Division of Hospital Medicine – 2022 Summer Highlights

We are very proud of our Division of Hospital Medicine faculty and staff. Thank you for all your hard work and many achievements this summer! John Cras, MD received the 2021 Friend of Nursing Award at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital. He received not one, but four nominations for the award. Nurses specifically called out his […]

Welcome New Hospitalists

Please join us in extending a big, warm welcome to our new faculty members: Justin Chen, MD – Instructor in Medicine Jeffrey Choi, MD – Instructor in Medicine Stephanie Conner, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine Madeline Grondalski, MD – Instructor in Medicine Vivek Hansalia, MD – Instructor in Medicine Edward Hurtte, MD – Instructor […]

Business of Pride Award – Anthony T. Dao, MD

Tony Dao, MD

The St. Louis Business Journal has recognized Anthony T. Dao, MD with a Business of Pride Award. Dr. Dao is director of OUTmed, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group sponsored by the Department of Medicine. Tony was also featured in an advertisement in SHM’s The Hospitalist (see page 15).

Congratulations to our new Assistant Professors of Medicine

We are pleased to announce that the Executive Faculty has approved the promotion of the following Division of Hospital Medicine faculty to Assistant Professor of Medicine. Anthony Dao, MD Han Li, MD Patricia Litkowski, MD Zachary Morgan, MD

General Internal Medicine Teachers of the Year – Dennis Chang, MD and Eric Johnson, MD

The teacher of the year award for inpatient medicine is an award selected by the Internal Medicine residents.  All internal medicine residents are invited to submit 2 names of the top teachers on inpatient medicine from the attendings in the Divisions of General Medicine and Hospital Medicine.  The two attendings who receive the most nominations win […]

Join us on April 15, 2022 for Wash U Internal Medicine CPC – Tony Dao, MD

Tony Dao, MD

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: Tony Dao, MD Division: Hospital Medicine Title: “58 y/o F […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Stephanie Teja, MD

Dr. Stephanie Teja joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in March of 2022. She was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, moved to Singapore during her school years, and came to California for college. She attended Foothill Community College, transferred to The University of California, Berkeley and graduated […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Robert Young, MD

Dr. Young attended the University of Delaware and graduated magna cum laude. He received his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College, also graduating magna cum laude. He trained at Boston University Medical Center for his internship and completed his residency at ChristianaCare in Delaware. Later he obtained a Masters in Health Service and Outcomes Research […]

Happy National Hospitalist Day

Celebrated the first Thursday in March annually, National Hospitalist Day recognizes hospitalists across the globe. 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.

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Nada Zmeter, MD

Dr. Nada Zmeter joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in July 2021. She grew up in Lebanon and attended both college and medical school at the American University of Beirut: she initially earned a Bachelor of Sciences in Biology in 2012, then graduated with a Medical […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Shannon Zalewski, MD

Dr. Shannon Zalewski joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine in July of 2021. She was born in Madison, WI and grew up in a suburb of Chicago. She attended Purdue University where she initially enrolled in the pre-pharmacy program, but ultimately decided to pursue a career in medicine. She […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Elizabeth Terry, MD

Dr. Elizabeth Terry (Beth) joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2021. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama and thereafter moved to Sylacauga, Alabama where she grew up. She attended the University of Alabama and graduated summa cum laude from the University Honors Program […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Elizabeth Rosenthal, MD

Dr. Elizabeth Tapley Rosenthal joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2021. She was born in Portland, Maine and soon after moved to Austin, Texas. She considers herself to be a true Texan. She attended Concordia University in Irvine, California and graduated with a […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist- Zain Raza, MD

Dr. Zain Raza joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2021. He grew up in Edmond, Oklahoma just north of Oklahoma City. He attended Washington and Lee University in Virginia and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Bachelor […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Tanvir Rahman, MD

