Patients Recognize Several Hospitalists for Excellent Care

Medical Director of Patient Experience, and hospitalist Patricia Litkowski, MD, works closely with Heather Lazarides, Director of Patient Experience for BJH, and Roma Bordewick, Executive Director of Patient Care Services Operations, to collect feedback from patients post-discharge. This valuable feedback allows patients to share any individuals who made a significant impact on their hospital stay. […]

Drs. Tristan McIntosh & Alison Antes author paper on leadership, management, and mentorship

Tristan McIntosh, PhD and Alison Antes, PhD authored a paper in Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics titled “Evaluating and Supporting Leadership, Management, and Mentoring: A Framework for Catalyzing Responsible Research and Healthy Research Environments”. The article introduces a Leadership, Management, and Mentoring (LMM) framework and emphasizes on a valuable resource for institutions wanting to implement LMM practices effectively in a research […]

Timothy Ackerman, MD, and Tony Dao, MD, Win Teaching Award

Congratulations to Doctors Timothy Ackerman and Tony Dao for receiving the Golden Globe Teaching Award. This award recognizes the time and effort Dr. Ackerman and Dr. Dao put towards teaching and assessing students rotating on the medicine ACR. Thank you to Timothy and Tony for their excellent and timely assessment during Block 4.

Catheter and Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (Links to an external site)

Bryce E. Montané, MD, Assistant Professor and Brian F. Gage, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine, WashU Medicine Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics, led an interdisciplinary team to review trials of ablation of atrial fibrillation.  They found that compared with medical therapy, catheter ablation reduced the relative risk for ischemic stroke by 37%, for death by 27%, and […]

Two APC Fellows Join Hospital Medicine

In the sophomore year of the APC Fellowship Program, two fellows are joining the Division of Hospital Medicine. We are delighted to welcome Amanda Airaghi, PA-S and Tabitha Gruskowski, NP. Amanda completed her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies at Mississippi State University in May of 2025. She holds a Bachelor of Science in […]

Welcome New Hospitalists

We are excited to welcome our new faculty members to the Division of Hospital Medicine. Please join us in welcoming: Nine of our new physicians finished residency from WashU School of Medicine in St. Louis. Twenty-three of our new physicians are external candidates.

Congratulations to Hospitalists Promoted to Assistant Professor of Medicine

Congratulations to Natalia Brito Rivera, MD, MPHS, Jeffrey Choi, MD, MS, Madeline Grondalski, RN, MD, Sonya Liu, MD, and Diana Zhao, MD, PhD, on their promotions to Assistant Professor of Medicine in July of 2025. Natalia Brito Rivera, MD, MPHS, works primarily on the internal medicine and medical oncology services, where she provides direct patient […]

STEP-HI Study Publishes in JAMA Open (Links to an external site)

Study Finds That Testosterone Gel Use in Women Recovering from Hip Fracture Does Not Improve Outcomes Compared to Supervised Exercise Alone Results from a recent multi-center, randomized, controlled trial demonstrate that testosterone gel does not improve physical function compared to exercise alone in older women recovering from a hip fracture. The STEP-HI study was published […]

Four Hospitalists Graduate from 2025 Physician Leadership Course

The Physician Leadership Development Program offered by the WashU Department of Medicine was designed to help faculty boost team performance and achieve goals with advanced leadership skills, master key concepts for leading healthcare improvements, and improve problem-solving and decision-making for better leadership. In 2024, three physicians from the Division of Hospital Medicine completed this extensive […]