Salena Cui Co-administrative Chief Where I’m from Ottawa, Canada Brief background about my education/training I went to Harvard for college where I majored in Statistics and focused on data analysis for research in psychology and mental health. Research and volunteer experiences in healthcare ultimately led me to medicine. I worked as a clinical research coordinator […]
Kimystian Harrison, MD, MSCR, grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, where she received most of her formal education. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Tougaloo College, followed by a Master of Science degree from Mississippi College. She then obtained her medical degree from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. After medical school, Harrison […]
Lora Clark joined the Department of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in January 2024 as the senior manager of Medical Education Programs. In her role, Clark oversees the coordination of residency and fellowship programs and drives strategic alignment and execution to ensure the highest quality and consistency in the trainee […]
Brian “Keith” Day, MD, PhD, will assume the role of interim section chief for the Section of Adult Epilepsy. This comes as Edward R. Hogan, MD, steps down from the role in which he has provided exemplary leadership. Under Hogan’s guidance, the Section of Epilepsy has seen significant growth both in size and scope. His […]
Lori Nichols is a native of Collinsville, Illinois. She earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Psychology and Sociology as well as a Master of Science in Education from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Following graduate school, she returned to the St. Louis area and now calls Crestwood, Missouri home. She began her career in […]
Mai Dang, MD, PhD, started her formal education in the small town of Janesville, Wisconsin. She and her ethnic Chinese family landed there after they immigrated to the U.S. from Vietnam. They then moved to Chicago when she was in middle school. She attended the University of Chicago for college and majored in sociology with […]
Réjean “Rej” Guerriero, DO, has been appointed the section head for Pediatric Epilepsy, effective July 1, 2024. Concurrently, Stuart Tomko, MD, will become medical director of the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and Neurophysicology Laboratory, which is a National Association of Epilepsy Centers Level 4 (highest level) Pediatric Epilepsy Center. Guerriero will direct […]
Leah Rae Vandiver Czerniewski, a doctoral student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, died of a long illness Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was 34.
Congratulations to the four Department of Neurology faculty who were named 2024 Dean’s Impact Award recipients. Click the links below to learn more about them and why they are so deserving of this honor. The Dean’s Impact Awards recognize individuals who exhibit enduring commitment to advancing the careers of others through exceptional mentorship and sponsorship […]
Erik S. Musiek, MD, PhD, a professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was installed as the Charlotte and Paul Hagemann Professor of Neurology at a ceremony on Thursday, March 28, 2024 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center. At the ceremony, Musiek presented the talk titled, “Circadian clocks and […]