In July 2021, Dr. Tanvir Rahman assumed the position of Instructor in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Hospital Medicine. He was born in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and pursued his medical education at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, University of Dhaka. Dr. Rahman completed his medical degree in 2011, followed by a one-year internship […]

BJWCH Chief of Staff, Elect – Adam Littich, MD

Adam Littich, who is currently the Medical Director of the BJWCH hospitalist service, has been elected by the medical staff of Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital to the position of Chief of Staff, Elect.  His term as Chief of Staff starts on 1/1/24; until then he will act as the backup Chief of Staff.  He previously […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Ali Osman, MD

Dr. Ali Osman joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in July 2021. He was born in Oman and raised in both Sudan and Saudi Arabia. He graduated from Alsideeg High School in Saudi, Khamis Mushayt and moved to Sudan for medical school at Shendi University. During medical […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Adora Nwankwo, MD

Dr. Adora Chinenye Nwankwo became a member of the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June 2021. She was born in the nation’s capital and raised in Montgomery County, Maryland. She attended Cornell University and graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. After graduating she […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Alyssa Moller, MD

Dr. Alyssa Renee Moller joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in July 2021. She was born in Los Angeles, California and moved to the Chicago area shortly thereafter, where she spent the remainder of her childhood. She attended college at Washington University in St. Louis and […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – James McMenimen, MD

Dr. James McMenimen joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2021. He was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. During his studies, he was able to spend a summer as an AMGEN scholar, conducting organic chemistry research […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Emily Mattoon, MD

Dr. Emily Mattoon joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2021. She was born in Mountain View, California and soon after moved to San Diego. She attended Duke University and graduated cum laude in 2013 with a major in Biology and minors in Chemistry and […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Jeffrey Marinshaw, MD

Dr. Jeffrey Marinshaw joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an instructor in June 2021. He grew up in Chapel Hill, NC before attending Washington University in St. Louis where he was a Dieckmann Scholar. He graduated summa cum laude with bachelor’s degrees in Biology and Classics in 2012 and […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Sonya Liu, MD

Dr. Sonya Liu joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2021. She was born in Arkansas prior to moving to St. Louis where she spent most of her childhood. Her family then moved to Pocatello, Idaho, which she now proudly calls home. She returned to […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Shiyuan Anabeth Liu, MD

Dr. Shiyuan Anabeth Liu joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in June 2021. She was born in northeastern China and moved to western Massachusetts when she was nine. She attended Dartmouth College and graduated magna cum laude with Honors in neuroscience in 2014. She was inducted into […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Alex Lane, MD

Dr. Alex Ryan Lane joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2021. He grew up in Southern Illinois and attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for his undergraduate degree. He graduated with honors and highest distinction in Psychology in 2011. After college, he worked as […]

2021 Academy of Educators Honor Roll Awardees – Dennis Chang, MD and Mark Thoelke, MD

Please extend a warm congratulations to Dennis Chang, MD and Mark Thoelke, MD, recipients of the 2021 Honor Roll Award for the Academy of Educators. The Academy of Educators at Washington University School of Medicine try to foster a collaboration of ideas and knowledge to further the scholarly interests of the university. Members of the […]

Join us on November 5, 2021 for Wash U Internal Medicine CPC – Nathan Martin, MD, SFHM

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: Nathan Martin, MD, SFHM Division: Hospital Medicine Title: “56 y/o […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Lauren Jurkowski, MD

Dr. Lauren Jurkowski joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2021. She was born in the northwest Chicago suburbs and lived there for most of her life. She received her undergraduate degree from Northern Illinois University and graduated cum laude with a major in Biology […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Ihab Hassanieh, MD

Dr. Ihab Hassanieh joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in June 2021. He was born in a small village in Lebanon and moved to Beirut, Lebanon to attend the American University of Beirut. There, he graduated in 2012 with a major in Biology and received his […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Kelsey Chow, MD

Dr. Kelsey Chow joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2021. She was born in Canada but grew up mostly in Centennial, Colorado. She completed her bachelor’s degree in both Biochemistry and Economics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. After college, she became […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Miguel Chavez Concha, MD, MSc

