Gerald Medoff, MD, a physician scientist and one of the founding leaders of the Mycosis Study Group, was the ID Division Director for more than 20 years at Washington University School of Medicine (WUM). Dr. Medoff fostered the first WUSM AIDS Clinical Trials Unit, HIV clinic and HIV/AIDS Advocacy. He provided leadership and training for, […]
Global campaigns to eliminate two tropical parasitic worm infections have been hindered by lack of good diagnostic tools. Since the turn of the century, multinational mass drug-treatment efforts have cut the number of people at risk of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis by more than half, but more than half a billion people remain at risk. […]
Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), spoke today about the state of the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the Department of Medicine’s virtual, weekly Grand Rounds. The online talk — part of the Gerald Medoff Visiting Professor grand rounds lecture series […]
Juan Calix, MD, PhD, ID fellow alum 2020, joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Instructor in April. Dr. Calix was born in New Orleans, LA but lived much of his youth in his family’s native El Salvador. He moved back to the United States to obtain his bachelor’s […]
Inspired by all the fantastic #MedEd content provided by #IDtwitter community, several fellows have joined resources to create the ID Fellows Network (#ID_fellows), an educational space for fellows by fellows.This is a collaborative approach to promote ID clinical reasoning for fellows. In just under 2 months they have over 2,400 Followers. They share tweetorials, clinical […]
Congratulations to our 2020 Fellows in Training on completing their first day as Infectious Diseases Fellows at Washington University School of Medicine. Your next two years will be both challenging and rewarding. You are the next generation of ID specialists in science, clinical care and education. Meet our fellows.
Drs. Laura Marks, a clinical fellow in infectious diseases and Mike Durkin, assistant professor of medicine, conduct study that shows oral antibiotics work, shorten hospital stay for IV drug users with infections
This week faculty and fellows in ID are taking turns on topics with Spanish-speaking podcasts to air on Soy De Rancho Radio Online. Soy de Rancho was established in St. Louis through the grassroots organization – Latinos en Axión STL. Speakers include: Juan Calix, MD, PhD, Instructor of Medicine completing Physician Scientist Training ProgramCarlos Mejia […]
FELLOWS’ POSTER PRESENTATIONS AT IDWEEK 2019 Sasinuch Rutjanawech, MD, 1st year fellow – Poster#1699 Presentations and Outcomes of Histoplasma Capsulatum Infection Vary by Immune Status: A Retrospective Cohort Study and 2108 Comparison of Voriconazole versus Itraconazole in the Treatment of Histoplasmosis – A Retrospective Analysis Frances Lahrman, MD, 2nd year fellow – Poster #1474 – […]
Study Shows Infections are a Common “Side Effect” of Intravenous Drug Use Infectious Diseases Fellow, Laura Marks MD, PhD sees it all too often: rising intravenous drug use leads to startling and often life-threatening infections. On the one hand, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose however, on the other, Dr. Marks sees the issue […]
The Infectious Diseases Society of American Medical Education Community of Practice Committee (IDSA Med Ed COP) recently selected Gerome Escota, MD, assistant professor of medicine, infectious diseases division, to chair the Teaching and Learning Resources (TLR) Work Group of the IDSA Med Ed COP. This appointment will be for three years. As the TLR Work […]
Distinguished Service Teaching Awards were awarded for the 2018-2019 academic year. Three of our infectious diseases faculty were recently honored for their service. Clerkship Director of the Year Gerome Escota, MDAssistant Professor of MedicineClerkship Director in Medicine Second Year Awards, Class of 2021Distinguised Service Teaching Awards Nigar Kirmani, MDProfessor of MeidicineProgram Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship […]
Jeffrey Henderson, MD, PhD and colleagues find signature molecule that may help to identify people at high risk for developing C. diff
William G. Powderly, MD, the J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine & Co-director, Infectious Diseases Division, received the UCD Medical Graduates Association (MGA) Distinguished Graduate Award at their MGA Reunion 2019. The UCD MGA Distinguished Graduate Awards are awarded to outstanding graduates of the UCD School of Medicine, who are nominated by their alumni in […]
We would like to introduce you to our incoming 2019 ID fellows. We are looking forward to working with you! Miguel Chaves, MD, MScMedical School: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, PeruResidency: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Joseph Cherabie, MD, MScMedical School: American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine, LebanonResidency: […]
Pictured with Dave Warren, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH, professor of medicine, Kap Sum Foong, MD, Infectious Disease Fellow 2nd year, was awarded the 2019 Jonathon Freeman Scholarship. The Jonathan Freeman Scholarship was established by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) to promote the training of outstanding infectious disease […]
The Washington Post featured one of two Washington University ID cases appearing in The New England Journal of Medicine last week in its its Images in Clinical Medicine section. “Black Hairy Tongue” was submitted by Yasir Hamad, MD, assistant professor of medicine and David K. Warren, MD, MPH, professor of medicine. Black hairy tongue is a relatively […]
First year fellows, Matthew Hevey, MD and Kap Sum Foong, MD, along with second year fellows, Abdullah Aljorayid, MD, Juan Calix, MD, PhD, Carlos Mejia, MD, and Jane O’Halloran, MD, PhD, and will be attending IDWeek 2018 October 3-7 in San Francisco, CA. Each have submitted abstracts which have been accepted for poster presentations and […]
Faculty and fellows gathered to present the “Annual Gerald Medoff MD Visiting Professor” plaque to Dr. Medoff. Dr. Medoff is honored for his leadership, outstanding vision, dedication and commitment to excellence during his tenure in the Infectious Disease Division at Washington University. The perpetual plaque hangs on the wall of the Infectious Diseases Division with […]
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