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The DOM InsiderVol 2Fall 2019The official newsletter of the Department of MedicineIN THIS ISSUELetter from theChairDivisional SpotlightResearch NewsClinical NewsEducation NewsNew FacultyLeadershipAwards/Grants/HonorsDOM Faculty AffairsForum for Womenin MedicineUpcoming Eventsand SymposiumsEpic UpdateGivingFollow Us@WUDeptMedicineLetter from the ChairDear faculty, staff, trainees, alumni and friends,Welcome back to The DOM Insider! This is a special time for theDepartment of Medicine as we close the door on a successful fiscalyear and begin the new academic year. Fiscal ’18-’19 was a year oftremendous accomplishments by the faculty, trainees and staff in theDepartment of Medicine. We’ve made great progress and now lookforward to the challenges ahead.In this second issue, we continue to cover the latest news from theDepartment of Medicine. The past few months have been a time ofleadership transition and growth of new faculty. I want to take this opportunity to sharewith you some updates of particular note in our community. The Division of Medical Education is changing their name to General Medicine.This name change reflects the division’s evolution from a predominant focus onundergraduate and graduate medical education to now include their growing clinicalfootprint in the Center for Outpatient Health, BJH, BJWC, and the Complete Care Clinicas well as expanded educational scholarship through the Teaching Physician Pathwayand the division’s participation in the Academy of Medical Educators. We also saya fond farewell to Melvin Blanchard, MD as he leaves his current position for a newleadership role as chief of medicine at the Baltimore Medical Center effective October31, 2019. Dr. Blanchard has provided tremendous leadership for the division and thehousestaff training program for more than a decade. We will miss Dr. Blanchard’sleadership and wish him all the best in his future endeavors. Thomas De Fer, MD, anoutstanding clinician and educator, will serve as the interim chief for the division. I am pleased to announce that William Powderly, MD has been named Director ofWashington University’s Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS).Dr. Powderly takes over leadership from Bradley Evanoff, MD, MPH who has been theprincipal investigator of the ICTS since its inception in 2007.
Vol 2Fall 2019The DOM Insider - Department of MedicineLetter from the Chair, cont. We also welcome new leadership at the Clinical Research Training Center. Congratulations to Dominic Reeds, MD, newCo-Director of the KL2 Career Development Program and Thomas Baranski, MD, PhD, new Director of the Office ofTraining Grants. Our searches for new division chiefs of General Medicine, Hematology and Cardiology are going extremely well withmany outstanding candidates.On the horizon, an exciting recruitment season is upon us. We have robust faculty, fellow and housestaff recruitment inprogress in all our divisions to draw the best and brightest to the Department of Medicine.Congratulations again on a successful 2018-2019. We have much to celebrate among our collective accomplishments. Asalways, thank you for all you do on the behalf of the Department of Medicine.Best Regards,Victoria J. Fraser, MDAdolphus Busch Professor of MedicineChair, Department of MedicineDivisional SpotlightPulmonary and Critical CareFor over 50 years, Pulmonary andCritical Care Medicine has been anactive and thriving division withinthe Department of Medicine. Led byDivision Chief, Michael J. Holtzman, MD,the division currently features 34 faculty,22 fellows/post-docs/students and72 staff members working to advancethe diagnosis and treatment of lungdiseases.Within the Division’s recent researchefforts, several newly awarded grants willsupport development of new therapies for severerespiratory diseases and related conditions. Dr. Holtzmanhas recently received awards totaling 7.5 million tosupport innovative research aimed at defining andcontrolling respiratory airway diseases due to asthma andchronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The largestgrant, a 6.6 million Outstanding Investigator Award fromthe National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), recognizesphysician-scientists who have a track record of highlysuccessful and innovative research and are consideredlikely to make major advances in their respective fieldswith the support of continuous funding for seven years.Leaders in Pulmonary & Critical Care MedicineIn addition to this award, Dr. Holtzman also formeda biotech company to help bring new drugs to theclinic. To support these efforts, he received a NIH SmallBusiness Technology Transfer (STTR) grant for 300,000for a compound to address triple-negative breast cancerand another STTR grant for 300,000 for a compoundtargeting airway diseases. His research group also receiveda 250,000 award from the Siteman Investment Programto further support the development of the new compoundfor breast cancer. The strategy, according to Holtzman, isto combine academic and commercial activities to finallyget these new kinds of compounds into practice as quicklyas possible.Read more about Holtzman and his team here.
