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This past summer the Office of Faculty Development solicited nominations to recognize outstanding individuals for their work and contributions in the Department of Medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. The perseverance and dedication of our staff carried us through the height of the pandemic, and we truly want to thank them for their continued efforts to keep […]
“It was an absolute honor to be involved with the first critical care consult on north campus. I’ve had similar collaborations in the past with the new ICU protocol at West County, and this felt very similar; like meeting an old friend in a new place.” Thomas Hoyt, MD Dr. Hoyt stated, “My consult involved […]
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: Eric Johnson, MD Division: Hospital Medicine Title: “93 y/o M […]
The mission of General Medicine is to provide the highest quality patient care, to educate and train physicians of peak caliber, and to conduct research, all in the context of academic primary care internal medicine. Jennifer M. Schmidt, MD, FACP, a general internist in the division shares with us more about her job and why […]
As a hospitalist, Mark Williams, MD, has spent quite some time considering how we can improve the patient experience, during hospitalization and in the follow-up care once released. He recently wrote an editorial to an article about the experience of family caregivers in an American hospital as their loved one went through the transition of the ICU […]
Congratulations to Drs. Lenise Cummings-Vaughn, Kaori A. Sakurai, Rachel Bardowell, Kathryn Filson, Bob Mahoney and Margo Girardi that made the 2023 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® list.
The Society of Hospital Medicine held its annual Leadership Academy program from November 7-10, 2022 in Colorado Springs, CO. It is the only leadership program built for hospitalists. The SHM Leadership Academy program offers four leadership courses – Strategic Essentials, Influential Management, Mastering Teamwork, and Capstone. Each course is aimed to provide hospitalists with skills that include […]
Happy Hospitalist Day! Thank you for all you do! National Hospitalist Day recognizes the contributions of more than 60,000 hospitalists nationwide on the first Thursday in March annually. Hospital medicine is one of the fastest-growing specialties in modern medicine, and those who practice it are known as hospitalists. Hospitalists manage patient care throughout their inpatient […]
Congratulations to Dr. Amber Deptola for her Perspectives piece published in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education for the February 2021 edition. Make sure to read her piece titled “Motivation: An Integral Component of Resident Well-Being.”
Victoria J. Fraser, MD, Adolphus Busch professor of medicine, and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine discusses the need for more support from lawmakers against the spread of COVID-19. Read the Full Article