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Safety-net hospitals fare better under new Medicare reimbursement rules Readmission penalties reduced for hospitals with poorest patients
MATT MILLER Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, led a study showing that...
Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine
Dr. Shail Mehta joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Shail Mehta joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine as an Assistant...
Cardiovascular Division Leadership Announcement
Dr. Douglas L. Mann, the Tobias and Hortense Lewin Professor of Medicine, has decided to step down as Chief of the...
Up to $24 million will help to eliminate 2 tropical diseases
Up to $24 million will help to eliminate 2 tropical diseases Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports research to fight...
Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine
Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases on April 1, 2019 as an...
In Vivo Imaging Core
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis offers In Vivo Imaging Core (IVIC) in Infectious Diseases to provide a cost-effective and...
The warrior within
MATT MILLER Robert D. Schreiber, PhD, right, consults with doctoral student Samuel O. Ameh. Their work exploring the immune system’s...
Outlook Magazine
Congratulations to Dr. Lenise Cummings-Vaughn!
Dear Faculty and Staff, We are pleased to announce that Dr. Lenise Cummings-Vaughn will be receiving the 2019 Alene and...
Obese mouse mothers trigger heart problems in offspring
A diet high in fats and sugars is known for its unhealthy effects on the heart. Scientists now have found...
Washington University School of Medicine
Topical immunotherapy keeps skin cancer risk at bay
A combination of two topical creams already shown to clear precancerous skin lesions from sun-damaged skin also lowers the risk...
Washington University School of Medicine
DOM Medical Education Update
Colleagues, It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Melvin Blanchard, Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Medical...
In Vivo Imaging Core
Dear Department of Medicine Faculty, The Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis created the In Vivo Imaging Core...
$3.4 million aids effort to make a better flu vaccine
The influenza vaccine is only good for one flu season, partly because different strains of the virus circulate every year....
Washington University School of Medicine
Unnecessary testing for UTIs cut by nearly half
Tests to detect urinary tract infections (UTI) often are performed routinely in hospitals, even when patients don’t have symptoms. Such...
Washington University School of Medicine
The Loeb Teaching Fellows
Subject: The Loeb Teaching Fellows On behalf of Loeb Selection Committee co-chairs, Dr. Eva Aagaard and Dr. Mary Klingensmith, we...
School of Medicine expands mission of McDonnell Genome Institute
The McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is entering a new era of genomic medicine, expanding...
Washington University School of Medicine
Teaching Scholars Program
Dear Department Heads, Assistants to Chairs, Course and Clerkship Directors and Office of Education Community: The Office of Education presents...
Washington University School of Medicine
Gordon honored with Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been recognized with the Frontiers of...
Teitelbaum awarded 2019 King Faisal International Prize in Medicine
Steven Teitelbaum, MD, the Wilma and Roswell Messing Professor of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in...
Washington University School of Medicine
Dr. Wang-Sik Lee joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Wang-Sik Lee joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hematology as an Assistant Professor on January 22,...
Dr. Sumanth Gandra joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Sumanth Gandra joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor on January...
White named director of Division of Palliative Medicine
Patrick White, MD, an assistant professor of medicine, has been named director of the newly formed Division of Palliative Medicine...
Washington University School of Medicine
Dr. Hrishikesh Kulkarni joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Hrishikesh Kulkarni joined the Department of Medicine in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division as an Instructor on...
New hope for stem cell approach to treating diabetes
Scientists working to develop more effective treatments for diabetes are turning to stem cells. Such cells can be transformed into...
Washington University School of Medicine
Gerald Medoff, former director of infectious diseases division, 82
Gerald Medoff, MD, an emeritus professor of medicine and former director of the Division of Infectious Diseases and vice chair...
Dr. Laneshia Tague joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Laneshia Tague joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine as an Instructor...
Dr. Humaira Khalid Naseer joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Humaira Naseer joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology as an Instructor on January 1, 2019....
$9 million supports deep dive into breast, pancreatic cancers
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health...
Washington University School of Medicine
Dr. Bethany Prudner joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Bethany Prudner joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Instructor on January 1, 2019....
Dr. Karolyn Oetjen joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Karolyn Oetjen joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Instructor on January 1, 2019....
Dr. Shail Mehta joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Shail Mehta joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine as an Assistant...
Medication for severe acne alters skin microbiome
Isotretinoin, a form of vitamin A, has been prescribed to treat acne for decades. It reduces oil production in the...
Washington University School of Medicine
Diamond honored with 2019 Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award
Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD, an infectious diseases specialist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been...
Washington University School of Medicine
Dr. Gerald Dorn receives 2019 Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award
The 2019 Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award recipients are: Robert Anderson, MD, PhD—University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Treating systemic diseases with...
J. Evan Sadler, director of hematology, 67
Dear colleagues, It is with great sadness that I write to inform you that Dr. Evan Sadler died peacefully at...
Artificial intelligence and the future of medicine
Washington University researchers are working to develop artificial intelligence (AI) systems for health care, which have the potential to transform...
Washington University School of Medicine
Siteman Cancer Center plans 2020 opening at Memorial Hospital East
Siteman Cancer Center, the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the region, has received all necessary approvals to...
Washington University School of Medicine
University receives new grant to fund Amgen Scholars Program
Washington University in St. Louis has received a new grant from the Amgen Foundation to provide hands-on laboratory experiences to...
Washington University School of Medicine
Dr. Miriam Jacome-Sosa joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Miriam Jacome-Sosa joined the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in the Geriatrics and Nutritional Science Division in November,...
Dr. Devesha Kulkarni joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Devesha Kulkarni joined the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in the Division of Gastroenterology in October, 2018. She...
Philips named co-director of infectious diseases division
Tuberculosis expert Jennifer Philips, MD, PhD, an associate professor of medicine, has been named co-director of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the...
Washington University School of Medicine
Rates of chronic kidney disease, deaths outpace other diseases
Advances in treating cancer, heart disease and other major health conditions in recent decades have extended life spans for millions...
Washington University School of Medicine
Sadler honored by American Society of Hematology, colleagues
Renowned hematologist J. Evan Sadler, MD, PhD, has been awarded the 2018 Exemplary Service Award from the American Society of Hematology...
Washington University School of Medicine
$20 million gift boosts multiple myeloma research
The blood cancer multiple myeloma takes the lives of about 11,000 Americans each year. While treatment options and life expectancy...
Washington University School of Medicine
Dr. Benjamin Jennings joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Benjamin Jennings joined the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in the Division of Hematology in October, 2018. Dr....
Dr. Valeria Tosti joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Valeria Tosti joined the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in the Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Sciences in...
Dr. Maamoun Salam joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Maamoun Salam joined the Department of Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid...
Dr. Patrick White appointed Division Chief of Palliative Medicine
Patrick White, MD, has accepted the position as Division Chief of the newly-formed Division of Palliative Medicine in the Department...
Dr. Rakhee Bhayani scholarship
Dr. Rakhee Bhayani, was recently one of four faculty selected this year to have a four year full tuition scholarship...