2024-2025 Academic Year of Impact (Links to an external site)

Dear colleagues and friends, As we begin the new year, I am filled with gratitude for the enormous contributions our faculty, staff and trainees have made, providing outstanding care for patients, performing groundbreaking research and delivering exceptional educational programs. This has not been an easy year. We have dealt with many challenges including a tornado […]

January is Blood Donor Month (Links to an external site)

Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. January marks Blood Donor Awareness Month, a time to recognize the life-saving impact of blood donors and raise awareness about the constant need for blood and platelet donations.  Donating blood is one of the simplest yet most impactful ways to help those in need. Whether it’s […]

Radha Devi, MD, SFHM, FACP, Promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine

Congratulations to Radha Devi, MD, SFHM, FACP, on her promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine effective January 1, 2026. Radha Devi, MD, SFHM, FACP, did her residency in Chicago and worked as a hospitalist in one of the Mayo Clinic satellite locations prior to joining WashU Hospital Medicine in 2017. Dr. Devi is the Director […]

Dennis Chang, MD, Promoted to Professor of Medicine

Congratulations to Dennis Chang, MD, on his promotion to Professor of Medicine effective January 1, 2026. Dennis Chang, MD, joined WashU Hospital Medicine in 2018. Previously, he was affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, where he served as the 3rd-year Medicine Clerkship Director and the Director of […]

Please welcome one of our two 2026 Geriatric fellowship matches!

We have matched one of our two Geriatric fellowship positions for next year, Dr. Alex Ramos! Dr. Ramos is completing his Internal Medicine Residency at UAMS Washington Reginal in Fayetteville, Arkansas and completed medical school at Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Ramos has presented multiple posters focusing on geriatric topics […]

Building the Future of General Medicine

On Thursday, November 20, 2025, Chief of the Divisions of General Medicine, Geriatrics and Hospital Medicine, Dr. Molly McNairy, conducted a keynote address in the Connor Auditorium of the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center. When Molly McNairy, MD, MSc, joined WashU Medicine, she took on the unique challenge of re-imaging the structure of general medicine, […]

Lutey Recognized for Snowfall Samaritan Award

Congratulations to our Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics colleague, Dr. Barbara Lutey, who was recognized by AmeriCorps St. Louis for the 2025 Snowfall Samaritan Award. Due to her years of tireless service to the unhoused community, Dr. Lutey was honored for the compassionate care she has provided to those most vulnerable in St. Louis. Congratulations again, Dr. […]