Happy Lunar New Year 2025 (Links to an external site)

Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is the most important traditional festival in China. It marks the beginning of the new year on the traditional lunar calendar and usually falls between January 21 and February 20. The history of Chinese New Year dates back over 4,000 years, rooted […]

GMG – Research Unit moves to 8th Floor Barnard

Our new space will allow for more collaboration between research and clinical education.– Dr. Brad Evanoff In late November, our Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics Research Unit, moved to 8th Floor Barnard. Housed in Wohl Hospital at the Washington University School of Medicine campus, our division is now housed in one building yet separated […]

Patients Recognize Several Hospitalists for Outstanding Care

The Patient Experience Team at Barnes-Jewish Hospital gathers feedback from patients after their discharge about their time at the hospital. In November 2024, three hospitalists were mentioned by patients, citing their exemplary care. Dr. Jaspur Coleman’s patient expressed, “The doctors who cared for me were outstanding- Dr. Coleman, Dr. Vorster, and Dr. Zenger. They were […]

Congratulations to Hospitalists who Matched into Fellowship Programs

Each year, many physicians wait in anticipation for ‘Match Day,’ when they find out if they matched into the fellowship programs they applied to. Congratulations to six hospitalists who matched into fellowship programs this year! Marwa Ahmed, MD, matched into Rheumatology at Saint Louis University. Dr. Ahmed joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in July […]

Martin Kerrigan, MD, Promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine

Marty Kerrigan, MD

Congratulations to Martin Kerrigan, MD, on his promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Medicine, effective January 1, 2025. Dr. Kerrigan serves as Co-Director of the Internal Medicine Service in the Division of Hospital Medicine, as well as the Internal Medicine Associate Clerkship Director for the School of Medicine. His clinical interests include medical […]

Dr. Evanoff commentary published in a nationwide population study in Denmark

Evanoff

Congratulations to our Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics Chief, Bradley Evanoff, MD, MPH for his published commentary in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The article addressed the analysis of data in a recently published nationwide population study in Denmark titled “Role of female sex and occupational exposures when examining the rates and risks of carpal tunnel syndrome”. Dr. […]

Randy Laine, MD, Recipient of “Golden Global” Award

Randy Laine

Carol Faulk, MD, and Ian Ross, MD, are Medicine ACR Co-Directors, along with Scott Ragsdale, Medicine ACR Coordinator. Randy Laine, MD, assists with teaching and assessing students who are rotating on the medicine ACR. On December 9, 2024, Randy Laine, MD, was awarded with the “Golden Global” award. This award is in recognition of his […]

First Annual Hospital Medicine Awards Ceremony is a Success

Division Chief Mark Williams, MD, along with the Social and Wellness Committee, spearheaded the inaugural Division of Hospital Medicine Awards Ceremony as an opportunity to recognize the hard work and efforts of our providers and staff. They worked together to create 12 award categories and sent out surveys for the division to nominate their colleagues […]

Students Mentored by Patricia Litkowski, MD, and Zach Morgan, MD, Win Poster Competition

The Society of Hospital Medicine annual Converge conference will be taking place from April 22-25, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Each year, in preparation for the conference’s scientific abstract competition, the St. Louis branch of the SHM holds their own abstract competition in which the top poster is automatically accepted to the national conference. This […]

Join us on November 15, 2024 for WashU Internal Medicine CPC- Tony Dao, MD (Links to an external site)

Clinicopathological conference (CPC) is a case-based method of learning medicine by a problem-solving approach and has been in practice for more than 100 years now. A CPC is an outstanding presentation of a challenging case to guide the audience to a preliminary final diagnosis. Please try to attend in-person. We really appreciate seeing you all at Medicine […]