Tara M. Neumayr, MD, has been appointed as the medical director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at St. Louis Children’s Hospital after serving as interim medical director since January 2024. “I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity to serve as the medical director of the CICU, and I’m excited about the work ahead!” Neumayr […]
Jeffrey Magee, MD, PhD, is the Elizabeth H. and James S. McDonnell Professor in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He also directs the Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma Program at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. In these capacities, he oversees both basic and clinical research, patient care and biomedical education. Magee […]
Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg, MD, PhD, the Donald B. Strominger Professor of Pediatrics and chief of Pediatric Critical Care at Washington University Department of Pediatrics, has been appointed the executive vice chair. She has demonstrated expertise in improving, expanding and refining clinical operations to improve the overall care of children. She will assist the Department of Pediatrics […]
David Hunstad, MD, the Arnold W. Strauss, MD, Endowed Professor for Mentoring, Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Microbiology, and Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University Department of Pediatrics has been appointed the vice chair of basic and translational research. In this role, Hunstad will work with the administrative team to oversee […]
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 […]