Dr. Velloze is originally from Cleveland, OH, and graduated summa cum laude from Case Western Reserve University with a bachelor’s in Biology. She then attended Washington University in St. Louis for medical school. There she was an active participant in Student Support Services and Medical Students for Choice. She also participated in research on contained versus uncontained […]
Dr. Jordan Atkins joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July, 2018. Dr. Atkins graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia in 2010. At that time, he was also able to participate in research and internship programs at universities such as […]
Dr. Tushina Jain joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an instructor in July, 2018. She received her undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN in 2011, where she graduated magna cum laude. She completed a double major in neuroscience, with honors, and medicine, health, and […]
Dr. Amir Esmaeeli joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine in July 2018 as an instructor. Dr. Esmaeeli received his BA from Washington University in St. Louis in 2011 and his MD from Washington University School of Medicine in 2015. He completed residency with a distinction in teaching & leadership at […]
Dr. Christine Heumann joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Assistant Professor in July, 2018. Dr. Heumann earned her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2011. While there, she was elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She then completed an internal medicine residency at McGaw […]
Dr. Jimmy Ma joined the Department of Medicine in June, 2018. Dr. Ma completed his undergraduate studies in 2011 and medical school in 2015 at Washington University in Saint Louis where he was part the Phi Beta Kappa honorary society and received the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Award. He completed Internal Medicine internship and residency […]
Dr. Joyce Ji joined the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at Barnes Jewish Hospital in July, 2018. She received her Bachelor of Science in Human Biology from Brown University in 2011, where she graduated magna cum laude. She received her MD from Washington University in St. Louis in […]
Dr. Kathryn Filson is an Instructor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. She joined the Department of Medicine in June 2018. She recently completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in affiliation with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Prior to residency she completed her medical […]
Dr. Eze Okeagu joined the Department of Medicine as an instructor in the Division of Hospital Medicine in June, 2018. He attended the University of Chicago and graduated with honors with a Bachelors of Art in the Biological Sciences. While there, he worked in the pre-medical careers office as an inaugural CCiHP fellow. He also […]
Dr Ivan Mugisha joined the Department of Medicine in June, 2018 as an Instructor of Medicine with the Division of Hospital Medicine at Washington University. He was born in Kampala, Uganda, and immigrated to the Chicagoland area in 2001 for his University education. His journey to medicine was a non-traditional one. After volunteering at a […]
Dr. Stephen Chi joined the Department of Medicine in the Hospitalist division at Washington University in Saint Louis as an Instructor in Medicine in July 2018. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he majored in chemistry and biology and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He […]
Dr. Zachary Morgan joined the Department of Medicine in the Hospital Medicine division as an Instructor in June 2018 after completing his Internal Medicine training at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. A native of Memphis, TN, he attended Rhodes College, earning a bachelors degree in Biology with numerous honors. He then matriculated at the University of Tennessee Health […]
Dr. Lin Liu joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hematology as an Instructor in March, 2018. During the course of Dr. Liu’s research training, he has maintained an interest in cell function, including exocytosis and endocytosis, protein or vesicle transport, signal pathway and related disease. The Golgi enzyme UDP-GlcNAc:lysosomal enzyme N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase (GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase) […]
Dr. Richard Rood will join the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology as a Professor in November, 2018. Dr. Rood is originally from New Jersey but has spent many years in Ohio. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from The Ohio State University. He attended Wright State University School of […]
Nita Kohli, MD, MPH, joined the Department of Medicine in November, 2017 as an assistant professor of medicine, division of dermatology. Dr. Kohli earned her medical degree and a master’s in public health from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. She completed a residency in occupational and environmental preventive medicine at University […]
Dr. Lisa Zickuhr joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology as an Instructor in September, 2018. She was previously affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic. After graduating from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, she trained in Internal Medicine at Washington University at St. Louis Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO and completed […]
