Joyce Romine Streamline Communications A new era is beginning in epilepsy care with the installation of WashU Medicine neurologist Aaron Struck, MD, as the inaugural Endowed Chair in Epilepsy at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The chair was created to advance research and clinical care for patients with seizure and epilepsy. Struck joined the WashU Medicine faculty in […]
Claudia Gambrah-Lyles, MD, MSCI, joins the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis on July 1, 2026, as instructor of neurology in the Division of Pediatric and Developmental Neurology. After earning her MD at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Gambrah-Lyles completed her pediatrics and child neurology residencies […]
Samridh Gupta Co-administrative Chief Where I’m from Charleston, IL Brief background about my education/training I went to Illinois Wesleyan University for undergrad. University of Illinois School of Medicine. What drew me to neurology I worked as CNA at assisted living and saw several residents with neuro-degenerative process. How my interests developed at WashU Came into […]
Renée Shellhaas, MD, MS, was installed as the David T. Blasingame Professor on Monday, June 8. The ceremony included remarks from David H. Perlmutter, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and the George and Carol Bauer Dean of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD, head of the […]
Nico U. F. Dosenbach, MD, PhD, was installed as the inaugural David M. and Tracy S. Holtzman Professor of Neurology on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. The ceremony included remarks from David H. Perlmutter, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and the George and Carol Bauer Dean of Washington University School of Medicine in St. […]
Alyssa Hiserote earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Illinois at Chicago and later completed her Master of Science in Nursing at UIC as well. After five years of bedside nursing with a focus in pediatrics, she chose to pursue her passion for research and accepted a Research Nurse Coordinator position […]
Brendan Whitelaw, MD, PhD, is a third year in the Adult Neurology Residency Program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He is planning to specialize in vascular neurology and pursue a career as a physician scientist studying the molecular mechanisms driving cerebrovascular disease. Whitelaw went to college at the University of Pennsylvania, […]
Sarah Biber, PhD, is an interdisciplinary researcher whose work integrates data science, bioinformatics, human-centered systems engineering, and implementation science. From 2021 to 2025, she co-led the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (NACC) as Executive Director and multi-Principal Investigator (mPI), guiding its transformation into a modern multimodal cloud-based platform that integrates longitudinal clinical, imaging, neuropathological, biomarker, genomic […]
Conrad Weihl, MD, PhD, was installed as the Gabe Weil Professor on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. The ceremony included remarks from David Perlmutter, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and the George and Carol Bauer Dean of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Chuck Rickert, MD, PhD, and Josephine and Richard Weil. […]
Jessica Hatch joined the Department of Neurology in 2025 as the director of Education and Business Administration. She has been at WashU since 2011 and was most recently assistant dean and director of Doctoral Programs at Olin Business School. She is passionate about the transformative power of higher education for individuals and the community. In […]