Category: Awards/Honors/Accolades

Ciesielski appointed Joint Commission Presidential Fellow

Thomas Ciesielski, MD, an associate professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine in the John T. Milliken Department of Medicine at WashU Medicine, has been named the 2026–27 Presidential Fellow in Healthcare Safety and Quality by Joint Commission. The prestigious fellowship recognizes a distinguished professional who is ascending in a career dedicated to advancing […]

Cosco receives Dean’s Medal for Education

Dominique Cosco, MD, a professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, received the WashU Medicine 2026 Dean’s Medal for Education. The annual Dean’s Medal awards recognize extraordinary contributions to WashU Medicine and celebrate leaders whose achievements embody the institution’s interconnected missions of patient care, education and research. “I am truly honored to […]

Hospitalists Celebrate their Peers at the Second Annual Hospital Medicine Awards

The Social and Wellness Committee organized the Second Annual Hospital Medicine Awards on November 19, 2025. Hospitalists, APCs, and staff came together to enjoy ‘WashU-Giving’ and celebrate their colleagues in the Holden Auditorium in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center. We shared a delicious Thanksgiving meal, complete with all the traditional fixings, to help reward […]

Nickole Forget, MD, FACP awarded the Laureate Award from the American College of Physicians

I encourage physicians who aren’t involved in ACP to get involved. – Forget Congratulations to our Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics colleague, Dr. Nickole Forget, for receiving the Laureate Award from the Missouri chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP). “Knowing some of the greats who have received this award, I am both honored […]

Janice Hanson, PhD, EdS, MH awarded the Department of Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award

Congratulations to Dr. Janice Hanson, Co-Director of the Medical Education Research Unit, Director of Education Scholarship Development and Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics, for being awarded the 2024 Department of Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was presented at the recent 2024 Academy of Educators Education Day. The award was […]

Kao awarded the ASP Neilson Award (Links to an external site)

Patricia F. Kao, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, Divisions of General Medicine & Geriatrics and Nephrology, Director, Teaching Physician Pathway, recently awarded the ASP Eric G. Neilson, MD, Leadership in Specialty Internal Medicine Award. The ASP Neilson Award is given to a leader who has had a significant impact on the landscape of internal medicine specialties. This award recognizes […]