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BJH Foundation Grant funds the expansion of the SQuID protocol – Margo Girardi, MD

Margo Girardi, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Med-1 Firm, was awarded a grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation to expand the Subcutaneous Insulin protocols for Diabetic Ketoacidosis from the 3500-observation unit to the inpatient medicine floor. The title of this project is SQuID-eee (Subcutaneous Insulin for Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Expansion, Experience and […]

Alex Thomas, MD, receives Critical Thinking- Medical Topic Distinguished Service Teaching Award

Distinguished Service Teaching Awards (DSTA) are given by medical school students and administration to educators in recognition of their ongoing academic interest and commitment.  Award categories include Clerkship of the Year, Administrator of the Year, Clinical Educator of the Year, Inclusion DSTA, Diversity DSTA, Critical Thinking – Procedural Topic DSTA, Critical Thinking – Medical Topic DSTA, […]

Physician Champion for Patient Experience at BJH- Patricia Litkowski, MD

Patricia Litkowski, MD, has been selected to serve as Physician Champion for Patient Experience at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The BJH Patient Experience team focuses on improving communication between physicians and their patients and also with each other. They strive to refine processes that will create a more compassionate, efficient, well-informed and coordinated patient care. In her […]

Cady B. Edwards, MD, named Co-Director of the Medicine Triage Attending Service

Cady B. Edwards, MD, will serve as the Co-Director of the Medicine Triage Attending (MTA) service alongside Nathan Martin, MD. The MTA service is 24/7 and the hospitalist serving as MTA is responsible for triaging Medicine patients being admitted to BJH. The MTA works closely with the Emergency Department, Patient Placement, Transfer Center, Intensive Care […]

Happy National Hospitalist Day

Celebrated the first Thursday in March annually, National Hospitalist Day recognizes hospitalists across the globe. It is the fastest growing specialty in medicine. A specialty, whose rooted mission is to provide exceptional care for hospitalized patients through education, advocacy, research, quality improvement initiatives, and more, the need for these dedicated clinicians continue to grow. Happy National […]

President-Elect of the BJH Medical Staff Association – Michael Lin, MD

Michael Lin, MD, is the newly elected president-elect of the BJH Medical Staff Association. Dr. Lin will serve a two-year term. The BJH Medical Staff Association’s mission is to represent all the physicians practicing at Barnes-Jewish Hospital committed to optimizing the quality of care the patients receive in our health care environment and to implement […]

DHM Hosts Visiting Professor – Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM

On December 14th, the Division of Hospital Medicine was honored to host visiting professor Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM. Dr. Auron presented “High-Value Care Blood Management” at the DHM Grand Rounds in the Dacey Auditorium. He shared his expertise on evidence-based transfusion practices. He also met with individual faculty to discuss topics including QI […]

Holobaugh Honors recognizes leaders who serve LGBTQIA communities (Links to an external site)

The annual James M. Holobaugh Honors ceremony celebrates Washington University in St. Louis community members who advocate for and serve LGBTQIA communities. This year’s honorees were students Kayla Arenschield, Pat Banker, Dee Cea, Jesse Harris, Savannah Henderson, Olivia Kerr, Eric Lei, Maya Phelps, Emille Taylor, Violet Walker and Izzy Yanover; alum Bo Schmit; and Anthony […]