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Message from the Chair Dear colleagues and friends,WashU’s Medical School graduation is May 12 and Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH former Director of the CDC, is the graduation speaker. Please participate in graduation if you can and recognize the accomplishments of our amazing medical students. Our Internal Medicine residency match was very successful and we are […]

The Mark Thoelke, MD, SFHM Visiting Professorship was started in 2022 as a way to honor the legacy of previous Division Chief Mark Thoelke. Since 2022, the division has enjoyed lectures from several amazing speakers from a variety of hospitals. The visiting professor for 2025 was G. Randy Smith Jr., MD, MS, FRCP, SFHM. Dr. […]

Mark Thoelke, MD, has had an incredible impact on hospital medicine, both within Barnes-Jewish Hospital and beyond. After completing his internal medicine residency and serving as Chief Resident at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Dr. Thoelke became Director of the Gold Service in 1995, one of the earliest hospitalist programs in the nation. In 1998, […]

The annual Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) Converge Conferences are a wonderful opportunity for hospitalists from all over the country to come together for educational workshops, poster presentations, lectures, and networking opportunities. The 2025 SHM Converge Conference took place from Wednesday, April 23, to Friday, April 25 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Many of the division’s […]

Memorial Day is meant as a day of observance for us to honor those who lost their lives while serving our country in the U.S. military. Originally it was known as Decoration Day, and began in the years following the Civil War and was officially designated a federal holiday in 1971. Many observe Memorial Day […]

Prevention is the best strategy to help avoid having one. When it comes to dealing with strokes, every second truly does matter. Nearly 2 million brain cells die each minute a stroke remains untreated. And every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a stroke. 795,000 strokes happen each year and chances are if you […]

Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) is an annual celebration in the United States during May. It recognizes and honors the contributions of Jewish Americans to the country’s history, culture, and society. The idea for JAHM was proposed by Senator Arlen Specter and Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz in 2005 to appreciate the achievements of Jewish Americans […]

Let’s break the silence and stigma surrounding mental health by spreading awareness and understanding. Mental health is just as important as physical health, yet it often goes unnoticed or untreated. Here are some key points to consider:

May marks the annual celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the United States. In 1978 Congress proclaimed the first week of May as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week.” Future Presidents continued this annual proclamation until 1992 when Congress and President George H.W. Bush signed a law designating the month of May to celebrate […]

Janice Hanson, PhD, EdS, MH, Professor of Medicine & Director of Education Scholarship Development in the Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics, was awarded the COMSEP Achievement Award and honored as the 2025 CGEA Laureate. Dr. Hanson received the COMSEP Achievement Award at the COMSEP annual meeting in Indianapolis the week of April 1. The […]

At Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the Patient Experience team makes it a priority to gather feedback from patients after they have been discharged from the hospital. Patricia Litkowski, Medical Director of Patient Experience, along with Heather Lazarides, Director of Patient Experience, and Roma Bordewick, Executive Director of Patient Care Services Operations, reach out to patients post-discharge to […]

The Division of Hospital Medicine has several types of learners that rotate on our service lines. The Physician Assistant (PA) students from SLU (St. Louis University) rotate on hospital medicine for 5.5 weeks several times over the course of a fiscal year. Feedback from the most recent rotation of students highlighted their positive training experience. […]