Rachel C. Orscheln, MD, professor of Pediatrics and director of ambulatory Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been appointed the vice chair of Community Health and Strategic Planning for the Department of Pediatrics, effective June 1, 2024. In this pivotal role, Orscheln will act as a crucial link […]
Sarah Garwood, MD, professor of Pediatrics, has been appointed interim division chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine for the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Garwood obtained her medical degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia. Following internship and residency in Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, […]
Nine faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis are among the 502 new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the most distinct honors in the scientific community. The 2023 class includes: Deanna Barch, Laura Bierut, Kendall Blumer, Andreas Burkhalter, Jennifer Heemstra, Kathleen McDermott, Jeffrey Miner, Camillo Padoa-Schioppa and David Perlmutter. It is also the 150th year […]
Three physician-scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been newly elected to the Association of American Physicians. Membership in the organization is an honor bestowed on physicians who lead innovative scientific research to improve health care.
Cassandra M. Pruitt, MD, a professor of pediatrics, has been named director of the Division of Academic Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She had served as interim director since July 2022.
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, an associate professor of medicine in infectious diseases, and Jason G. Newland, MD, a professor of pediatrics, both at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, have been selected to serve on the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]