Getting to know Neurology’s new vice chair for education, Doug Larsen

Doug Larsen

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 […]

Amy Bain announced as Department of Neurology’s Staff Employee of the Quarter

Amy Bain

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 […]

Chrissy McIntosh announced as Department of Neurology’s Staff Employee of the Quarter

Chrissy McIntosh

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 […]

42 Neurology faculty recognized on 2022 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® and Rising Stars lists

Composite of dozens of Neurology faculty members who were listed as Castle Connolly's 2022 Top Docs and Rising Stars

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 […]

Amar elected Fellowship Representative for the Graduate Medical Education Committee

Jordan Amar

The Graduate Medical Education Committee has elected Jordan Amar, MD, as its Fellow Representative. He was selected from a pool of about 600 Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis fellows and will serve for the 2022-2023 academic year. Amar is a fellow with the Section of Vascular Neurology. “I am thrilled for the […]

Miller named Clayson Professor of Neurology

Timothy M. Miller, MD, PhD, a leading researcher in the neurodegenerative disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has been named the David Clayson Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The professorship was established in 2001 through a bequest from David Clayson, PhD, to support innovative research into treatments for ALS, the […]

Wong named Green Professor of Pediatric Neurology

Michael Wong, MD, PhD, has been named the Allen P. and Josephine B. Green Professor of Pediatric Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Wong sees patients with pediatric epilepsy at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and specializes in basic research into the origins of the illness. Pediatric epilepsy can be caused by genetic mutations and brain […]

Researchers are studying families for clues to how Alzheimer’s develops

Lizeth Navarro at her home in La Habra, California, on Dec. 22, 2016. The 19-year-old chemical engineering major decided to attend college nearby partly just to keep an eye on her mother. She hasn’t decided whether to get tested for the mutation herself. Photo by Heidi de Marco/KHN

Rosemary Navarro was living in Mexico when her brother called from California. Something wasn’t right with their mom, then in her early 40s. She was having trouble paying bills and keeping jobs as a food preparer in convalescent homes. Navarro, then 22, moved back to the U.S. with her two young children. Before long, Navarro […]