Dr. Qiankun Wang joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Qiankun Wang joins the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Instructor as of October 2023. The HIV latent reservoir is the major barrier to an HIV cure.  Developing a functional cure for HIV/AIDS requires further studies of HIV and host interactions. He is interested in innate immune responses to HIV-1 […]

Dr. Gayathri Krishnan joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Gayathri Krishnan joins the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor as of July 2023.  She completed her ID fellowship in 2022 at WUSM and a Medical education fellowship in 2023.  She finished medical school at Government Medical College in Trivandrum, India and residency training at University of […]

Dr. Raymond Bourey joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Raymond Bourey joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology as an Associate Professor as of December 2023.  From New Hampshire, Dr. Bourey grew up in the Chicago area as a musician and outdoorsman.  He returned recently to Washington University after a 28-year absence.  His work has been guided by the aspiration […]

Dr. Mallorie Vest joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Mallorie Vest joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in Medicine in December 2023.  She was born in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up in a family of physicians in Godfrey, Illinois.  She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor’s degree in Molecular […]

Dr. Huram Mok joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Huram Mok joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine as an Instructor as of January 2024.  His career goal is to improve outcomes in patients with lung infections by understanding the mechanisms that balance pathogen clearance and immunopathology.  His experiences as a clinical fellow, which involved taking […]

Dr. Charles Crecelius joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Charles Crecelius joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics as an Associate Professor as of November 2023.  He remains involved with his national society, AMDA -The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care, being a Past President, Past Chair of Public Policy, Medical Director of the Year 2019 and […]

Dr. Juliet Iwelunmor joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Juliet Iwelunmor joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as a Professor as of September 2023.  She is on a mission to sustain evidence-based health interventions in resource-limited communities and among young people.  She combines more than a decade of authority and leadership in the use of dissemination and implementation […]

Dr. John Krais joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. John Krais joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Assistant Professor as of August 2023.  He is trained in Bioengineering as an undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh where his research experiences focused on image analyses and computational techniques.  He then attended graduate school at the Center for Chemical, […]

Dr. Masako Mayahara joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Masako Mayahara joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Palliative Medicine as an Associate Professor as of July 2023.  She is a clinical expert in pain management in hospice and palliative care and a certified hospice and palliative nurse.  She is a principal investigator on an NIH-funded trial to test the effects of […]

Dr. Guifang Dong joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Guifong Dong joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research as an Instructor as of July 2023.  Beta cell dysfunction and insulin resistance are two major pathophysiological defects in type 2 diabetes (T2D). S-palmitoylation/S-acylation describes the reversible attachment of palmitate onto cysteine residues. Depalmitoylation refers to the removal of palmitate from cysteines, which is […]

Dr. Yamuna Reddy Kondapally joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Yamuna Reddy Kondapally joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an instructor in September of 2023. She was born and raised in Hyderabad, India. During the final year of her medical school, in 2013, she came to the United States as a visiting scholar to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical […]

Dr. Madeline McCrary joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Madeline McCrary joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor as of September 2023. She specializes in clinical infectious diseases and addiction medicine with a focus on improving the multidisciplinary care of patients who use drugs (PWUD). She completed her medical school at the University of North […]

Dr. Vivian Ortiz joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Vivian Ortiz joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology as an Assistant Professor in September 2023. Dr. Ortiz attended medical school at Meharry Medical College and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She then completed her gastroenterology fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and […]

Dr. Kelly McDermott joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Kelly McDermott joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics as an Assistant Professor in September of 2023. She is from Virginia Beach, VA. Her key interests are preventative medicine, management of obesity and chronic disease, social and structural determinants of health. Her research interest and curricular development in […]

Dr. Huda Al-Bahadili joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Huda Al-Bahadili joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research as an Instructor as of August 2023. Dr. Al-Bahadili was born in Iraq and raised in Jordan. She pursued her passion for medicine and earned her MD from Mu’tah University in Jordan before coming to the United States […]

Dr. Catherine Hermann joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Catherine Hermann joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics as an Assistant Professor as of August 2023. In her practice, she has emphasized primary prevention for hypertension, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. She enjoys working with students and internal medicine residents, both teaching and learning from them. They push […]

