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 […]
Dr. Xiuting Liu joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an instructor as of July 2023. She is a young scientist passionate about the field of cancer immunology and will significantly benefit from this training program. She has strong interest in t cancer immunology and cell. During her study as a […]
Dr. Safa Farrag joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Assistant Professor in July 2023. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and grew up between Egypt and Iraq. She graduated from Tanta University, Egypt in 2005 with an MBBS degree. After graduation, she completed three years of intensive care […]
Dr. Arafat Ali Farooqui joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2023. He was born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan. He attended the King Edward Medical University Lahore and graduated with honors in 2015. He was the recipient of different scholarships during his educational career. […]
Dr. Kieran Patel joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July 2023. He was born and raised in Wilmington, DE and attended the University of Delaware where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Biology. Dr. Patel then attended Drexel University College of Medicine where he received […]
Dr. Lyndon Lee joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an instructor in July of 2023. He was born and raised in Texas and attended the University of Texas at Austin where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering. He further pursued and completed a Master of […]
Dr. Lauren L. Baker joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of General Medical Sciences as an instructor as of July 2023. Dr. Baker earned her PhD in healthcare ethics from Saint Louis University. Her doctoral work centered on the intersection of pediatric ethics and philosophy of medicine, with a special interest in gender […]
Dr. Alexander O. Everhart joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of General Medical Sciences as an instructor as of July 2023. He received his PhD in Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration with an emphasis in Health Economics from the University of Minnesota. Prior to joining the Washington University School of Medicine in […]
Dr. Max Petersen joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research as an Instructor as of July 2023. Dr. Petersen was born in Evanston, IL and grew up in the Chicago area. He majored in biochemistry, religion, and pre-medical studies at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL, and then […]
David Vermette joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics as an assistant professor as of July 2023. He attended medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern and obtained an MBA at the University of Texas at Dallas. He completed his residency in Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at […]
Dr. Jason Saliba joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an instructor as of July 2023. He was the first full-time editor of the Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer (CIViC) knowledgebase (civicdb.org), which is an open access, open source, community-driven web resource for the curation of somatic variant evidence. Dr. […]
Dr. Michael Iglesia joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an instructor as of July 2023. Advances in the treatment of solid tumors are dependent on our understanding of their intricate substructure and how tumors relate to their environment. His research is focused on applying bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing as […]
Dr. Michael Slade joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Assistant Professor as of July 2023. Dr. Slade did his undergraduate studies at the University of Georgia, where he graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy in 2011. He subsequently matriculated at Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis. While […]
Dr. Zhenlu Chong joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an instructor as of July of 2023. He is from Hengshui, Hebei, China. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree in Huazhong Agriculture University in Wuhan, China. During his masters, Zhenlu worked on how melatonin and follistatin regulates apoptosis and […]
Dr. David Russler-Germain joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an instructor in July of 2023. He is a physician-scientist with research and clinical interests in hematologic malignancies, with a particular emphasis on B cell lymphomas. In the laboratory, his major focus is on follicular lymphoma pathogenesis. They are interested in […]
Dr. Crees joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Assistant Professor in July 2023. In addition, Dr. Crees serves as the Assistant Clinical Director of the Washington University Center for Gene and Cellular Immunotherapy (CGCI). Dr. Crees provides clinical care for patients with hematologic malignancies including Multiple Myeloma, Lymphoma and […]
Dr. Arvind Rengarajan joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology as an Assistant Professor in July 2023. He attended Washington University in St. Louis for medical school, internal medicine residency, chief residency, and general gastroenterology fellowship. He then completed his additional therapeutic endoscopy training at Northwestern University. Dr. Rengarajan is an interventional […]
Dr. Mohammad Aldiabat joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June 2023. He was born and raised in Alramtha, Jordan and received his medical degree in 2018 from Jordan University of Science and Technology. During his time in medical school, Dr. Aldiabat served in the students’ academic […]
Dr. Alvin Jeon joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2023. He spent much of his childhood growing up in Long Island, New York. He graduated college at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science in Biology in 2014. During […]
Dr. Michael Veshkini joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June 2023. He was born in Santa Monica and attended UCLA, where he graduated summa cum laude with Honors in Biology and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. During his undergraduate career, he participated in basic neuroscience […]
Dr. Lauren Van Buren joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2023. She was born in Florida, but spent most of her childhood in Indianapolis, IN. She attended the University of Alabama and graduated summa cum laude and with University Honors in 2016 with a […]
Dr. Michelle Freilich joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2023. She was born in Orlando, Florida and grew up in Lake Mary, Florida. She attended the University of Florida and graduated cum laude in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a […]
Dr. Catherine Finneran joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June 2023. An accomplished researcher and dedicated patient advocate, Dr. Finneran brings her specialized background in epidemiology and public health to the Department of Medicine. Prior to being awarded her Doctorate in Medicine from Emory University School […]
Dr. Elissa Arnold joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in June 2023. She was born and raised in Jefferson City, Missouri. She attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO, where she graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Biological Sciences with a minor in Psychology. […]
Dr. Austin Jiazhi Niu joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2023. He was born in New Jersey and attended Washington University in St. Louis, graduating with a major in Biochemistry. During his undergraduate years he pursued basic science research in HIV. He then went […]
Dr. Benjamin Louis Hoemann joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in Medicine in June of 2023. He was born in St. Louis, MO and raised in Washington, MO. He graduated from Valparaiso University in Indiana in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry. He also completed […]
