Our department strives to provide outstanding clinical care, to train leading neurologists and scientists of the future and to continue to serve as an international leader in clinical and basic research of disorders of the nervous system.
Building upon a long-standing tradition of excellence in these areas, our goal is to bring scientific research and discovery from the bench to the bedside to improve the lives of our patients.
Each of our clinical services is staffed by faculty physicians and clinical specialists who, in partnership with our affiliated hospitals and medical facilities, provide care for patients of all ages. Our neurology faculty serve on the medical staffs of Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the primary adult teaching hospital, and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, the primary pediatric teaching hospital. Residents and other physician trainees receive clinical training and deliver patient care at both institutions.
In addition to gaining experience in our outpatient clinics and hospital settings, students have access to the WashU Medicine Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, a state-of-the-art facility designed to support innovative education and hands-on learning in an optimal training environment.
Our research spans the full spectrum of discovery, from basic science investigations to translational research and clinical applications. Neurology research laboratories are located across the university, including the Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building, East Building, Biotech Building, McMillan Building, Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis, Irene Walters Johnson Building, East McDonnell Science Building, McDonnell Sciences Building and the Sleep Center offices located five miles west of the Washington University Medical Campus.
The department is home to numerous publicly and privately funded research centers. Among them, the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders and the Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (ADRC) serve as the primary hubs for neuroscience and neurodegenerative disease research.
Cross-organizational collaboration
Consistent with the spirit of collaboration that pervades WashU Medicine, many neurology faculty belong to more than one section and sections often include faculty primarily based in other departments. Similarly, many neurology faculty hold joint appointments in other clinical or basic science departments.
Members of the faculty are active in interdepartmental PhD or MD/PhD training programs, such as the WashU Medicine neuroscience program. The department maintains, on average, approximately ten graduate students working toward completion of PhD or MD/PhD degrees in laboratories directed by neurology faculty members.
Research efforts are also coordinated by two research centers: the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders and the Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (ADRC) and studies take place in a number of additional centers and labs. Institutional support for neuroscience research is additionally provided by two endowed research centers at WashU Medicine, the McDonnell Center for Higher Brain Function and the McDonnell Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. The department is an active participant in an annual neuroscience retreat sponsored by these two McDonnell Centers.
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Department head
Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD
Andrew B. and Gretchen P. Jones Professor
Head, Department of Neurology
Email: neurology@wustl.edu
Mailing address
Department of Neurology
MSC 8111-29-9000
WashU Medicine
660 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110