Dr. Kan Liu joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Kan Liu joined the Department of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division as a Professor as of August 2023 and is currently a Professor at the Heart and Vascular Center and the Department of Radiology at the University of Iowa. He is also the Echo/Cardiovascular Imaging Medical Director at the Heart and Vascular Center and […]

Dr. Amaad Rana joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Amaad Rana joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology as an Assistant Professor as of August 2023. He was born in Georgia and raised in Alabama. He attended Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, for college, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a minor in Arabic Language. He […]

Dr. Morgan Schoer joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Morgan Schoer joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology as an Assistant Professor as of August 2023. She is a highly respected physician-educator who has distinguished herself in clinical nephrology and education. Dr. Schoer has received all her undergraduate and graduate training here at WUSM in St. Louis. She received her […]

Dr. Lindsay Meurer joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Lindsay Meurer joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology as an Assistant Professor in August of 2023. She received her medical degree with AOA and Gold Humanism distinction from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. She completed internal medicine residency at Case Western Reserve – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, […]

Judy Trieu joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Judy Trieu joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology as an Assistant Professor in August of 2023.  She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Stanford University, followed by a Master in Public Health from the University of Southern California.  She completed medical school at Ross University, Internal Medicine Residency […]

Dr. Krasimira Mikhova joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Krasimira Mikhova joined the Department of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division as an assistant professor in August 2023. She completed her undergraduate studies at Arizona State University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude in Chemical Engineering. She earned her medical degree at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. Dr. Mikhova completed […]

Dr. Omar Elsayed-Ali joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Omar Elsayed-Ali joins the Department of Medicine in the Division of Allergy and Immunology as an Assistant Professor as of August 2023. He completed his medical school at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and his residency in Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. He worked for one year as a generalist in the […]

Dr. Sunaina Rengarajan joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Sunaina (Naina) Rengarajan joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Dermatology as an instructor as July 2023. She attended Washington University for medical school, PhD in Immunology, and dermatology residency. She primarily attends on the resident run continuity clinic and also sees patients in her own clinic. She is a physician scientist […]

Dr. Priya Menon joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Priya Menon joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July 2023. She was born and raised in Kerala, India and graduated from Government Medical College, Thrissur. During her time at Government Medical College, she split her time volunteering at mass vaccination campaigns for underprivileged children, cervical […]

Dr. Amrullah Alsatli joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Amrullah Alsatli joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July 2023. Dr. Alsatli has been blessed by living with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. He was born in Germany and grew up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He graduated from Jordan University of Science and Technology […]

Dr. Mirjana Petrovic Elbaz joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Mirjana Petrovic Elbaz joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in Medicine in July 2023. She was born and raised in Negotin, Serbia where she graduated from high school in 2007. After graduating from high school, she enrolled in medical school at University of Belgrade, Serbia. She […]

Dr. Sana Ali Pirzada joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Sana Ali Pirzada joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2023. She was born in Lahore, Pakistan, where she attended Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical and Dental College. She then completed her internship and residency at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, MO, before […]

Dr. Yash Shah joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Yash Shah joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2023. He was born in India and grew up in New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers University with a major in Biotechnology and minor in Biochemistry and Bioscience Policy. During this time, he was selected […]

Dr. Sarakshi Majahan joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Sarakshi Mahajan joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July 2023. She was born and raised in Chandigarh, India. She completed her medical school degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India. After graduating from medical school, she spent some time working on role of […]

Dr. Maun Baral joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Maun R. Baral joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2023. He was born in Nepal and graduated medical school with Distinction from the Kathmandu University of School of Medical Sciences. During medical school, he served on the administrative and curriculum committee, which enabled […]

Dr. Geneva Guarin joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Geneva E. Guarin joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July 2023. She completed her undergraduate studies with a degree in Bachelor of Sciences in Health Sciences and graduated cum laude at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines with a full scholarship grant. Soon […]

Dr. Yazan Al Jabiri joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Yazan Al Jabiri joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2023. He was born and raised in Jordan. He received his medical degree in 2016 from Jordan University of Science and Technology. He started his internal medicine residency in Jordan but later moved to […]