Dr. Danielle Kubicki joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an instructor in June 2023. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She graduated summa cum laude from Duke University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. During university, she served […]
Dr. Brett Case joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an instructor as of June 2023. Brett obtained his PhD in the laboratory of Mark R. Denison at Vanderbilt University where he studied the requirements of coronavirus capping, proofreading, and immune evasion. Upon joining the Diamond Laboratory in 2018, he […]
Dr. Luis Parra-Rodriguez joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor as of June 2023. He developed his clinical foundation during medical school in Venezuela and spent one year as a general practitioner in rural medicine followed by a year-long hospital medicine internship. After completing a residency in […]
Dr. Filiatreau joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an assistant professor as of May 2023. She is an epidemiologist whose research centers on 1) quantifying disparities in mental health, substance use, and HIV treatment outcomes among people with HIV in resource constrained settings; and 2) minimizing these disparities through […]
Dr. Mohamed Ramadan joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Assistant Professor in May 2023. He grew up in Libya and received his medical degree form Tripoli University, then he joined the university Department of Medicine as a teaching assistant, teaching fifth year medical students and participated in the […]
Dr. Shashwatee Bagchi joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Associate Professor in April 2023. She received her medical degree from The Chicago Medical School, Illinois and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York and a fellowship in infectious diseases at the […]
Dr. Yoshiharu Muto joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology as an instructor in April 2023. He pursued PhD training at Kyushu University in Japan, where his PhD thesis work in the lab of Dr. Keiichi Nakayama focused on the cellular iron metabolism regulated by FBXL5-IRP2 axis. Through this work, he gained […]
Dr. Zyad Qamer joins the Department of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division as an Assistant Professor as of March 2023. Dr. Qamer received his undergraduate degree (BA) at New York University in economics, medical degree (MD) from Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Qamer completed an internal medicine residency at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital where he […]
Dr. Nathaniel Hogrebe joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research as an instructor in February 2023. Dr. Hogrebe grew up in the St. Louis, Missouri area. He moved to Ohio to continue his education, earning his bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton in 2011 […]
Dr. Xiucui Ma joined the Department of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division as an assistant professor in February 2023. Dr. Ma received her PhD in 2006 from Zhejiang University through a joint program with Washington University School of Medicine, where she trained in molecular biology and gene therapy. After graduation, she pursued postdoctoral research training […]
Dr. Shibali Das joined the Department of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division as an instructor in February of 2023. She received her BSc and MSc degree in Microbiology from University of Calcutta Kolkata, India. She then pursued her doctoral degree in Bio-chemistry at Bose Institute, in collaboration with University of Calcutta. Her doctoral research focused on […]
Dr. Siqi Chen joined the Department of Medicine in the division of Oncology as an instructor in January 2023. Dr. Chen received her PhD degree from The University of Hong Kong before joining Dr. Li Ding’s lab at Washington University in St. Louis for her postdoc research training. As a graduate student, she studied multiple […]
Dr. Christine Zhang joined the Department of Medicine in the division of Oncology as an instructor in January 2023. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree (Honor I) in Genetics, Dr. Zhang realized that genetics alone, in many cases, is insufficient to fully explain human diseases. Thus, she completed her PhD in epigenetics and neuroscience at […]
Dr. Jeremiah (Jake) Stitham joins the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research as an Instructor in October 2022. Dr. Stitham grew up in Amherst, New Hampshire. He received his Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from the University of New Hampshire, and subsequently completed his Doctorate of Philosophy in Pharmacology […]
Dr. Thomas Odeny joins the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Assistant Professor as of September 2022. His career vision in Global Oncology is to address gaps in cancer care by translating research advances to practical and scalable cancer programs in low-resource settings in the U.S. and in Africa through high-quality […]
Dr. Basia Michalski joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Dermatology as an Assistant Professor in August of 2022. Mohs micrographic surgery and cutaneous oncology, melanoma, laser surgery (vascular lesion removal, rosacea, pigmented lesion, sun spots, tattoo removal, non-ablative laser resurfacing, photo facial rejuvenation and hair removal), botulinum toxin injection (Botox, Dysport), soft […]
Dr. Felipe Ribeiro joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Dermatology as an Assistant Professor as of July 2022. He was born in Londrina, PR, Brazil. He received his Bachelor of Biomedicine in 2012, his Master of Experimental Pathology, in 2014 and his PhD in Experimental Pathology in 2016 all from the Londrina […]
Dr. Alaullah Sheikh joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an instructor in July 2022. Under an NIH-sponsored Fogarty International Fellowship program he received additional training in the laboratory of Dr. Edward T. Ryan, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, on the genomic and proteomic analysis of enteric […]
Kaytlin Reedy-Rogier joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine as an instructor in January 2023. Kaytlin is a social worker with her MSW from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. She has been engaged in diversity and equity education for 15 years and is very interested in helping students […]
Dr. Kathleen Lowe joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases as an instructor in September 2022. She was born and raised in St. Louis. She received her medical degree from Creighton University in Omaha, NE, and then completed an internal medicine residency and geriatrics fellowship at Mayo Clinic in […]
Dr. Nathanial Nolan joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an instructor in July of 2022. He received his medical degree from the University of Missouri, where he also completed his residency. He then completed infectious disease training at Washington University, in St. Louis. For the past year, he has been […]
Dr. David Rawnsley joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology as an instructor in July of 2022. After completing undergraduate training in biology at Duke University, Dr. Rawnsley chose to pursue dual MD, PhD training in the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Pennsylvania. During his PhD training, he joined […]
Dr. Zainab Mahmoud joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology as an instructor in July of 2022. She was born and raised in Nigeria. She obtained her medical degree from Trinity College in Dublin and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She […]
Dr. Charlene Prather joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology as a professor in September of 2022. Her clinical goals are to provide advanced, patient-centered clinical care using a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach for patients with disorders of gastrointestinal motility and gut-brain function (such as irritable bowel syndrome). She aims for her patients to […]