Dr. Manasa Metireddy joins the Department of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology as an Assistant Professor in October, 2018. Dr. Manasa Metireddy received her MBBS from Sri Venkatesward Medical College in India in 2005. She was class valedictorian and voted most outgoing student in medical school. Dr. Metireddy subsequently completed her internal medicine internship […]
Dr. David Goran joins the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology as an Assistant Professor in October, 2018. Dr. Goran completed medical school at Washington University School of Medicine in 1976, and completed his internship, residency and GI fellowship training at what was then Jewish Hospital of St. Louis. He is board certified […]
Dr. Timothy Holden joined the department of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science as an Assistant Professor in September, 2018. Dr. Tim Holden obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry with Honors at Northwestern University in 2006. He then obtained his medical degree at the University of Minnesota in 2010 and completed […]
Dr. Francesca Ferraro joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Instructor in July, 2018. She was a resident at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia before becoming a Hematology Oncology fellow at Washington University in 2016, and ultimately an Instructor. Dr. Ferraro’s research interest is studying acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In recent […]
Dr. Ha X. Dang joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology in July, 2018 as an Instructor. Dr. Dang is broadly interested in studying life via genome analysis and development of novel methods to facilitate this process. His current research focuses on understanding genomic aberrations that impact cancer evolution and response to […]
Dr. Jeff Brown joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology as an Instructor in July, 2018. Dr. Brown was born in Detroit, MI and grew up in the neighboring suburbs until moving to upstate New York to attend Colgate University for his undergraduate studies. He then moved to Boston, where he began […]
Dr. Natalie Cosgrove joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology as an Assistant Professor in July, 2018. Dr. Cosgrove joins the section of interventional and therapeutic endoscopy after completing her advanced endoscopy fellowship at the Washington University in St. Louis. She is a graduate of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania where she […]
Dr. Daniel Guy joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Instructor in July, 2018. He was previously affiliated with the Oregon Health and Science University. Dr. Guy was born and raised in Tel-Aviv, Israel. He completed an undergraduate degree in Life Sciences at the Open University of Israel before embarking […]
Dr. Suchitra Pilli joined the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine as an Instructor in June, 2018. She was previously affiliated with The University of Texas McGovern Medical School in Houston. After training in Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Dr. Pilli’s love for cancer biology shaped her interest in Interventional Pulmonology. Her […]
Dr. Matthew Cain joined the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor in July, 2018. Dr. Cain received his bachelor’s degree from Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. He received his PhD from Washington University in St. Louis. His graduate work with Dr. Kendall Blumer focused on the identification of inner retinal […]
Dr. Souroullas joined the Department of Medicine on May 1st 2018 as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Oncology, Molecular Oncology Section. Dr. Souroullas received his Bachelor’s degree in Genetics and Microbiology from Ohio Wesleyan University. He then pursued graduate studies at Baylor College of Medicine in the Department of Molecular and […]
Dr. Hamza Celik has joined the Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology in July, 2018. Dr. Celik completed his BS (Honors) in Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of Westminster (London, UK) and his MS in Functional Genomics at the University of York (York, UK). He received his PhD from the French Center for […]
Colleagues, It is my great pleasure to announce that Dr. Christine Pham, Professor of Medicine and of Pathology and Immunology, has been selected as the Division Chief of the Division of Rheumatology in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Pham was selected after an extensive national search and will assume the position of Division Chief effective October 1, 2018. […]
Dr. Tristan McIntosh joined the Department of Medicine, Division of General Medical Sciences as an Instructor in July, 2018. Dr. McIntosh has received training in Industrial/Organizational Psychology with an emphasis on leadership, ethics, and complex problem solving. She has also been trained extensively in quantitative and qualitative research methods, having conducted studies using both techniques. […]
Dr. Tiffani Bright joined the Department of Medicine, Division of General Medical Sciences as an Instructor in July of 2018. Dr. Bright is a well-recognized expert in the broad area of applied clinical informatics, with specific emphasis on the design, implementation, and evaluation of clinical decision support systems, electronic guideline delivery platforms, as well as […]
