Jason Hassenstab, PhD, was installed as the Norman J. Stupp Professor of Neurology on Thursday, March 27, 2025. The ceremony was followed by remarks from John Morris, MS, and Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD, and an address from Hassenstab titled, “Boundaries and Crossing Borders in Alzheimer’s Disease Research.” Hassenstab is a professor of Neurology and professor […]
Deann Gavney joined WashU Medicine in 2017 as a clinic administrator in Orthopedic Surgery and transitioned to Neurology as the clinical operations director in 2020. She has a passion for operations management and enjoys the fast-paced and challenging working environment in Neurology. In her role, she has the opportunity to work with the incredible in-clinic […]
The WashU Alumni Association has chosen Mwiza Ushe, MD, MA, as one of this year’s Distinguished Alumni Scholarship Program (DASP) Faculty Honorees. The program recognizes four outstanding WashU Medicine alumni who are current or emeritus faculty members with a four-year, full-tuition scholarship given to a student in their name. “I couldn’t be prouder that Mwiza […]
Congratulations and welcome to our 2025-2026 residency intern class! We are so excited to welcome this diverse and fantastic group of trainees who are among the best of the best. The Adult Neurology cohort will begin its PGY1 Preliminary Medicine year in July 2025 and its PGY2 Neurology training in July 2026. The Pediatric Neurology […]
Sarah Bauer Huang, MD, PhD, has been appointed head of the Section of Neonatal Neurology, effective July 1, 2025. Chris Smyser, MD, will step down from this position to focus on his role as associate director of the Division of Pediatric and Developmental Neurology. Smyser joined the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine in […]
Xing “Cathy” Dai, MD, is the newest member of the Adult Neurology Residency Program leadership team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She will join Salim Chahin, MD, MSCE, Renee Van Stavern, MD, and Gregory Wu, MD, PhD, as an associate program director, starting July 1, 2025. She began transitioning into the […]
Jacki Mallmann began her career at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 1998 as a part-time administrative assistant in the Department of Psychiatry. She spent fourteen years working at the Midwest Alcoholism Research Center, where she gained invaluable administrative research experience by working on multiple NIH-funded studies, IRB submissions, data entry, general […]
Remarkably, Doug Whitney, 75, has escaped genetic destiny. Like many members of his family, Whitney inherited a rare genetic mutation that all but guarantees he would develop early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. But Whitney, whose relatives first showed symptoms of cognitive decline in their early 50s, remains mentally sharp with no signs of the devastating disease, and […]
Congratulations to Erin Foster, PhD, OTD, OTR/L who will receive the American Occupational Therapy Association’s (AOTA’s) Roster of Fellows Award at AOTA’s Inspire 2025 Annual Conference & Expo in Philadelphia, Pa. The Roster of Fellows recognizes occupational therapists who through their knowledge, expertise, leadership, advocacy, and/or guidance have made a significant contribution over time to […]
Terrance Kummer, MD, PhD, has been named Assistant Dean for Medical Student Research and Scholarship at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Kummer is currently the Director of EXPLORE, a longitudinal program that helps WashU MD students find and explore their academic niche in medicine. Dr. Kummer will continue in this role while also assuming […]