Michelle Oliva, MSN, RN, knew she wanted to help kids and families since elementary school. Growing up in Sierra Vista, Arizona, a small border town, she discovered her love of the outdoors, mountain hiking and the cactus and mesquite-studded southwestern landscape. Summers in St. Louis fostered her love of the city and all things the […]
Staff Name Division Title Ben Adam Cisneros Rheumatology Research Technician I Alekya Dantam Endocrinology & Diabetes Undergraduate Student Marissa Estopare Allergy & Pulmonary Medicine Clinical Nurse Coordinator Trisha Gannu Critical Care Medicine WU Student Program Participant Ryan P Hillery Nephrology WU Student Program Participant William B Hu Rheumatology Undergraduate Student Dasha Humphries Allergy & Pulmonary […]
PI Agency Title F. Sessions Cole NIH/ U2C/Harvard University Diagnosing the Unknown for Care and Advancing Science (DUCAS) Megan Cooper CDI Center for Pediatric Immunology at St. Louis Children’s Hospital Jane Alyce Hunt Washington University Center for Dissemination and Implementation Implementation of a Sustainable STI Screening Program in the Pediatric ED Fuhai Li NIH/R01 Modeling […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) – A St. Louis hospital is marking a major milestone. St. Louis Children’s and Washington University Heart Center recently completed its 600th pediatric heart transplant, making it the first pediatric transplant center to achieve this in the United States. According to BJC Healthcare, St. Louis Children’s Hospital performed its first heart […]
Mark E. Lowe, MD, PhD, an academic leader and accomplished pediatric physician-scientist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been appointed the university’s vice chancellor for research. He also has been named senior associate dean of research at WashU Medicine. Chancellor Andrew D. Martin, Provost Beverly Wendland and David H. Perlmutter, MD, […]
Physicians who engage in research play a vital role in developing novel, innovative approaches to diagnosing and treating disease. Nurturing the careers of doctors whose work takes them to both patients’ bedsides and the laboratory bench is a top priority of the Division of Physician-Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Colin A. Martin, MD, a specialist in intestinal rehabilitation surgery and an advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion in surgery, has been named director of the Division of Pediatric Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He also will serve as surgeon-in-chief at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. He will begin in […]
Caring for the Undiagnosed – those children and adults whose symptoms do not fit into a known diagnostic category – impacts every involved provider through many rewards, challenges, and guilt. Here, I offer my personal perspective about the impact of caring for the Undiagnosed on my mental health. Despite the “chaos narrative” that frequently characterizes […]
As clinical site coordinator for the UDN, I have a front row seat to the diagnostic odyssey. I am able to work directly and closely with the patients and families and come to know them intimately. By the time our families arrive at Washington University for an evaluation, they have been through so much. They […]
Name Division Title Sabiha Bano Hematology & Oncology Research Technician II Sebastian Boluarte Critical Care Medicine Research Technician II Mandy Clayton Adolescent Medicine Coordinator Office Danielle Fraser Central Admin Residency Coordinator Brooke Harris Infectious Diseases Research Technician II Cassandra Kightlinger Central Admin Financial Analyst I Aditi Kishore Genetics Research Technician I Emily Orr Genetics Staff […]