The DOM Insider - Department of MedicineVol 2Fall 2019Research News Richard G. Bach, MD:Was featured in an audio interview on JN Learningfrom the JAMA network discussing his paper, “Effectof Simvastatin-Ezetimibe Compared With SimvastatinMonotherapy After Acute Coronary Syndrome AmongPatients 75 Years or Older: A Secondary Analysis of aRandomized Clinical Trial.” Listen here. New Division of Physician-Scientists:WUSM has established a Division of Physician-Scientiststo help nurture the career development of physicianswho want to conduct scientific research. The newdivision will be headed by Wayne M. Yokoyama, MD. Gregory M. Lanza, MD, PhD:Helped establish a research relationship betweenWUSM (Cardiology Division) and United Imaging toutilize a 1.5T MRI scanner for further development ofCardiac MR (CMR) enabled with artificial intelligence(AI) software. Washington University will work withUnited Imaging in multiple phases of research overfour to five years to study how AI can help combineclinical information with cardiac data to predict patientoutcomes early, and thereby facilitate treatmentmanagement changes, if needed for better clinicalresponses. The new MRI will also be offered as afee-based research resource to other departments withinterest, such as Obstetrics and Gynecology, PhysicalTherapy and Radiology.8th Annual Cardiovascular Research Day October 10, 2019 SnoRad Conference:Over 200 participants from 15 countries attended the2nd annual Symposium for Noninvasive Radioablation(SNORAD) in September at EPNEC. The two-day eventwas targeted toward heart rhythm specialists, radiationoncologists, and medical physicists who are interestedin learning more about the use of noninvasiveradioablation for arrhythmia, including ventriculartachycardia (VT). Makedonka Mitreva, PhD and colleagues find novelinsights into the genome evolution of the intestinal andliver flukes of Fasciolidae; flukes that cause zoonoticfood–borne infections. Read more. Fungal bloodstream infections are responsible for thedeaths of more than 10,000 people every year. Newresearch from WUSM shows that the death rate can bereduced by 20% if infectious disease specialists overseecare of such patients. Read more. Britt Andersen, graduate student in Gary Weil’s lab, andcolleagues uncover molecular changes associated withtreating lymphatic filariasis. Read more.Crews working to install the new MRI scanner at theCortex One building on August 24.
The DOM Insider - Department of MedicineVol 2Fall 2019Clinical NewsThe new Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital: Open date is scheduled for November. View details. AMiON:The Geographic Localization Scheduling Program wasoriginally created by hospitalist Dr. Myra Rubio in 2012for the Division of Hospital Medicine. As the Divisionof Hospital Medicine grew to include 90 clinicians,scheduling became more complex. In 2018, WarrenSmith, Administrative and Scheduling Coordinator forthe Division, lead an initiative to test the schedulingprogram AMiON, a new online scheduling enterprisesystem supported by Doximity which aids in publishingand streamlining existing schedules into oneplatform among all clinicians. AMiON is now utilizedto support the Hospital Medicine, Cardiology andMedicine housestaff schedules. AMiON is currentlybeing implemented for clinicians in all the divisionsthroughout the Department of Medicine. AMiON willalso be implemented across all clinical departmentsat WUSM. Use of AMiON will help improve patientcare and facilitate communication between residents,fellows, and attendings at WUSM. Team STEPPS Training:TeamSTEPPS stands for “Team Strategies and Toolsto Enhance Performance and Patient Safety” and wasdeveloped by AHRQ and the Department of Defense.The purpose of TeamSTEPPS is to improve team work,enhance team performance, and ensure safe patientcare. WUSM is integrating TeamSTEPPS into itsprogram with a goal of producing highly effectivemedical teams and individuals who communicateeffectively to reduce the risk of human errors andoptimize the use of information to achieve the bestclinical outcomes. This program also aligns withsupporting a culture of safety using a team driven,accountable approach that can prevent adverse eventsfrom occurring. Patient