Dr. Patrick Mazi joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Patrick Mazi joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor as of July 2023. He graduated from medical school at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He completed internal medicine residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He completed two clinical fellowships at Washington University in St […]

Dr. Tyler Degener joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Tyler Degener joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor as of July 2023. Dr. Degener has completed his medical training in various different cities across the country, including upstate New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Denver. He prides himself on the breadth of different experiences gained […]

Dr. Ashutosh Kumar joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Ashutosh Kumar joined the Department of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division as an instructor as of July 2023. He has completed his MSc degree in Biotechnology from the Utkal University in India. He received his PhD degree in Life Sciences from the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), affiliated with Homi Bhabha […]

Dr. Donald Hong joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Donald Hong joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor as of July 2023. Dr. Hong is the Associate Medical Director of the St. Louis County Sexual Health Clinic and a faculty member within the St. Louis STI/HIV Prevention Training Center. Dr. Hong specializes in HIV and […]

Dr. Xiuting Liu joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Xiuting Liu joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an instructor as of July 2023. She is a young scientist passionate about the field of cancer immunology and will significantly benefit from this training program. She has strong interest in t cancer immunology and cell. During her study as a […]

Dr. Safa Farrag joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Safa Farrag joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Assistant Professor in July 2023. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and grew up between Egypt and Iraq. She graduated from Tanta University, Egypt in 2005 with an MBBS degree. After graduation, she completed three years of intensive care […]

Dr. Arafat Ali Farooqui joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Arafat Ali Farooqui joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2023. He was born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan. He attended the King Edward Medical University Lahore and graduated with honors in 2015. He was the recipient of different scholarships during his educational career. […]

Dr. Kieran Patel joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Kieran Patel joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July 2023. He was born and raised in Wilmington, DE and attended the University of Delaware where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Biology. Dr. Patel then attended Drexel University College of Medicine where he received […]

Dr. Lyndon Lee joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Lyndon Lee joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an instructor in July of 2023. He was born and raised in Texas and attended the University of Texas at Austin where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering. He further pursued and completed a Master of […]

Dr. Lauren Baker joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Lauren L. Baker joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of General Medical Sciences as an instructor as of July 2023. Dr. Baker earned her PhD in healthcare ethics from Saint Louis University. Her doctoral work centered on the intersection of pediatric ethics and philosophy of medicine, with a special interest in gender […]

Dr. Alexander Everhart joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Alexander O. Everhart joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of General Medical Sciences as an instructor as of July 2023. He received his PhD in Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration with an emphasis in Health Economics from the University of Minnesota. Prior to joining the Washington University School of Medicine in […]

Dr. Max Petersen joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Max Petersen joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research as an Instructor as of July 2023. Dr. Petersen was born in Evanston, IL and grew up in the Chicago area. He majored in biochemistry, religion, and pre-medical studies at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL, and then […]

Dr. David Vermette joins the Department of Medicine

David Vermette joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics as an assistant professor as of July 2023. He attended medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern and obtained an MBA at the University of Texas at Dallas. He completed his residency in Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at […]

Dr. Jason Saliba joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Jason Saliba joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an instructor as of July 2023. He was the first full-time editor of the Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer (CIViC) knowledgebase (civicdb.org), which is an open access, open source, community-driven web resource for the curation of somatic variant evidence. Dr. […]

Dr. Michael Iglesia joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Michael Iglesia joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an instructor as of July 2023. Advances in the treatment of solid tumors are dependent on our understanding of their intricate substructure and how tumors relate to their environment. His research is focused on applying bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing as […]

Dr. Michael Slade joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Michael Slade joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Assistant Professor as of July 2023. Dr. Slade did his undergraduate studies at the University of Georgia, where he graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy in 2011. He subsequently matriculated at Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis. While […]

Dr. Zhenlu Chong joins the Department of Medicine

Dr. Zhenlu Chong joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an instructor as of July of 2023. He is from Hengshui, Hebei, China. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree in Huazhong Agriculture University in Wuhan, China. During his masters, Zhenlu worked on how melatonin and follistatin regulates apoptosis and […]