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Bubeck Wardenburg appointed executive vice chair

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 […]

Hunstad appointed vice chair of basic and translational research

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Class Acts: Morgan Pfeiffer (Links to an external site)

Medical student Morgan Pfeiffer donated one of her kidneys to a toddler while an undergraduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This summer, she will become a doctor and start her residency at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

“Don’t do it,” her friends and family said. “Donating a kidney is serious. … Surgery can be dangerous. … You’re only 22.” “What if you need your kidney one day?” her mom asked. “What about medical school?” her dad asked. “Your future?”

Department of Pediatrics names 2 new vice chairs (Links to an external site)

The Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has named pediatricians Jason Newland, MD, (left) and Cassandra “Casey” M. Pruitt, MD, to the newly created roles of vice chair of community health and strategic planning, and vice chair of outpatient health, respectively. The physicians treat patients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

The Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has named pediatricians Jason Newland, MD, and Cassandra “Casey” M. Pruitt, MD, to the newly created roles of vice chair of community health and strategic planning, and vice chair of outpatient health, respectively. The physicians treat patients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

Pediatric society names Brozanski, Wambach as new members (Links to an external site)

Brozanski and Wambach

Two faculty members at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been named new members of the American Pediatric Society. They are Beverly Brozanski, MD, professor of pediatrics, and Jennifer Wambach, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, both in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Newborn Medicine.