Experience:Caroline Kahle, MD, of the Hospital Medicine Division,is leading the Patient Experience effort for BJH. PatientExperience has been identified as one of the prioritiesfor the 2019-2023 BJH/BJWCH/WUSM Joint ClinicalStrategic Plan. The joint clinical strategic plan is a fiveyear plan that has joint goals, strategies, and tactics; allwith a common vision to make Washington Universityin partnership with Barnes-Jewish Hospital a topranked, health care leader of choice by operating in aculture of excellence and professionalism. Dr. Kahle’swork thus far has focused on physician to physiciancommunication, and developing professional andcommunication standards for the consistent care of ourpatients. Learn more. Spotlight on Physician Advisors:BJC decided that its member hospitals should use localphysicians to help with case management operationsinstead of outsourcing these operations to privatecompanies. In 2015, Robert J. Mahoney, MD of theHospital Medicine Division worked with Barnes-JewishHospital to make it one of the first system hospitals todevelop a full complement of such “physician advisors”.Initially, physician advisors performed mostly insurancerelated tasks; however, over the next few years, therole expanded to include patient care progression,triaging transfer requests from other hospitals, andensuring efficiency and quality of care. Today, physicianadvisors from internal medicine, emergency medicine,and neurology collaborate with treating physiciansto remove barriers to care and maximize access tohospital and community resources, and with hospitalleadership to analyze current resource deployment andplan for future care needs.
Vol 2Fall 2019The DOM Insider - Department of MedicineEducation News Washington University School of Medicine’s14th Annual Research Training Symposium andPoster Session:The symposium, held on October 8th, was a greatsuccess with over 200 attendees, five oral presentersand over 120 posters from 30 different programs. TheOffice of Medical Student Research and the ClinicalResearch Training Center extend their thanks toMichael DeBaun, MD, MPH for delivering the keynoteaddress; Victoria J. Fraser, MD, for helping to kick-offthe symposium; and to the oral presenters for sharingtheir research.Dharushana Muthulingam, MD, MS, speaking on“Patient Preferences in Expanding Opioid Use DisorderTreatment for the Recently Incarcerated”.Photographer - Darin MorleyThe Clinical Research Training Center has developeda series of videos highlighting the Center and itsprograms.View all the videos below. KL2 CRTC TL1 MSCI Research The Washington Manual ofMedical Therapeutics:Check out this video producedby Wolters Kluwer to promotethe The Washington Manual.Thank you to all the chiefresidents who participated inediting the latest version ofthe WashU Manual. Preventive MedicineResidency (PMR):The Department of Medicinewelcomes the PreventiveMedicine Residency, a collaboration between theSchool of Medicine, the Brown School of SocialWork and Public Health, and the Institute for PublicHealth. The two-year residency offers instruction andpractical experience in multiple aspects of preventivemedicine, allows trainees to earn an MPH degree fromWashington University, and provides substantive timeand opportunities for trainees to develop research orhealth improvement projects in their areas of interest.Learn More and Apply Now. Rheumatology:In collaboration with the Goldfarb School of Nursingunder Deborah Parks, MD and Lisa Burnitt’s guidance,the Division of Rheumatology certified their first classof musculoskeletal trained nurse practitioners.Read more. Matifadza Hlatshwayo, MD, MPH gave a presentationon the past, present and future of HIV/AIDS treatmentand prevention tied to the story Angels in America:Parts One and Two, at the Repertory Theatre ofSt. Louis. Read more. The Society of General Internal Medicine and theAmerican College of Physicians have announced WUSMas a 2019 #ProudtobeGIM grantee. The aim of theprogram is to inform students of the variety of careeroptions and leadership opportunities in general internalmedicine. Congratulations to Dominique Cosco, MDand students, Monica Lim, Sean Terada, Michael Nehls,and Hannah Truong for their work on the application.Read more.
