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By Jennifer Mosher, MA • March 24, 2025 April celebrates both Diversity Month and National Minority Health Month, providing an opportunity to recognize and honor the diversity of the world around us while also addressing the disproportionate burden of premature death and illness in racial and ethnic minority groups. Diversity Month acknowledges and embraces the diverse cultures, perspectives, […]

By Julia Sandvoss • March 24, 2025 The month of April is IBS Awareness Month, designed to raise awareness about this common but often misunderstood disorder. IBS affects millions of people worldwide, impacting daily life and causing significant discomfort. During this month, healthcare providers, advocacy groups, and individuals come together to educate the public, promote early detection, and […]

Patricia Litkowski, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and the Medical Director of Patient Experience at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Additionally, she holds the position of Director of Hospitalist Services for the Inpatient Medical Oncology department. Since Dr. Litkowski started with the Division of Hospital Medicine, she has made an incredible impact on its faculty and […]

On April 1, 2024, Ankita Kapoor, MD, and Samuel Reuter, PA-C, spearheaded the Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program for the Division of Hospital Medicine. The goal of this program is to offer specialized training for PAs and NPs, preparing them to deliver outstanding patient care, and facilitating a seamless transition from the academic environment into […]

“While this is just the beginning of the diagnostic learning journey, it has taken a true commitment by your faculty to implement our case review process—including ensuring approval by IRB, building and training their case review team, implementing workflows embedded into local culture/safety programs, and developing alliances with leaders in quality and safety at your […]

Devin Odom, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine within the Divisions of Hospital Medicine and Palliative Medicine at WashU. Dr. Odom has dedicated his career to enhancing communication skills education beyond residency training. He established and oversees the BJC Communication Skills Academy, which offers experiential learning opportunities for providers across the School of Medicine […]

Each month, the Patient Experience Team at Barnes-Jewish Hospital collects feedback from discharged patients about their experience during their hospital stay. In January of 2025, several hospitalists received excellent feedback from their patients. Dr. Andrew Alter’s patient mentioned him by name, saying, “My hospitalist doctor, Dr. Alter, was extraordinary and so was the nursing staff […]

In 2023, division hospitalists Dennis Chang, MD, Eileen Lee, MD, and Alex Thomas, MD organized the inaugural Roads to Success workshop with the goal of providing a comprehensive faculty development opportunity for hospitalists. After its initial success, Abby Spencer, MD, Professor and Vice Chair for Education and Director of the Academy of Educators, suggested a […]

The Department of Medicine hosts Medicine CPC every Friday during the academic year from 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm CST. Clinicopathological conference (CPC) is a case-based method of learning medicine by a problem-solving approach and has been in practice for more than 100 years now. A CPC is an outstanding presentation of a challenging case to […]

The WashU Minority Medical Association (WUMMA) is an organization of residents and fellows across different departments that work to empower minorities in the medical community through fostering an inclusive environment and supporting the professional and personal development of under-represented minority (URM) medical trainees. IDEAS Committee members Natalia Brito Rivera, MD, Jaime Flores-Ruiz, MD, and Corey […]