Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BS, Cum Laude, Randolph-Macon College, 2006
• MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 2016
• PhD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 2014

Training

• Pediatrics Residency, SLCH/Washington University in St. Louis, 2016 - 2019
• Clinical Genetics Fellowship, SLCH/Washington University in St. Louis, 2019 - 2021

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2020 - PresMO, Medical License
• 2020 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics
• 2021 - PresAmerican Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics - Board Certification in Clinical Genetics and Genomics

Honors and Awards

• Undergraduate Research Grant - Virginia Academy of Science, 2004
• Best Student Paper, Honorable Mention, Virginia Academy of Sciences, 2006
• Beta Beta Beta National Biology Honors Society, 2006
• Department of Biology Excellence in Research Award, 2006
• Pi Alpha Theta National History Honors Society, 2006
• Sigma Delta Pi Natlational Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society,, 2006
• Travel Award - American Physician Scientist Association, 2011
• SLCH Pediatric Chief Resident Award, 2017
• SLCH High Five Award, 2017
• SLCH Triple Crown Award, 2018
• T32 - Pediatric Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research Training Program, 2021 - Pres

Recent Publications view all (2)

1. Hirsch S, El-Achkar T, Robbins L, Basta J, Heitmeier M, Nishinakamura R, Rauchman M. A mouse model of Townes-Brocks syndrome expressing a truncated mutant Sall1 protein is protected from acute kidney injury. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2015;309(10):F852-63. PMID:26311113 
2. Bowman AL, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A, Hirsch SS, Geisler SB, Gonzalez-Serratos H, Russell MW, Bloch RJ. Different obscurin isoforms localize to distinct sites at sarcomeres. FEBS Lett. 2007;581(8):1549-54. PMCID:PMC1899168  PMID:17382936