Category: Fellows

ID Fellowship Program receives continued accreditation

The Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program at Washington University School of Medicine celebrates its continued accreditation status, effective January 23, 2026, by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The ACGME sets standards for effective educational and training programs, and monitors compliance with those standards. Continued accreditation status after a decennial review indicates not only that WashU Medicine’s ID fellowship […]

WashU ID welcomes ID fellows from Bangkok!

Once again, with the leadership of David Warren, MD, MPH, WashU ID welcomed four infectious diseases fellows from the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. The fellows had a three-week observership in healthcare epidemiology and infectious diseases. They spent a week rounding with WashU/Barnes-Jewish Hospital Infection Prevention staff and ID faculty involved in […]

WashU at IDWeek 2024

WashU ID rocked at the Infectious Diseases Society of America Annual Conference “IDWeek”. It was a busy week with representation in oral and poster presentations, expert panel discussions, and meeting up with friends and colleagues. Below are images of some of the week’s activities. Big thanks to Darcy Wooten, MD, MS for sharing highlights of […]

It’s Fellowship Application Time and We Have Highlights for You!

We are excited to announce our 4th video about the Infectious Diseases Division and our fellowship program This, our latest video narration was written by Caline Matter, MD, associate professor of medicine and associate director of our ID fellowship training program and Joseph Cherabie, MD, MSc, associate professor of medicine. A big thanks to all […]

3rd Annual ID Research Symposium a Success!

on May 29, 2024, the ID Division hosted its Third Annual Research Symposium coordinated by second year ID fellow, David Olafsson, MD. Planning committee members included Bill Powderly, MD and Jen Philips, MD, PhD, co-directors of the division along with Jeff Henderson, MD, PhD and Andrej Spec, MD. Among the abstracts submitted, eight were chosen […]

2024 Infectious Diseases Research Symposium and the J. Russel Little, MD Lecture May 29, 2024

The Division is proud to announce the 3rd Annual Infectious Diseases Research Symposium featuring the J. Russell Little MD Lecture. Each year the symposium is lead by an ID fellow. This year, David Olaffson, MD, PhD, fourth year fellow, is planning the event along with the organizing committee members, Andrej Spec, MD, MSCI, Jeffrey Henderson, […]

ID Fellows visit from Thailand!

The ID Division once again welcomed fellows-in-training from Thailand to train over several weeks. David Warren, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine helped organize the training. Since 2012 the ID Division has hosted infectious disease fellows from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok for a 4-week rotation in healthcare epidemiology and infectious diseases. This year we hosted 4 […]

ID welcomes incoming fellows!

Noah Chodos, MDMedical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine                                                                                Residency: Tufts Medical Center, Boston MA Zoë Leyh, DOMedical School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine                                                                  Residency: St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Louis MO Antony Rawindraraj, DOMedical School: Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine                 Residency: University of Missouri, Columbia Reid Goodman, MDMedical School: New York […]

SHEA recognizes outstanding infectious diseases fellows

Armaghan-e-Rehman Mansoor, MD, 2nd year ID fellow, has been awarded the Jonathan Freeman Scholarship by the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). The award recognizes outstanding infectious disease fellows who demonstrate an interest in healthcare epidemiology. Dr. Mansoor’s primary research interest is in antibiotic stewardship, specifically in immunocompromised patients and in low resource settings. […]

Fellows receive IDWeek 2022 Abstract Travel Awards

Armaghan-e-Rehman Mansoor, MD, and Patrick Ching, MD, MPH, both second year ID fellows have been awarded Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Trainee Abstract Travel Awards. The awards help defray the expenses of traveling to IDWeek, October 19-23, 2022, in Washington, DC. IDWeek offers several awards acknowledging distinguished, quality scientific research presented at IDWeek. Awards […]

Congratulations, 2022 ID Fellow Graduates!

Through many years of education, hard work and determination, you made it! Congratulations to all of our fellows who completed their infectious diseases (ID) fellowship training. Gayathri Krishnan, MD, is an instructor in medicine and a medical education fellow, working on her Masters in Health Professional Education at Washington University School of Medicine. “One thing […]

Hilary Reno, MD, PhD joins Board of Directors of ASTDA

The American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association recently elected Hilary Reno, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine, to the board of directors for a two year term. ASTDA is an organization devoted to the control and study of sexually transmitted diseases. Its objectives are: to support the control and ultimate eradication of STD; to support research […]

Inaugural Infectious Diseases Research Symposium 2022 June 17.

Washington University School of Medicine is a pioneer in groundbreaking research in all subspecialties in Infectious Diseases. We have vast experience with clinical, basic science and translational research and a long history of productive, impactful, and effective work to showcase for that. The organizing committee of this inaugural symposium includes William G. Powderly, MD, J. […]

Our first of many fellows’ outings spring 2022

Our first outing this spring started at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University Danforth Campus talking about art and public health followed by dinner at K-BOP St. Louis. We were also joined virtually by Gerome Escota, MD, former co-director of the ID Fellowship program at WashU.