Dr. Michael Kramer joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Instructor in July 2024. He is a physician-scientist with a research and clinical interest in hematologic malignancies, with a particular focus on acute myeloid leukemia (AML). After completing an MD and PhD degree with a focus on computational and systems […]
Dr. Sheun Aluko joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an instructor in June 2024. He brings a profound commitment to patient care and academic medicine. Dr. Aluko, or “Shay” as people call him, began his medical journey at a young age after reading The Body Electric, a book which […]
Dr. Nathan Andrew Neilson joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June 2024. He was born in Buffalo, New York but largely grew up in Columbus, Ohio. He attended the Ohio State University and graduated magna cum laude in 2017 with a major in Biology and minors […]
Dr. Elisa De Togni joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June 2024. She grew up in Conway, Arkansas before attending Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry/Biochemistry, graduating with Departmental Honors in Chemistry. During undergraduate, she was awarded […]
Dr. Samantha Harris joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June 2024. She grew up on Long Island, New York before attending Tufts University in Boston where she graduated summa cum laude with highest thesis honors with a bachelor’s degree in Biology. After she graduated college, she […]
Dr. Andrew Alter joined the Department of Medicine in Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2024. He was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and he lived there until he went to college. He completed his undergraduate degree double majoring in biology and political science at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. […]
Dr. Christian McNeely joined the Department of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division as an Assistant Professor in June of 2024. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with Distinction in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Minors; Chemistry, Spanish in 2011 and his MD degree from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine […]
Dr. Hannah Markova joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2024. She was born and raised here in St. Louis, Missouri. She went on to attend the University of Cincinnati after receiving a scholarship to play Division I tennis. Dr. Markova graduated summa cum laude […]
Dr. Rehan Rais joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June 2024. He was born in Karachi, Pakistan and completed his early education and medical school there. He graduated from Liaquat National Medical College with honors. During his time in medical school, he received many accolades including […]
Dr. Pan Ma joined the Department of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division as an instructor in May 2024. As a researcher, she has made significant contributions to the understanding of myocarditis disease. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and presented at prestigious conferences, earning them recognition as a competitive early career investigator. […]
Dr. Mark Sundermeyer joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Associate Professor as of February 2024. He is a board-certified hematologist and medical oncologist with experience in clinical care, research accrual, teaching/education, and administration. He was admitted to the University Missouri Columbia as an 8-year undergraduate/medical school Conley Scholar. Following […]
Dr. Hector Palacios joined the Department of Medicine in the Nutritional Science and Obesity Medicine Division as an Instructor in March 2024. He obtained his PhD in Metabolic Biology from the University of California at Berkeley, where he conducted research under the guidance of Professor Marc Hellerstein. His research focused on investigating the effects of […]
Dr. Andrew Atkinson joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor in March 2024. Dr. Atkinson is a statistician and methodologist providing ad hoc and project-driven support for interventional and observational studies. His research involves developing methods for handling missing data, the adoption of the estimand framework to […]
Dr. Gayathri Krishnan joins the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor as of July 2023. She completed her ID fellowship in 2022 at WUSM and a Medical education fellowship in 2023. She finished medical school at Government Medical College in Trivandrum, India and residency training at University of […]
Dr. Qiankun Wang joins the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Instructor as of October 2023. The HIV latent reservoir is the major barrier to an HIV cure. Developing a functional cure for HIV/AIDS requires further studies of HIV and host interactions. He is interested in innate immune responses to HIV-1 […]
Dr. Raymond Bourey joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology as an Associate Professor as of December 2023. From New Hampshire, Dr. Bourey grew up in the Chicago area as a musician and outdoorsman. He returned recently to Washington University after a 28-year absence. His work has been guided by the aspiration […]
Dr. Mallorie Vest joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in Medicine in December 2023. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up in a family of physicians in Godfrey, Illinois. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor’s degree in Molecular […]
Dr. Huram Mok joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine as an Instructor as of January 2024. His career goal is to improve outcomes in patients with lung infections by understanding the mechanisms that balance pathogen clearance and immunopathology. His experiences as a clinical fellow, which involved taking […]
Dr. Charles Crecelius joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics as an Associate Professor as of November 2023. He remains involved with his national society, AMDA -The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care, being a Past President, Past Chair of Public Policy, Medical Director of the Year 2019 and […]
Dr. Juliet Iwelunmor joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as a Professor as of September 2023. She is on a mission to sustain evidence-based health interventions in resource-limited communities and among young people. She combines more than a decade of authority and leadership in the use of dissemination and implementation […]
Dr. John Krais joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Assistant Professor as of August 2023. He is trained in Bioengineering as an undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh where his research experiences focused on image analyses and computational techniques. He then attended graduate school at the Center for Chemical, […]
Dr. Masako Mayahara joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Palliative Medicine as an Associate Professor as of July 2023. She is a clinical expert in pain management in hospice and palliative care and a certified hospice and palliative nurse. She is a principal investigator on an NIH-funded trial to test the effects of […]
Dr. Guifong Dong joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research as an Instructor as of July 2023. Beta cell dysfunction and insulin resistance are two major pathophysiological defects in type 2 diabetes (T2D). S-palmitoylation/S-acylation describes the reversible attachment of palmitate onto cysteine residues. Depalmitoylation refers to the removal of palmitate from cysteines, which is […]
Dr. Yamuna Reddy Kondapally joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an instructor in September of 2023. She was born and raised in Hyderabad, India. During the final year of her medical school, in 2013, she came to the United States as a visiting scholar to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical […]
Dr. Madeline McCrary joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor as of September 2023. She specializes in clinical infectious diseases and addiction medicine with a focus on improving the multidisciplinary care of patients who use drugs (PWUD). She completed her medical school at the University of North […]
