Born and raised in Florissant, Missouri, Ali Vonderheid played soccer, basketball, volleyball and softball throughout grade school, as well as nightly street hockey games with the neighborhood boys (yes, she was the only girl!). She continued playing soccer through high school and college where she attended Missouri Southern State University in Joplin (Vonderheid came back […]
The Department of Neurology congratulates Neurology Clinical Research Coordinator II Alicia Vonderheid for being awarded the Neurology Staff Employee of the Quarter for Q3 FY23. Vonderheid was nominated by faculty and staff because of her exceptional ability to make research participants and their caretakers feel calm and cared for. Those who nominated her, also, highlighted […]
Peter Kang, MD, MSCI, came to Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis for his neurology residency in 2012 and felt like he’d found a home. So, he moved on to a fellowship in neurocritical care and joined the Department of Neurology’s faculty afterwards where he has spent his time caring for patients, teaching […]
Education has been top-of-mind for Doug Larsen, MD, MEd, since the very beginning of his career. His medical school application focused on the physician as an educator. And pediatric neurology is essentially embedded in his DNA. “You could say I was exposed since birth!” Larsen, a professor of neurology & pediatrics at Washington University School […]
The Department of Neurology congratulates Neurology Clinical Office Supervisor Amy Bain for being awarded the Neurology Staff Employee of the Quarter for Q2 FY23. Bain was nominated by faculty and staff because she is a steadfast leader among the staff in the Section of Movement Disorders through constant change who is the go-to person for […]
The Department of Neurology congratulates Neurology Medical Student Education Coordinator Chrissy McIntosh for being awarded the first-ever Neurology Staff Employee of the Quarter for Q1 FY23. McIntosh was nominated by faculty and staff for her work in managing the extensive transition of the department’s clerkship program to the Medical School’s new Gateway curriculum. Those who […]
Four faculty members at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, a part of the National Academy of Sciences. They are Opeolu M. Adeoye, MD; Farshid Guilak, PhD; David H. Gutmann, MD, PhD; and Jonathan Kipnis, PhD. Membership in the academy is considered one of the […]
The Department of Neurology is pleased to announce 42 of our faculty members have been selected for the 2022 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® and Rising Stars lists. We are proud of our physicians for their hard work and dedication to their patients each and every day. Each year, Castle Connolly uses a merit-based system to […]
Catherine Lang, PhD, professor of physical therapy, of neurology and of occupational therapy at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been awarded a MERIT award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award will support five years […]
Renée Shellhaas, MD, has been named associate dean for faculty promotions and career development at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She comes to the school from the University of Michigan, where she is an associate chair for career development and a pediatric neurologist. She begins her new role in October.