In August 2022, the American Heart Association released a statement outlining new recommended guidelines for managing infective endocarditis in people who inject drugs, providing a timely and comprehensive approach to the management of the disease than what was previously provided by the AHA. With the incidences of infective endocarditis cases among people who inject drugs […]

Outdated maps of disease-causing fungi may lead to delayed, missed diagnoses

Researchers recommend masks, vaccines, vigilance to prevent reinfection

Loeb gift empowers education innovators

Just a few hundred years ago, the heart and its function were a bit of a mystery. And when the heart malfunctioned, treatment options were few and often ineffective. Today’s cardiologists offer their patients treatments that can lead to recovery.

An estimated 1 million people in the U.S. have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—a heart condition also known as HCM—and many don’t know they have the condition until it’s too late. A genetic disease, HCM often goes undetected until someone in the family experiences symptoms, which can range from irregular heart rhythms and stroke to heart failure and […]

Hospitalists ensure better outcomes both in and beyond the hospital

William Barry Wood Jr., MD, was head of the Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis from 1942-1955. He attended Harvard as an undergraduate and went on to Johns Hopkins Medical School, receiving his medical degree in 1936. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School, he went on to […]

Bethany Millar, C-TAGME, Manager of Education Services, Division of General Medicine, was recognized by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) as one of the Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Award recipients for 2023. The ACGME Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Award, formally known as the GME Program Coordinator Excellence […]

Sponsored by the Academy of Educators, the annual Education Day was held on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, to celebrate educational excellence across the School of Medicine. The event featured a variety of educational topics, a keynote address from Paul Williams,MD, associate professor of medicine at Temple University Hospital, and a celebration of new inductees to […]

This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ details the nasal vaccine developed by WashU Medicine scientists; plus, new mRNA vaccine boosters as cold weather approaches

Kenton Johnston, associate professor, Division of General Medical Sciences, co-authored an article in JAMA Viewpoint identifying inequities in care received by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Street on Medical Campus to be renamed Nash Way

Behavior surprisingly does not require brain’s visual cortex

Aim is for commercialization in U.S., Europe, Japan

Strokes, seizures, memory and movement disorders among problems that develop in first year after infection

Collaboration also will extend efforts toward cancer prevention, education throughout Missouri

Project to develop framework for using AI to diagnose disease based on sound of patients’ voices

Ira Kodner, MD Chair Created with Gift from Anne and John McDonnell

Inhaled vaccine may reduce infection, transmission

Ruth Bebermeyer, a beloved former School of Medicine employee who passed away this past May, donated over $1.3 million to the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. These funds will be added to the endowment Ruth established in 2007 in honor and memory of her sister, Ruby Mae Bebermeyer. The Ruby Bebermeyer COPD Fund […]

Boosting testosterone in men with low levels may reduce serious illness

Identifying high-risk patients could improve cancer care

Current sessions underway for 2022-2023 cohort A new program sponsored by the Academy of Educators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is working to build the skill set of program directors across the School of Medicine. Developed and directed by the Department of Medicine’s vice chair of education and director of the […]

This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ details the case of a patient with a mysterious illness first thought to be COVID-19

CuriMeta aims to enable data-driven innovation for the benefit of patients

Atlas of pancreas tumors reveals important new findings in treatment resistance, possible new therapies