Physician Champion for Patient Experience at BJH- Patricia Litkowski, MD
Patricia Litkowski, MD, has been selected to serve as Physician Champion for Patient Experience at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The BJH Patient Experience team focuses on improving communication between physicians and their patients and also with each other. They strive to refine processes that will create a more compassionate, efficient, well-informed and coordinated patient care. In her […]
Cady B. Edwards, MD, named Co-Director of the Medicine Triage Attending Service
Cady B. Edwards, MD, will serve as the Co-Director of the Medicine Triage Attending (MTA) service alongside Nathan Martin, MD. The MTA service is 24/7 and the hospitalist serving as MTA is responsible for triaging Medicine patients being admitted to BJH. The MTA works closely with the Emergency Department, Patient Placement, Transfer Center, Intensive Care […]
Katy Filson, MD and Zach Morgan, MD named Co-Directors of the Patient Care Operations Committee
Patient Care Operations Committee serves the Division of Hospital Medicine (DHM) by coordinating the frontline operations of the division. The committee is one of the largest within the division and has about 20% of the entire hospital medicine faculty as representation. As Co-Directors, Drs. Katy Filson and Zach Morgan, along with the members of the […]
Happy National Hospitalist Day
Celebrated the first Thursday in March annually, National Hospitalist Day recognizes hospitalists across the globe. It is the fastest growing specialty in medicine. A specialty, whose rooted mission is to provide exceptional care for hospitalized patients through education, advocacy, research, quality improvement initiatives, and more, the need for these dedicated clinicians continue to grow. Happy National […]
WashU Reach spurs changes to global guidelines for feeding malnourished kids (Links to an external site)
President-Elect of the BJH Medical Staff Association – Michael Lin, MD
Michael Lin, MD, is the newly elected president-elect of the BJH Medical Staff Association. Dr. Lin will serve a two-year term. The BJH Medical Staff Association’s mission is to represent all the physicians practicing at Barnes-Jewish Hospital committed to optimizing the quality of care the patients receive in our health care environment and to implement […]
DHM Hosts Visiting Professor – Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM
On December 14th, the Division of Hospital Medicine was honored to host visiting professor Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM. Dr. Auron presented “High-Value Care Blood Management” at the DHM Grand Rounds in the Dacey Auditorium. He shared his expertise on evidence-based transfusion practices. He also met with individual faculty to discuss topics including QI […]
Holobaugh Honors recognizes leaders who serve LGBTQIA communities (Links to an external site)
The annual James M. Holobaugh Honors ceremony celebrates Washington University in St. Louis community members who advocate for and serve LGBTQIA communities. This year’s honorees were students Kayla Arenschield, Pat Banker, Dee Cea, Jesse Harris, Savannah Henderson, Olivia Kerr, Eric Lei, Maya Phelps, Emille Taylor, Violet Walker and Izzy Yanover; alum Bo Schmit; and Anthony […]
LeJIT Teaching Award Recipient – Alex Thomas, MD
The LeJIT Teaching Award is given to those selected by the Gateway Medicine Clerkship for providing meaningful and timely feedback to medical students via completing just-in-time assessments (also known as “JITs”). These help students develop skills and create a positive learning environment that fosters feedback and growth. A 2 LeJIT 2 Quit sticker is given […]
New Firm Medical Directors (Links to an external site)