Vol 2Fall 2019The DOM Insider - Department of MedicineNew Faculty LeadershipVictor Davila-Roman, MD, FACC, FASE:Named new Associate Director of theInstitute for Public Health’s Global HealthCenter and interim faculty lead for theCenter.Thomas M. De Fer, MD, FACP:Serving as interim Chief for the Division ofGeneral Medicine.Elvin Geng, MD, MPH:Named Director of the Center forDissemination and Implementation Scienceat the Institute for Public Health.Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH:Named Co-Director of the Center of HealthEconomics and Policy (CHEP) with theInstitute for Public Health.William G. Powderly, MD:Named Director of Washington University’sInstitute of Clinical and TranslationalSciences (ICTS). The Institute is fundedby the National Center for AdvancingTranslational Sciences (NCATS) of theNational Institutes of Health (NIH).Read more.Awards/Grants/HonorsMatthew Ciorba, MDand Joanna Gilbertson,RN, BSN have beenselected to receive theCatalyst for MissionAdvancement Awardfrom the Crohn’s andColitis Foundation MidAmerica chapter.Michael Durkin, MD,Gilbertson, CiorbaMPH and StephenLiang, MD, MPHS, along with a team of co-investigators,were awarded two separate CDC grants to study“Increasing use of Medication-Assisted Treatment toAddress Opioid Use among Patients with Bacterial andFungal Infections Related to Injection”. One grant, led byDurkin, is specific to regions with highest rates ofnon-prescription opioid overdose death. The other grant,led by Liang, is specific to rural populations.A team of Washington University investigators led byTimothy J. Ley, MD have been awarded a 15 million NIHgrant to better understand the genetic changes that driveacute myeloid leukemia and predict patients’ responsesto therapy. The findings may enable development ofmore effective therapies tailored to patients, based on thegenetic characteristics of their cancer cells. Read more.Tarek Alhamad, MD, MS, FACP, FASN:Selected as an Award of Excellence recipient from theNational Kidney Foundation serving Eastern Missouri,Metro East, and Arkansas.John Atkinson, MD:Awarded Presidential Gold Medal by the American Collegeof Rheumatology for lifetime achievement in study ofinfectious, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.WUSM Department of Medicine received amultimillion personal bequest from communityleader Lee Kling, St. Louis native and presidentof The Kling Company, toward research,teaching and patient care, specifically to benefitthe underserved. Read more.Lee Kling and Victoria Fraser, MDPhotographer - Matt Miller
The DOM Insider - Department of MedicineVol 2Fall 2019Awards/Grants/Honors, cont.Nancy Bartlett, MD:Co-Investigator on a six-year, 7.8 million grant from theNational Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded to physicians atSiteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital andWashington University School of Medicine.Rachel Bardowell, MD:Received the Internal Medicine Residency Teaching Facultyof the Year award in General Medicine. Read more.Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD:Received a 2-year, 300,000 Mallinckrodt ChallengeGrant for her study “Targeting Podocyte DysfunctionalRyanodine Receptor to Treat Nephrotic Syndrome”.Received a VA Merit Award for “Targeting PodocyteEndoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Mediated Apoptosis toTreat Nephrotic Syndrome”.Sharon Cresci, MD:Led a committee that developed the American HeartAssociation’s (AHA) scientific statement on the potentialfor precision medicine to improve treatment for patientswith heart failure. Read more.Nicholas O. Davidson, MD, DSc:Received a perfect score (10) for the competitive renewalof the Digestive Disease Research Core Center (DDRCC).Division of Hospital Medicine doctors Wenners Ballard, MD, andRachel Bardowell, MD, talk in Barnes Jewish Hospital.Photographer - Matt MillerRichard D. Brasington, Jr, MD:Received the inaugural teaching award that wasnamed in his honor, The Brasington Teaching Award inRheumatology.Melvin Blanchard, MD:Selected as the 2019 Missouri Laureate Award winnerfrom the Missouri Chapter of the American College ofPhysicians.Carey-Ann Burnham, PhD:Awarded the 2020 American Society for MicrobiologyAward for Research Leadership in Clinical Microbiology.John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD:Presented research related to Chimeric Antigen Receptorfor T Cells at the American Society for Transplantationand Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) 6th Annual Clinical EducationConference held on the WUSM campus.Tom De Fer, MD, FACP:Selected as the recipient of the 2020 CDIM Ruth-Marie E.Fincher, MD, Service Award to be presented at the CDIMAwards Lunch during Academic Internal Medicine Week2020.James M. Fleckenstein, MD:Received a VA Merit Award for “Molecular Pathogenesis ofEnterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli Infections”.Gerome Escota, MD:Selected to be Chair of the Teaching and LearningResources Work Group of the IDSA Medical EducationCommunity of Practice.John Gorscan III, MD:Named an International Honorary Member of theJapanese College of Cardiology (JCC) for life and was the“Sakamoto Lecturer” at the JCC annual meeting in Nagoya,Japan Sept. 12-15, 2019.Carey-Ann Burnham, PhD, and others work inthe microbiology lab at BJC IOHPhotographer - Matt MillerDerek E. Byers, MD, PhD:Awarded the Bee Award for going above and beyond forhis patients.Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD:Awarded a five-year, 1.45M (direct cost), R01 grant fromthe NIH to study the involvement of amphiregulin (AREG)in kidney fibrosis.
