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Dr. Crecelius won the James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education for 2024 from the Society for Post-Acute and Long Term Care Medicine, the national society representing nursing home physicians. Previously had been named the Medical Director of the Year in 2019 and the William Dodd Founder’s Award for Distinguished Service in 2017.
Congratulations to our new Associate Professors of Medicine: Dr. Gina LaRossa, Dr. Eileen Lee, and Dr. Mona Mullick! Congratulations to our new Assistant Professors of Medicine: Dr. Faris Bakeer, Dr. Erin Baum, Dr. Jaspur Coleman, Dr. Cady Edwards, Dr. Tracey Godbold, Dr. Ankita Kapoor, Dr. Lalit Kalvala, Dr. Lana Hamieh, Dr. Randy Laine, Dr. Alex […]
Through the Supporting a Fair Environment (SAFE) initiative, individuals can report positive experiences in the learning environment. Dr. Marty Kerrigan and Dr. Kieran Patel both received Accolades for their contributions to a positive and inclusive environment for their students. Dr. Kerrigan’s student emphasized that he treats others with dignity and respect and demonstrates concern for […]
Each year, residents vote for the teacher of the year from each of the divisions of the Department of Medicine. Congratulations to Anthony Dao, MD, who won Teacher of the Year: Hospitalist for 2024! Of his award, Dr. Dao said, “This is so meaningful because of how much I love the residents, and how this […]
It is my pleasure to announce that the Divisions of General Medicine and Geriatrics (GMG) and General Medical Sciences (GMS) will come together to form the Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics under the leadership of Bradley Evanoff, MD, MPH, effective July 1, 2024. Dr. Evanoff, the Richard A. and Elizabeth Henby Sutter Chair in Occupational, Industrial, and Environmental Medicine […]
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. Speaker – Kieran Patel, MDInstructor in MedicineDivision of Hospital MedicineDepartment of MedicineWashington University […]
The Society of Hospital Medicine is the ‘home of hospitalists,’ where hospitalists from all over the United States come together to share information, advocate for the hospitalist specialty, improve patient care, and advance research. The Division of Hospital Medicine has been highly involved in our local SHM branch. We have also made a point of […]
The clinicopathological conference, popularly known as CPC, is a case method process of learning medicine. It uses a problem-solving approach. A case is presented with diagnostic data and is followed by a discussion of differential diagnosis which is narrowed down to a final diagnosis. Speaker: Dennis Chang, MD Division: Hospital Medicine Title: “67 y/o F […]
Every year, the Division of Hospital Medicine enjoys a Cardinal’s Game Night at Busch Stadium! This year, we watched the Cardinals face off against the Mets. Although the Cardinals didn’t win, we still had a great time talking, eating, and enjoying the game.
The Midwest Diagnostic POCUS Conference for Internists took place on April 30 and May 1, 2024. Co-sponsored by WashU DHM and ACP Missouri, it featured nationally recognized faculty from WashU and other regional and national academic medical centers, innovative didactics with hands-on scanning components, a 2:1 hands-on learner: faculty ratio and even a demo of […]