Welcome to our 24 Pediatrics fellowship matches!

2024 Pediatric Fellowship Matches

The Department of Pediatrics welcomes all 24 of our fellowship matches. These incoming fellows will start in their subspecialties in July 2024. Allergy/Immunology Cardiology Critical Care Medicine Emergency Medicine Gastroenterology Hematology/Oncology Hospital Medicine Infectious Diseases Newborn Medicine Pulmonary

Pruitt announced as next division chief for Academic Pediatrics

Cassandra Pruitt

Cassandra (Casey) M. Pruitt, MD, FAAP, will be the next chief of the Division of Academic Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine.  Pruitt is a board-certified pediatrician and pediatric hospitalist who has served as the medical director for the WashU Complex Care Clinic and the General Academic Pediatric Clinic since […]

Family drives from Ohio every year for Washington University Cantu Syndrome Clinic

Rebekah Frederick, 7 years old, visits with Dorothy Katherine Grange, MD, at St. Louis Children's Hospital for the 2023 Cantu Syndrome Clinic.

Rebekah Frederick is a 7-year-old girl from Ohio who loves animals and might want to be a veterinarian when she grows up. Or a cardiologist. Or a pediatrician. There’s still time to decide. Her mom, Jennifer Frederick isn’t quite sure how being a vet is going to work out for her. “She won’t pet her […]

Accessing Expert Care: A Daunting Task (Links to an external site)

Accessing expert care is a significant hurdle for many patients with complex vascular anomalies. Dr. Sisk shares quotes from patients and caregivers that highlight the difficulties in finding knowledgeable doctors, securing timely appointments, and navigating healthcare systems.

Dickson installed as the Centennial Professor of Pediatrics 

Patricia Dickson installation

Patricia Dickson, MD, a professor of pediatrics, has been installed as the Centennial Professor of Pediatrics . A celebration to mark the event took place Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023 in the Eric P. Newman Education Center. Dickson earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago in 1995 in Classics and her medical degree in 1999 […]

Hunstad named inaugural Strauss Professor (Links to an external site)

David Hunstad, MD, (center) a pediatric infectious disease specialist, has been named the inaugural Arnold W. Strauss, MD, Endowed Professor for Mentoring at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He was installed in his new role by David Perlmutter, MD, (left) executive vice chancellor for medical affairs, the George and Carol Bauer Dean of the School of Medicine, and the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Distinguished Professor; and Gary Silverman, MD, PhD, (right) the Harriet B. Spoehrer Professor and head of the Department of Pediatrics.

David A. Hunstad, MD, a respected pediatric infectious diseases specialist and a national leader in pediatric research training, has been named the inaugural Arnold W. Strauss, MD, Endowed Professor for Mentoring at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.