Dr. Vivian Ortiz joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology as an Assistant Professor in September 2023. Dr. Ortiz attended medical school at Meharry Medical College and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She then completed her gastroenterology fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and […]
Dr. Kelly McDermott joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics as an Assistant Professor in September of 2023. She is from Virginia Beach, VA. Her key interests are preventative medicine, management of obesity and chronic disease, social and structural determinants of health. Her research interest and curricular development in […]
Dr. Huda Al-Bahadili joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research as an Instructor as of August 2023. Dr. Al-Bahadili was born in Iraq and raised in Jordan. She pursued her passion for medicine and earned her MD from Mu’tah University in Jordan before coming to the United States […]
Dr. Catherine Hermann joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics as an Assistant Professor as of August 2023. In her practice, she has emphasized primary prevention for hypertension, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. She enjoys working with students and internal medicine residents, both teaching and learning from them. They push […]
Dr. Kan Liu joined the Department of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division as a Professor as of August 2023 and is currently a Professor at the Heart and Vascular Center and the Department of Radiology at the University of Iowa. He is also the Echo/Cardiovascular Imaging Medical Director at the Heart and Vascular Center and […]
Dr. Amaad Rana joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology as an Assistant Professor as of August 2023. He was born in Georgia and raised in Alabama. He attended Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, for college, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a minor in Arabic Language. He […]
Dr. Morgan Schoer joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology as an Assistant Professor as of August 2023. She is a highly respected physician-educator who has distinguished herself in clinical nephrology and education. Dr. Schoer has received all her undergraduate and graduate training here at WUSM in St. Louis. She received her […]
Dr. Lindsay Meurer joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology as an Assistant Professor in August of 2023. She received her medical degree with AOA and Gold Humanism distinction from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. She completed internal medicine residency at Case Western Reserve – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, […]
Dr. Judy Trieu joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology as an Assistant Professor in August of 2023. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Stanford University, followed by a Master in Public Health from the University of Southern California. She completed medical school at Ross University, Internal Medicine Residency […]
Dr. Krasimira Mikhova joined the Department of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division as an assistant professor in August 2023. She completed her undergraduate studies at Arizona State University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude in Chemical Engineering. She earned her medical degree at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. Dr. Mikhova completed […]
Dr. Omar Elsayed-Ali joins the Department of Medicine in the Division of Allergy and Immunology as an Assistant Professor as of August 2023. He completed his medical school at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and his residency in Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. He worked for one year as a generalist in the […]
Dr. Sunaina (Naina) Rengarajan joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Dermatology as an instructor as July 2023. She attended Washington University for medical school, PhD in Immunology, and dermatology residency. She primarily attends on the resident run continuity clinic and also sees patients in her own clinic. She is a physician scientist […]
Dr. Priya Menon joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July 2023. She was born and raised in Kerala, India and graduated from Government Medical College, Thrissur. During her time at Government Medical College, she split her time volunteering at mass vaccination campaigns for underprivileged children, cervical […]
Dr. Amrullah Alsatli joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July 2023. Dr. Alsatli has been blessed by living with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. He was born in Germany and grew up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He graduated from Jordan University of Science and Technology […]
Dr. Mirjana Petrovic Elbaz joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in Medicine in July 2023. She was born and raised in Negotin, Serbia where she graduated from high school in 2007. After graduating from high school, she enrolled in medical school at University of Belgrade, Serbia. She […]
Dr. Sana Ali Pirzada joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2023. She was born in Lahore, Pakistan, where she attended Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical and Dental College. She then completed her internship and residency at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, MO, before […]
Dr. Yash Shah joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2023. He was born in India and grew up in New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers University with a major in Biotechnology and minor in Biochemistry and Bioscience Policy. During this time, he was selected […]
Dr. Sarakshi Mahajan joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July 2023. She was born and raised in Chandigarh, India. She completed her medical school degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India. After graduating from medical school, she spent some time working on role of […]
Dr. Maun R. Baral joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2023. He was born in Nepal and graduated medical school with Distinction from the Kathmandu University of School of Medical Sciences. During medical school, he served on the administrative and curriculum committee, which enabled […]
Dr. Geneva E. Guarin joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July 2023. She completed her undergraduate studies with a degree in Bachelor of Sciences in Health Sciences and graduated cum laude at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines with a full scholarship grant. Soon […]
Dr. Yazan Al Jabiri joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2023. He was born and raised in Jordan. He received his medical degree in 2016 from Jordan University of Science and Technology. He started his internal medicine residency in Jordan but later moved to […]
Dr. Patrick Mazi joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor as of July 2023. He graduated from medical school at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He completed internal medicine residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He completed two clinical fellowships at Washington University in St […]
Dr. Tyler Degener joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor as of July 2023. Dr. Degener has completed his medical training in various different cities across the country, including upstate New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Denver. He prides himself on the breadth of different experiences gained […]
Dr. Ashutosh Kumar joined the Department of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division as an instructor as of July 2023. He has completed his MSc degree in Biotechnology from the Utkal University in India. He received his PhD degree in Life Sciences from the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), affiliated with Homi Bhabha […]
Dr. Donald Hong joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor as of July 2023. Dr. Hong is the Associate Medical Director of the St. Louis County Sexual Health Clinic and a faculty member within the St. Louis STI/HIV Prevention Training Center. Dr. Hong specializes in HIV and […]