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 […]
Category: New Faculty
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Eva Aagaard, MD to join Department of Medicine faculty as senior associate dean for education (Links to an external site)
Eva Aagaard, MD, a noted physician and educator at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, has been named senior associate dean for education at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Her appointment begins Sept. 1.
Thomas Maddox, MD new faculty member in Department of Medicine – inaugural director of health systems innovation lab (Links to an external site)
Thomas Maddox, MD, is leading the new Health Systems Innovation Laboratory, a partnership between BJC HealthCare and Washington University School of Medicine.