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 […]
Randall J. Bateman, MD, the Charles F. & Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor of Neurology, and David M. Holtzman, MD, the Barbara Burton and Reuben M. Morriss III Distinguished Professor, have been selected as joint recipients of the 2026 WashU Medicine Dean’s Medal for Excellence in Innovation & Commercialization. This award recognizes WashU Medicine faculty members […]
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 […]
Irwin Levy Resident Teaching Award outstanding teaching by a Neurology resident Neurology Clerkship Student Teaching Award faculty chosen by the students Neurology Clerkship Student Faculty Teaching Award Honor Roll Neurology Clerkship Student Resident Teaching Award Honor Roll Sven Eliasson Award for Teaching Excellence outstanding teaching by an adult Neurology attending Adult Neurology Teaching Excellence Honor […]
Please join us in extending our warmest congratulations to Anne Wagner, RN, RSN, who has been named the 2026 St. Louis Magazine Excellence in Nursing Award winner for neurology. This is an outstanding accomplishment and a reflection of the compassion, skill and dedication she brings to her work every day. Nurses are truly the backbone […]
Four members of WashU Medicine Neurology have been elected into the WashU Medicine Chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Honor Medical Society as part of the AΩA Class of 2026: AΩA is a national organization — founded in 1902 — that values high quality patient care, leadership, service and scholarship. The Society’s aims are […]
Claire Clelland, MD, PhD, MPhil, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences, has been selected as the winner of the 2025 WashU Medicine Bold Pioneer Award. A ceremony to celebrate her was held April 24, 2026, in the Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium on […]
Autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease (ADAD) is a form of genetically inherited Alzheimer’s that makes up only about 1% of Alzheimer’s disease occurrences. However, because of the extremely high rate and early age at which individuals with the gene mutations develop Alzheimer’s disease, and also because of the high heritability of the mutation, ADAD is widely […]
With an increasingly aging global population and no available preventative treatments, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are poised to become an even larger public health challenge. The mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease are difficult to study because the disease has a long developmental period during which changes in the brain can occur years before symptoms appear. […]