Vol 2Fall 2019The DOM Insider - Department of MedicineAwards/Grants/Honors, cont.Michael J. Holtzman, MD:Received awards totaling 7.5 million to supportinnovative research aimed at defining and controllingchronic respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronicobstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Read more.Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD:Awarded a two-year, 125,000 grant for his proposal“Tubulointerstitial Profiling for Alport Syndrome TargetIdentification” by the Alport Syndrome Foundation.Read more.Irfan Lodhi, PhD:Received the David L. Williams Lecture and ScholarshipAward at this year’s Kern Lipid Conference.Douglas L. Mann, MD:Received the 2019 Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA)Lifetime Achievement Award for heart failure.Michael Hughes, PhD:Received an R01 from NIH for the study titled“A Systematic Analysis of RNA Editing in Skeletal Muscle”.Hrishikesh S. Kulkarni, MD, MSCI:Received a K08 from NIH for the study titled“C3 Mitigates Epithelial Injury in Pneumonia”.Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI:Received an Emerging Leader Award from her alma mater.Kory J. Lavine, MD, PhD:Received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientistsand Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S.government for early-career scientists.Douglas Mann, MDBrian Muegge, MD, PhD:Received a VA Career Development Award for“Enteroendocrine Cell Reprogramming During IntestinalInjury”.Jeanne M. Nerbonne, PhD:Received a VA Merit Award for “Identification of NovelCellular/Molecular Mechanisms and Arrhythmia Targets inHeart Failure”.Nathan S. Nolan, MD:Will represent the American College of Physicians as adelegate to the AMA and will serve on the upcoming 2019Interim Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates,November 16 – 20.Michael Paley, MD, PhD:Received the 2019 Distinguished Fellow Award from theAmerican College of Rheumatology (ACR).Kory Lavine, MD, PhD, (left) pictured here receiving a PresidentialEarly Career Award for Scientists and Engineers fromKelvin Droegemeier, PhD, Director of The White House Office ofScience and Technology Policy (OSTP).Tingting Li, MD, MSCI:Received the 2019 Nathan Hellman Memorial TeachingAward in Nephrology.Rupa Patel, MD:Received a 3.9 million grant from the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention (CDC) to establish a regionalresource center at Washington University to aid HIVprevention efforts in 12 Midwestern states. Read more.Timothy Peterson, PhD:Was awarded an NIH R42 grant for NovelInsulin-Sensitizing NASH/Diabetes Drugs.
