When patients leave the hospital, they are able to submit surveys to give feedback on their experience during their hospital stay. Patient experience scores are checked monthly, as nurses and doctors aim to improve patient care. In January-March of 2024, Oncology units 11800 and 12800 received their highest patient experience scores ever! The doctors and […]
The first-ever WUSM Specialty Choice Fair took place on April 17, 2024. The WUSM Career Advising Office organized the event and invited all departments to host a table to spotlight their specialty. All WUSM students were invited to mingle and seek advice around which specialty is their “right fit.” Eileen Lee, MD, and Randy Laine, […]
Each year, there is a national teaching competition between several schools, including Emory, Hopkins, University of Colorado, and VUMC. This year, Dennis Chang, MD, decided to help the Division of Hospital Medicine participate! We held our internal teaching competition on April 18, 2024. Each competitor chose a topic to speak on for eight minutes or […]
Many of the division’s hospitalists attended the SHM Converge Conference from April 12-15, 2024, in beautiful San Diego, California. Attendees included Dr. Dennis Chang, Dr. Stephanie Conner, Dr. Radha Devi, Maya Fiore, Dr. Margo Girardi, Dr. Ben Hoemann, Dr. Joyce Ji, Dr. Ankita Kapoor, Dr. Randy Laine, Dr. Gina LaRossa, Dr. Han Li, Dr. Mike […]
The Washington University SAFE (Supporting a Fair Environment) Program allows individuals to report their experiences in the learning environment. On April 12th, 2024, Dr. Elissa Arnold received an Accolade for contributing to a positive learning environment. One of her students had excellent feedback for her, stating, “I worked with Dr. Arnold for a full week […]
The NCCN Annual Conference in 2024 took place from Friday, April 5 to Sunday, April 7. It was hosted both at the Orlando World Center Marriott and virtually. Esteemed experts from renowned cancer centers convened to address updates to NCCN Guidelines®, advancements in various cancer types, and emerging topics in oncology. The event featured a […]
Beginning on April 1, 2024, our Division of Hospital Medicine initiates a Physician Assistant (PA) Fellowship Program at BJH. The goal is to provide PAs with additional clinical training and a robust educational experience in Hospital Medicine and relevant subspecialties during the fellowship. This 12-month training program starting April 1, 2024, will be a foundation […]
The Washington University SAFE (Supporting a Fair Environment) Program allows individuals to report their experiences in the learning environment. On March 8th, Dr. Dennis Chang received an Accolade for contributing to a positive learning environment. One of his students had wonderful feedback for him, stating, “This faculty member did such a great job of fostering […]
The Gateway Medicine Clerkship has selected Dr. Erin Baum to receive the “LeJIT” Teaching Award. This award recognizes Dr. Baum’s excellence in completing just-in-time assessments during the 2024 Block 1 Medicine Clerkship (January-February 2024). They stated, “You skillfully integrate JITs into your clinical and teaching workflows and provide meaningful, timely feedback to students through your […]
March 7th is National Hospitalist Day. This holiday recognizes the contributions of hospitalists nationwide and celebrates the individuals that make up the hospital medicine community. Did you know that hospital medicine is the fastest growing specialty in modern medicine? Hospitalists have played a valuable role in enhancing patient care and advancing the field of medicine and […]
The “Distinguished Service Teaching Award for Inclusion” is voted on each year by Washington University School of Medicine Phase 1 students. Students choose faculty members who have shown outstanding commitment, dedication, and patience in medical student education, distinguishing themselves through their exceptional service. This year, two hospitalists from the Division of Hospital Medicine have been […]
Each year, Barnes-Jewish Hospital sponsors a Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Symposium. This year’s theme was “The Road to Highly Reliable Care is Paved with Thoughtful Processes and Purposeful Performance.” Several of our hospitalists, and our research coordinator, Maya Fiore, participated in the symposium, with Maya, Stephanie Conner, MD, Han Li, MD, and Safa Farrag, […]
On Feb 22-23, 2024, members of the Division of Hospital Medicine’s Faculty Development Committee held another successful iteration of their Roads to Success faculty seminar. Members of this committee include Dr. Dennis Chang, Dr. Maria Gurrieri, Dr. Randy Laine, Dr. Eileen Lee, MD, Dr. Kieran Patel, and Dr. Alex Thomas. This was the first Roads […]
The clinicopathological conference, popularly known as CPC, is a case method process of learning medicine. It uses a problem-solving approach. A case is presented with diagnostic data and is followed by a discussion of differential diagnosis which is narrowed down to a final diagnosis. Speaker: Matt Freer, MD Division: Hospital Medicine Title: “A 44 y/o […]
The Specialized Food Aid Community of Practice is a group of experts across government, the academy, industry, donors, and international food aid programming agencies that meets monthly to discuss emerging issues in food aid evidence and programming. It is organized by members of USAID and includes individuals from UNICEF, World Food Programme, the Bill and […]
The research team proposed that utilizing point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can help triage inpatient transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) necessity. TTE is a clinical tool used for cardiac evaluation of hospitalized patients; the TTE worklist, however, can get lengthy and TTE orders are frequently associated with greater hospital length of stay. POCUS is a clinician performed, limited bedside […]
