerton joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2019. He completed his undergraduate training with a Bachelor of Science in microbiology in 2012 at the University of Alabama, where he graduated summa cum laude. He received his medical degree in 2016 from […]
Dr. Arjun Natarajan joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July, 2019. Dr. Natarajan was born in Bellevue, Washington and lived there until the age of ten, after which his family moved to Hyderabad, India. He attended middle and high school there, graduating with top honors in […]
Dr. Tashin Mustaque joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine in July, 2019. Dr. Mustaque was born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh where he has completed all of his schooling. He is the youngest of three siblings. Growing up, he had special interest in sports and science. He has played club […]
Dr. Jacob Murray joined the Deartment of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July, 2019. Dr. Murray is a native of Des Moines, Iowa. He earned a B.S. in Integrative Physiology from the University of Iowa and was awarded the Marvin A. Pomerantz Leadership Award. During his senior undergraduate year, […]
Dr. Jaspur Min joined the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in July, 2019. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Honors, from Washington University in St. Louis in 2011. Upon graduation, she worked for City Year (AmeriCorps) and served as […]
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s most vexing public health problems. About 1.5 million people died from this bacterial lung infection in 2018, and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one-quarter of the world’s population — some 2 billion people, mostly in developing countries — are infected with the bacteria that causes TB. […]
Dr. James Mendoza joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July, 2019. Dr. Mendoza is a born and raised Virginian. He majored in Chemistry at the University of Virginia, then obtained a Master’s degree in Medical Sciences at Boston University before completing medical school at Virginia Commonwealth […]
Dr. Han Li joined the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in Hospital Medicine in July 2019, after completing her internal medicine training at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. She received her undergraduate education at the University of Michigan, where she majored in Cellular and Molecular Biology. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated with High […]
Dr. Ajitha Kommalapati was born in India and grew up in Cypress, Texas. She completed her undergraduate degree in biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. After discovering an overarching fascination with human physiology, she went on to complete her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Her love of internal medicine […]
High-protein diets may help people lose weight and build muscle, but a new study in mice suggests they have a down side: They lead to more plaque in the arteries. Further, the new research shows that high-protein diets spur unstable plaque — the kind most prone to rupturing and causing blocked arteries. More plaque buildup […]
Matthew J. Walter, MD, has been named the inaugural Edward P. Evans Endowed Professor of Myelodysplastic Syndromes at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. These syndromes make up a group of rare blood disorders that prevents the body from making sufficient healthy blood cells. Walter, an international leader in the study and treatment […]
Their mother’s death when they were teenagers set identical twins Obi and Malachi Griffith on a shared path to find better cancer therapies. Today, the twins, both geneticists and computational biologists at the School of Medicine, are seeking precision treatments for the disease. The Griffith Lab, driven by the twins’ independent and complementary research interests, […]
The Academic Women’s Network Fall Dinner: “Ally, Advocate, or Accomplice: We are Better Together” with guest speaker Michelle Lall, MD, MHS, Associate Professor of Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine took place on November 19, 2019.
As of Dec. 1, 2019, St. Louis is now one of more than 300 Fast-Track Cities committed to ending HIV/AIDS by the year 2030. The Institute for Public Health and Washington University are committed to helping St. Louis leaders reach initiative goals. On Dec. 1, National World AIDS Day, the Larry J. Shapiro Director of the Institute for Public Health, Bill […]
Tapped for their work aimed at stemming opioid abuse and halting what has become an epidemic in the United States, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received federal grants totaling more than $10 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). […]
The highly contagious norovirus causes diarrhea and vomiting and is notorious for spreading rapidly through densely populated spaces, such as cruise ships, nursing homes, schools and day care centers. Each year, it is responsible for some 200,000 deaths, mostly in the developing world. There are no treatments for this intestinal virus, often incorrectly referred to […]
Washington University School of Medicine students recently honored faculty and residents with Distinguished Service Teaching Awards for the 2018-19 academic year. The awards, which were first given in 1991, reflect the students’ appreciation for dedication, patience and skill in training future physicians. Students completing their first, second and third year of studies select the course […]
In critically ill patients who require a heart pump to support blood circulation as part of stent procedures, specific heart pumps have been associated with serious complications, according to a new study led by cardiologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Though the observational study does not prove that the heart pumps […]