Vol 2Fall 2019The DOM Insider - Department of MedicineAwards/Grants/Honors, cont.Christine Pham, MD:With Dr. Farshid Guilak (Orthopaedic Surgery) received theR61 RISK award for their high-risk program testing SMARTcell implants in experimental models of arthritis.Congratulations to all the DOM faculty who were honoredat the Academy of Medical Educators inaugural event onSeptember 24, 2019.William G. Powderly, MD:Honored with Distinguished Graduate Award by UniversityCollege Dublin (UCD) Medical Graduates Association.Kimberley Sukhum, PhD:Received the 2019 SHEA Research Scholar Awardpresented at IDWeek 2019.Laneshia Karee Tague, MD:Received a KL2 award for “Pharmacogenetic-basedMycophenolate Dosing to Improve Lung TransplantOutcomes.”Mark S. Thoelke, MD:Received the 2019 Neville Grant Award for ClinicalExcellence.Matthew J. Walter, MD:Will lead the new Edward P. Evans MyelodysplasticSyndromes Center, funded by a 5 million grant from theEdward P. Evans Foundation.Matthew Walter, MD, (left) speaks with Gloria Berkman, a patientwith myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a rare blood disorderthat prevents the body from making enough healthy blood cells.Photographer - Matt MillerOfer Zimmerman, MD:Received a 100,000 Physician Scientist Fellowship awardfrom the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. He will beworking in the laboratory of Michael Diamond, MD, PhD,to study the role of variations in the gene MXRA8 ininfection with chikungunya virus.Mary Klingensmith, MD, and Steven Taff, PhD, give a certificate toLisa Zickuhr, MD, at the Teaching Scholars Program graduation.Photographer - Matt MillerAcademy of Educators Inductees Eva Aagaard, MD Janice Hanson, PhD, EdS Dennis Chang, MD Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD Steven Cheng, MD Patricia Kao, MD, MS Dominique Cosco, MD Steven Lawrence, MD Thomas De Fer, MD Justin Sadhu, MD, MPHS Amber Deptola, MD Megan Wren, MD Gerome Escota, MD Timothy Yau, MDTeaching Scholars Program Certificates Amber Deptola, MD Justin Sadhu, MD, MPHS Michael DeVita, MD Sandeep Tripathy, MD, PhD Steven Lawrence, MD Lisa Zickuhr, MD Barbara Lutey, MD
Vol 2Fall 2019The DOM Insider - Department of MedicineAwards/Grants/Honors, cont.Department of Medicine faculty pose with their Distinguished Service Teaching Awards after the ceremony on October 24.Department of Medicine Distinguished Service Teaching Awards RecipientsFor Academic Year 2018-2019As voted by Washington University Medical Students I, II, and III First Year Awards, Class of 2022Stanley Lang Lecturer of the Year: Sabrina Nuñez, PhDPractice of Medicine Preceptor of the Year: Thomas De Fer, MDPractice of Medicine Small Group Leader of the YearAward: Timothy Yau, MDTeaching Assistant of the Year: Erin Klein, Medical StudentCourse Director of the Year: Steven Cheng, MDLecturer of the Year: Timothy Yau, MDDistinguished Service Teaching Awards: Nigar Kirmani, MD Steven Lawrence, MD, MSc Justin Sadhu, MD, MPHS, FACC Megan Wren, MD Timothy Yau, MD Lisa Zickuhr, MDClerkship Director of the Year: Gerome Escota, MDClinical Department of the Year: Department of MedicineClinical Teacher of the Year Award: Cassandra D. Fritz, MDResident of the Year Awards: Bilal Al-Khalil, MD Ryan J. McGuire, MDPrimary Care Preceptor of the Year: Daniel Gaitan, MD
Vol 2Fall 2019The DOM Insider - Department of MedicineDOM Faculty AffairsDOM Faculty Orientation and Fair:Thank you to all who helped to make this year’s newfaculty orientation and fair a huge success.DOM Faculty Family Day at the Zoo:The Office of Faculty Development hosted the DOMFaculty and Family Day at the Zoo on Sunday, October13. Approximately 150 people (DOM faculty and theirfamilies) were welcomed to the River Camp room in theRivers Edge area by some of the zoo animal greetersfollowed by a BBQ lunch buffet. Afterward DOM facultyand their families explored the zoo. They enjoyed theZootoberfest activities and all the Halloween decorationsset up for the upcoming Boo at the Zoo. This is anannual fall event sponsored by the DOM Office of FacultyDevelopment.Luigi Adamo, MD, PhD and Betsy Keath, PhD discuss the Instituteof Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) during the facultyorientation fair.DOM Leadership Training Course:The Department of Medicine, in collaboration with BJCLearning Institute, offered the 2019 DOM