The ID Division is pleased to announce that Dr. Darcy Wooten will join the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine as Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief for Medical Education. In that role she will become the new Director of the ID Fellowship program as well as assuming a new role of Director of Educational Initiatives for the Division.
Dr. Wooten received her undergraduate degree at Stanford University and then attended the UCSF-UC Berkeley Joint Medical School, where she earned an MD as well as a Masters in Health and Medical Sciences. She completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at UCSF. This was followed by an Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Harbor-UCLA. Dr. Wooten has been on the faculty at University of California, San Diego in the division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health since 2014.
Dr. Wooten is currently Professor of Medicine and program director for the ID Fellowship at UCSD. She is widely recognized as a national leader in medical education for infectious diseases and we look forward to her expanding her educational expertise as a faculty member at Washington University School of Medicine.
We welcome Dr. Wooten, who will start with the University September 1, 2024.
I am SO thrilled to be joining the ID division at Wash U. The faculty’s breadth and depth of expertise, coupled with their national recognition across all specialties within Infectious Diseases, is truly impressive. I am eager to collaborate with everyone to expand and enrich the educational opportunities within our division and beyond
Darcy Wooten, MD, MS, FIDSA