Saturday, February 3rd was National Women Physicians Day! This holiday pays tribute to the important contributions of female physicians in healthcare, and honors the pioneering achievements of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first American woman to earn a medical degree in 1849. This observance also emphasizes the importance of promoting gender diversity and equal opportunities in medicine […]
The Division of Hospital Medicine had its annual holiday party on Friday, January 26th at Work & Leisure. The faculty and staff had a wonderful time celebrating the holiday season, and spending time with coworkers, friends and family alike. We are excited to have more events like this to help our team bond as it […]
The Drum Major Awards were created to recognize individuals at WashU School of Medicine who embody what it means to be an upstander. In a 1968 sermon in Atlanta entitled “The Drum Major Instinct”, Dr. King stated “Yes, if you want to say I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major […]
Margo Girardi, MD, SHFM, was recently appointed for the 2024-2025 National SHM Practice Management committee. She will meet with her new committee for the first time during the National Meeting in San Diego this April. SHM Practice Management is responsible for providing non-clinical resources to the membership business aspects of hospital medicine and the management […]
As a part of the Supporting a Fair Environment (SAFE) initiative, individuals can now report positive experiences in the learning environment. Dr. Atkins, Dr. Johnson, Dr. McDonough, and Dr. Niu received reports about exemplary behavior on their part. Descriptions of their behavior include that they treat others with dignity and respect, demonstrate concern for student/trainee […]
As we continue to promote research within the DHM, we wanted to take a moment to highlight all of the research projects that Kevin Stephenson, MD, is currently working on. His first project is entitled “Improving Cognition and Gestational duration with targeted NuTrition (COGENT).” Nearly one-quarter of pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are undernourished, […]
Holly Perry, NP, Han Li, MD, and Brenna Zack, NP, wrote an abstract for the SHM Conference in April and were recently accepted to present! The upcoming conference will be a milestone for the DHM, as it will be the first time we have APCs attending and the first occasion where our APCs have had a […]
With all of the ongoing research from hospitalists within the DHM, and a continued effort to build research in our division, we have decided to launch our 13th committee- the research committee. This committee will focus on cataloging research, as well as discussing resources available at Washington University, methodologies, and providing opportunities for work in […]
Crystal Atwood, MD, Ankita Kapoor, MD, and Brenna Zack, NP, have come together to create an extensive educational curriculum for APCs in the DHM. These sessions will be a series of didactics given by physicians once a month, focusing on different subjects each month. The first lecture took place on Tuesday, January 25th, and was […]
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Bethany Dement, Dr. Krysta Heath, Dr. Thomas Hoyt, Dr. Joyce Ji, Dr. Daniel Kichura, and Dr. Alex Thomas on their recent promotion to Assistant Professor of Medicine. Excellent job!
The Department of Medicine is thrilled to share the success of our hospitalists who have secured fellowships for the upcoming year. Two of our hospitalists will be transitioning to fellowship right here at Barnes-Jewish Hospital- Dr. Elissa Arnold, who will be in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Dr. Justin Chen, who will be in […]
We found that those with SCD on chronic opioids, compared to those without SCD on chronic opioids, had twice as many opioid-related adverse events leading to healthcare encounters.” Anabeth Liu, MD Anabeth Liu was honored to attend the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology, the world’s largest professional society of hematologists. Its annual […]
Dr. Patricia Litkowski represented Barnes-Jewish Hospital at the annual NGPX Conference in Palm Springs, California with other leaders from the BJC Health System. The conference served as a form for national leaders in patient experience, healthcare, and business to discuss shared challenges and opportunities for growth. One of the most significant changes brought about by […]
The Division of Hospital Medicine is proud to announce that Martin Kerrigan, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, has accepted the position of Associate Director for the Internal Medicine Clerkship at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. As Associate Director for the clerkship, he will provide educational leadership and guidance for the School of […]
Dr. Litkowski and Dr. Shah shared results from their recent retrospective review at this year’s regional Society for Hospital Medicine Research Day. Their work focuses on reducing readmissions in hospitalized patients with cancer. They reviewed the Epic Readmission Risk score which has been previously validated in general medicine populations to examine if it would be […]
The true recipients of the LeJIT award therefore are you, the students who enthusiastically solicit and implement daily suggestions for growth. Randy Laine, MD “The LeJIT teaching award highlights the value of providing feedback (presently, through JITs, aka “Just In Time” assessments) to our students immediately after they have had the chance to practice one […]
This past summer the Office of Faculty Development solicited nominations to recognize outstanding individuals for their work and contributions in the Department of Medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. The perseverance and dedication of our staff carried us through the height of the pandemic, and we truly want to thank them for their continued efforts to keep […]
“It was an absolute honor to be involved with the first critical care consult on north campus. I’ve had similar collaborations in the past with the new ICU protocol at West County, and this felt very similar; like meeting an old friend in a new place.” Thomas Hoyt, MD Dr. Hoyt stated, “My consult involved […]