Michael Rauchman, MD, is Canadian, but his mother and father raised him to honor America, too. As a child, he learned that the U.S. military had played a key role in the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II, allowing Rauchman’s Jewish parents to survive the Holocaust. Both had been imprisoned in concentration and […]
Studying mice, scientists have shown that boosting the activity of specific immune cells in the heart after a heart attack can protect against developing heart failure, an invariably fatal condition. Patients with heart failure tire easily and become breathless from everyday activities because the heart muscle has lost the ability to pump enough blood to […]
Benjamin D. Humphreys’ hobbies include experimenting with international cuisine in his kitchen, harvesting heirloom tomatoes in his backyard, and growing miniature kidneys in his laboratory. He has been perfecting his first two hobbies for years. However, his interest in growing tiny kidneys — specifically, using human stem cells to cultivate kidney organoids — began in […]
Dr. Syed Hasan joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July, 2019. He is originally from Karachi, Pakistan and immigrated to the U.S. in 2009. He finished medical school at the prestigious Sindh Medical College (now known as JSMU) in Pakistan. After graduation, Dr. Hasan spent time […]
Dr. Ian Green originally hails from Tampa, Florida. He received his Bachelor of Science degree, magna cum laude with honors, from The Ohio State University in 2011. He studied microbiology in the former 7-year B.S./M.D. combined degree program and was nominated to Phi Beta Kappa. He developed an enthusiasm for learning and investigation that led […]
Dr. Kathleen Evans grew up in Spring, Texas and attended the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma for her undergraduate education. She received degrees in both biochemistry and journalism and was interested in tying mass communication, health literacy, and education together. She completed her honors thesis on the effect of pesticides on blow flies and […]
10.18.19 Ofer Zimmerman, MD, a clinical fellow in the Department of Medicine at the School of Medicine, received a $100,000 Physician Scientist Fellowship award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. He will be working in the laboratory of Michael Diamond, MD, PhD, the Herbert S. Gasser Professor of Medicine, to study the role of variations in the […]
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support an open-source database aimed at boosting personalized approaches to cancer treatment. The database is designed to help doctors match cancer mutations — found in patients’ tumors — with drugs that […]
Dr. Jack El Sawda joined the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in Medicine for the Division of Hospital Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in July 2019. He was born and raised in the northern part of Lebanon, in a small town, along the Mediterranean coast. He completed his undergraduate […]
Dr. Hanan Dihowm joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July, 2019. Dr. Dihowm always wanted to learn to conduct research, and so she earned a master’s degree in clinical research from Rush University. She has a strong interest in cancer research, more specifically breast cancer and […]
As obesity rates climb, so do the number of people receiving weight-loss surgery. One of the most frequently performed weight-loss procedures in the world — Roux-en-Y gastric bypass — is effective, but another procedure rarely performed in the U.S. is more effective at eliminating type 2 diabetes in patients with obesity. A new study from […]
On a crisp autumn Saturday two years ago, the newly appointed senior associate dean for education began getting ready for an important finance meeting with the medical school’s senior leaders. That’s when a crazy idea struck her. “I was thinking about ways to reduce medical school debt and, on a broader level, my overall purpose […]
Throughout the St. Louis region, underserved and low-income patients cannot obtain quality health care. Many live in poverty without access to medical services, or even food. Dedicated community leader Lee Kling has seen firsthand how economic disparities create lifelong challenges for so many people. In response to those challenges, Kling, a St. Louis native and […]
At nearly 250 pounds, Linda DeCosta had tried everything — and failed — to lose weight: prescription drugs, exercise programs, dieting. She had even considered bariatric surgery, but insurance wouldn’t cover it. “I was almost starving myself,” DeCosta said. “Our family doesn’t eat out a lot. I don’t cook a lot of fried foods. I […]
Dr. Anthony Dao joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine in July, 2019. Dr. Dao was born in Troy, Ohio and pursued a combined 6-year BS/MD program at the University of Akron, which is associated with the Northeast Ohio Medical University. In medical school, he was interested in public health. Dr. […]
Dr. Benjamin Buetner joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine in July, 2019. Dr. Buettner was born and raised in Lima, Ohio where he graduated from Shawnee High School in 2008. He then went on to pursue his undergraduate Bachelor of Arts in Zoology at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, being […]
Dr. Natalia Brito Rivera joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine in July, 2019. Dr. Brito Rivera was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Biology with a concentration in Neurobiology and a Minor in Italian Studies at Cornell University in 2011. Dr. […]
Dr. Sydney Blount joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor on July 1, 2019. Dr. Blount earned her medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center School of Medicine in 2012. While there, she was elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society as well as the Alpha […]
Dr. Faris Bakeer joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in Medicine in July, 2019. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Union University in 2011 and in 2016, Dr. Bakeer received his Doctor of Medicine degree from East Tennessee State University, where he graduated […]