Dominique Cosco, MD “Dominique Cosco, MD, will be joining us as of October 15, 2018, as the Director of Teacher Development with the Academy of Health Professions Educators, as well as the Director of the Primary Care Internal Medicine track in the Internal Medicine Residency. Dr. Cosco comes to us from her current role at […]
Dr. Ilaria Russo joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases in July, 2018. She was previously affiliated with the University of Manchester (UK.) She pursued a master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology in 1998, with 110/110 cum laude, at the University of Padua. Her PhD was obtained in Cellular and […]
Dr. Charbel Khoury joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology in July, 2018. Dr. Khoury brings to Washington University a unique combination of specialty skills as a nephrologist and clinical nutritionist. Dr. Khoury received his MD from the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon in 2008. He then moved to the United […]
Dr. Davis has joined the Division of Nephrology and Department of Medicine this past July, from his prior position in private practice at The Kidney and Hypertension Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Davis received his MD from the University of Kentucky in 1999, where he graduated with distinction and was named to Alpha Omega Alpha. […]
It is an honor to announce the selection of Dr. Mark C. Udey, M.D., Ph.D., as Co-Director of the Oliver Langenberg Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) in the Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Udey joins Drs. Stuart Kornfeld, the David C. and Betty Farrell Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Deborah Lenschow, Associate […]
EVENT #1: 9:00am-10:00am Plenary Lecture: This free lecture is open to everyone and provides an overview of evidence-based teaching with demonstrations of specific strategies. Location: McDonnell Sciences Building, Erlanger Auditorium No RSVP Necessary for event 1. EVENT #2: 12:00pm–5:00pm Lunch & Workshop: This free 5-hour workshop is designed for those with teaching responsibilities and is comprised of 3 learning […]
Multiple physician specialties including dermatology, orthopedics, OB/Gyn, and radiation oncology indicated the urgent need for the AMA to draft model contract language for when private equity groups take over medical practices.
“Colleagues, it is my distinct pleasure to announce that Dr. Steven Lawrence from the Department of Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases has been appointed to the position of Assistant Dean for Curriculum and Clinical Sciences. In this capacity he will be working in the Office of Medical Student Education focusing on the clinical aspects of the […]
August 21, 2018 J. Russell Little, MD, emeritus Professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and former Chief of Infectious Diseases at the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis died Aug. 18, 2018, in St. Louis following a long illness. He was 87. Russ Little first came to Washington University in […]
Siteman Cancer Center opened its first treatment facility in Illinois on Aug. 1. The Swansea, Ill., facility marks Siteman’s sixth location overall. The treatment center offers convenient access to nationally recognized cancer care, including clinical trials, for residents of southern and central Illinois and beyond. The initial site is at 4000 N. Illinois Lane; however, a new […]
Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, begins construction July 31 in north St. Louis County on its newest outpatient facility. Completion of the $26.3 million project on Christian Hospital’s Northwest HealthCare campus is planned for December 2019. The nearly 37,000-square-foot facility at Interstate 270 and […]
Eva Aagaard, MD, senior associate dean for education at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named the school’s inaugural Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Professor of Medical Education. Noted for her innovative ideas regarding the training of future physicians, Aagaard is spearheading efforts to renew the medical school’s education curriculum and will […]
The American Society for Virology Council has selected Dr. Jonathan Miner as one of the two ASV Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigators for 2018. He presented a 15 minute plenary talk that highlighted his work at the July 15th 2018 symposium at the ASV annual meeting which was hosted by the University of Maryland at College Park, […]
Position available for Co-Director of the Physician Scientist Training Program of the Department of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis The Department of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis has initiated a search for a Co-Director of the Oliver Langenberg Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP). The purpose of the PSTP is to facilitate […]
PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts named 22 early-career researchers today as the 2018 class of Pew scholars in the biomedical sciences. The scholars will receive four-year grants to advance their explorations of biological mechanisms underpinning human health and disease. Megan T. Baldridge, M.D., Ph.D. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Dr. Baldridge will explore […]
Dr. Sina Jasim joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research on October 1, 2017 as Assistant Professor. She was previously affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Sina Jasim obtained her master’s degree in public health with a focus in Epidemiology at St. Louis University as […]