Basic LeadershipTraining Course. Congratulations to Amanda Cashen, MD,Justin Chen, MD, Milan Chheda, MD, Malachi Griffith, PhD,Yasir Hamad, MD, Cynthia Herrick, MD,Makedonka Mitreva, PhD, Jen Mosher,Anupam Pande, MD, Rupa Patel, MD, and Marc Sintek, MDwho completed this four part training course featuringsessions on facilitation skills, accelerating change andtransitions, situation appraisal and decision analysis, andlean leadership.Forum for Women in MedicineThe Forum for Women in Medicine is committed toprovide our female trainees with skill building workshopsand lectures, networking opportunities, and opportunitiesto meet leaders in the field of medicine. Please go to ourwebsite, our Facebook page, or Twitter @WashUFWIM formore information and to watch for future events.“Meet the Chair” Happy HourJessica Silva-Fisher, PhD and her family enjoy lunch duringDOM Faculty and Family Day at the St. Louis Zoo. On August 7, over 60 fellows and faculty in the variousdivisions of the Department of Medicine came togetherto share experiences and make connections during theinaugural “Meet the Chair” Happy Hour. On September 26, FWIM hosted our first visitingprofessor luncheon of the year with AMWA medicalstudents, house staff, fellows, and faculty comingtogether to hear from Dr. Mary Doi, a WUSM alum whocompleted her IM residency and Chief Resident yearhere. Our most recent Negotiation Strategies workshopon October 16 with guest speaker Hillary AngerElfenbein PhD, the John and Ellen WallaceDistinguished Professor at the Olin School of Businessat Washington University, brought together manytrainees and faculty to hone our negotiation skills.
Vol 2Fall 2019The DOM Insider - Department of MedicineUpcoming Events and Symposiums Diabetes Day Symposium:The Diabetes Research Center will host the DiabetesDay Symposium on Thursday, November 7, 2019 from10:00 am – 2:00 pm.View details. 2019 Transgender Spectrum ConferenceJoin us for the 2019 Transgender Spectrum ConferenceFriday, November 8 and Saturday, November 9Washington University in St. Louis - Danforth CampusCEUs (for Social Workers and Counselors) are available.Visit the conference website for full details andregistration. 9th Guller Family Cardiovascular Disease PreventionLectureTo be held Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 8:00 amDepartment of Medicine Grand Rounds,Clopton Auditorium Learn more about how theLife Outside of ViolenceProgram at the Institute forPublic Health is working toreduce gun violence recurrence in our community! The Global Health Center at the Institute for PublicHealth will host its annual Global Health WeekNovember 18 - 22, 2019.Read a summary of last year’s event. Women Leading in Medicine & Science Symposium:Forging AheadPlease join us for the inaugural WUSM symposiumaimed at the professional development of womenin academic medicine to provide strategies forcareer advancement, opportunities for networking andinterdepartmental community building. The symposiumwill be held on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 from7:30 am – 1:00 pm. Learn more and register here. Upcoming CRTC Career Development Seminars3:30 – 5:00 pm Wohl Auditorium November 12th: “Submitting an R Grant: What toKnow When You Apply”December 3rd: “Patient Recruitment for Research:Thinking Inside and Outside the Box” “Reversing the Opioid Epidemic, andDelivering More Effective Pain Care:How Collaborative Efforts Can EnhanceHealth Policy Efforts”Richard & Elizabeth Henby Sutter VisitingProfessor of Occupational & Environmental MedicineKeynote Speaker: Gary A. Franklin, MD, MPHTuesday, November 26, 2019 9:00 am – 10:15 amClopton Auditorium Psychiatry Grand RoundsView details. 3rd Annual ICTS Symposium and PosterSession: “Building a LearningHealth Care System: From Lab toLaptop”Friday, February 14, 20208:30 am – 3:00 pm, EPNECKeynote Speaker: Patricia F. Brennan, RN, PhD,Director, National Library of MedicineView details.Epic UpdateContact the DOM InsiderPlease reference the most recent EPIC Action Re
scheduling became more complex. In 2018, Warren Smith, Administrative and Scheduling Coordinator for the Division, lead an initiative to test the scheduling program AMiON, a new online scheduling enterprise system supported by Doximity which aids in publishing and streamlining existing schedules into one platform among all clinicians.