Dr. Miguel A. Chavez joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2021. He was born in Lima, Peru and he graduated from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia medical school in 2013. He also completed a Masters in Science focused on Research and Epidemiology from […]

Meet Our New Hospitalist – Behzad Amoozgar, MD, MPH

Dr. Behzad Amoozgar joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July 2021. He was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. He graduated from Tehran University of Medical Science which has the highest rank among all the medical schools in Iran. After graduation Dr. Amoozgar immigrated to Canada […]

Congratulations to our new Associate Professors of Medicine

Left to Right (starting at the top) Matt Freer,

We are pleased to announce that the Executive Faculty has approved the promotion of the following Division of Hospital Medicine faculty to Associate Professor of Medicine. J. Matt Freer, MD Caroline Kahle, MD Nathan Martin, MD Lois Richard, MD, PhD

Welcome New Hospitalists

Please join us in extending a big, warm welcome to our new faculty members: Behzad Amoozgar, MD – Instructor in Medicine Miguel Chavez Concha, MD – Instructor in Medicine Kelsey Chow, MD – Instructor in Medicine Ihab Hassanieh, MD – Instructor in Medicine Lauren Jurkowski, MD – Instructor in Medicine Alex Lane, MD – Instructor […]

2021 General Internal Medicine Teachers of the Year – Dennis Chang, MD and Carol Faulk, MD

Dennis Chang, MD (left) Carol Faulk, MD

The teacher of the year award for inpatient medicine is an award selected by the Internal Medicine residents.  All internal medicine residents are invited to submit 2 names of the top teachers on inpatient medicine from the attendings in the Divisions of General Medicine and Hospital Medicine.  The two attendings who receive the most nominations win […]

Happy National Hospitalist Day

Happy Hospitalist Day! Thank you for all you do! National Hospitalist Day recognizes the contributions of more than 60,000 hospitalists nationwide on the first Thursday in March annually. Hospital medicine is one of the fastest-growing specialties in modern medicine, and those who practice it are known as hospitalists. Hospitalists manage patient care throughout their inpatient […]

Welcome New Hospitalists

Please join us in extending a big, warm welcome to our new faculty members: Erin Baum, MD – Instructor in Medicine Ashley Brown, MD – Instructor in Medicine Evan Dupart, MD – Instructor in Medicine Cady Edwards, MD – Instructor in Medicine Syed Ehsanullah, MD – Instructor in Medicine Tim Evans, MD – Instructor in […]

General Internal Medicine Teachers of the Year – Dennis Chang, MD and Eric Johnson, MD

The teacher of the year award for inpatient medicine is an award selected by the Internal Medicine residents.  All internal medicine residents are invited to submit 2 names of the top teachers on inpatient medicine from the attendings in the Divisions of General Medicine and Hospital Medicine.  The two attendings who receive the most nominations win […]

SHM St. Louis Chapter – Gold Chapter of the Year

The St. Louis Chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), for which Crystal Atwood, MD and Matt Brinkmeier, MD serve as officers, won the Gold Chapter of the Year award for 2019.  SHM recognizes its chapters for their hard work and dedication as they strive to demonstrate growth, sustenance, and innovation within their chapter […]

Leading the Capstone Paracentesis Experience – Dr. Matt Freer

The Capstone experience is a required rotation for 4th year medical students to prepare them for internship.  As part of this rotation, students attend a Capstone Procedural Workshop for an afternoon.  This involves training with ultrasound equipment and hands-on teaching on how to perform various invasive bedside procedures. Matt Freer, MD, director of the Internal […]

Interim Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine – Dr. Michael Lin

The Division of Hospital Medicine is excited to announce that Michael Lin, MD SFHM, Associate Professor of Medicine, has been named Interim Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine, effective January 1. While a national search for the next chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine has been initiated, Dr. Lin will serve as the […]