People

Bethany Dement, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine. She works on the oncology and bone marrow transplant services, and she has an interest in teaching medical students rotating on these services. Additionally, she serves on the hospitalist BMT/Oncology committee.

Radha Devi, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine. She did her residency in Chicago and worked as a hospitalist in one of the Mayo Clinic satellite locations prior to joining the division in 2017. She is the Co-Director of the recruitment committee for the division. Radha has interests in patient safety and quality improvement and serves on the patient safety and quality committee within the Division of Hospital Medicine.  She serves as the Medical Director for the North Campus Medicine Floors 7900 and 8900. She cares for patients on the direct hospitalist service, FIRM medicine, and BMT, and is involved in teaching residents and medical students. Other areas of interest include interprofessional teamwork, advancement of women, and diversity initiatives within the division.

Cady Edwards, MD, is an Instructor in Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine and serves as co-director of the Medicine Triage Attending service. She spends most of her clinical time as a nocturnist taking care of patients overnight. She serves on the patient care operations committee and has special interest in patient throughput, triage, and distribution overnight. She also works at Barnes-Jewish West County and serves on the Barnes-Jewish West County Pharmacy & Therapeutics committee. She is a recent recipient of the Covid STAR award recognizing significant clinical contributions during the Covid-19 pandemic. She has a special interest in physician wellness, particularly for full time nocturnists.

Lauren Elliott, DNP, is a Family Nurse Practitioner. She received her BSN at Goldfarb School of Nursing in St. Louis, Missouri. She started her nursing career in acute care medicine at BJH in 2015. She received her Doctorate in Nursing Practice at University of Missouri St. Louis (UMSL). She joined the Division of Hospital Medicine at Washington University as an NP in 2023.

Tim Evans, MD, is an Instructor in Medicine and Pediatrics within the respective Divisions of Hospital Medicine. He attends as a hospitalist on both the hospitalist and oncology services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH). He attends as a hospitalist/nocturnist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) on both teaching and non-teaching teams and provides direct care to pediatric patients in the emergency departments of several community hospitals. He serves on the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) Committee, with an active role in safety event reviews at BJH. Areas of interest include medical education, patient safety and quality improvement (PSQI), curriculum development in PSQI, and mentorship.

Arafat Ali Farooqui, MD, is an Instructor in Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine. He received his medical degree from the King Edward Medical University Lahore, Pakistan and completed his internal medicine residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. He has a special interest in oncology and cardiology with particular focus on performing systematic reviews and conducting meta-analyses. He works as an attending physician on the General Medicine and Oncology hospitalist services.

Safa Farrag, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Fellow of the American College of Physicians. She is dual board certified for both the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (ABQAURP). She has special interest and experience in implementing Quality methodology and Safety tools to provide high value care and improve outcomes. Dr. Farrag attends General Medicine Inpatient Teaching service (FIRM medicine), Consults service, and Hospitalist Direct Care.  She has published several articles on quality improvement and women’s health, and has won several awards for the best QI projects and for her dedication to teaching and patient care service.

Carol Faulk, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine with interests in resident well-being and medical education.  She is core faculty and Director of Well-being for the Internal Medicine residency program.  She is also co-director of the Internal Medicine-Advanced Clinical Rotation, which is a rotation similar to a traditional medicine sub-internship for the phase III medical students.  She attends on a mix of the General Medicine Inpatient teaching service (FIRM medicine), Procedure team, and Hospitalist Direct Care.

Kathryn Filson, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of Patient Care Operations within the Division of Hospital Medicine. She has an interest in clinical patient care, system wide operations, medical education and financial structures. She is the Chair of the Compensation Committee within the Division of Hospital Medicine and helped develop the current bonus incentive structure. Dr. Filson has been with the Department of Medicine since 2018 and spends her clinical time attending on direct patient care services & supervising residents on the inpatient Firm Medicine teams.

Catherine Finneran, MD, MPH, is an Instructor in Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine. Prior to joining the Division, Dr. Finneran worked in public health research and programming in the Southeastern United States, where she contributed to projects addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic among sexual minorities and gender-diverse persons. A passionate researcher, her area of interest comprises ways in structural violence and oppression impact persons most at risk for health care disparities. Her work also focuses on graduate medical education of intern and resident physicians, with a special interest in infectious diseases, antibiotic management, and early identification and treatment of sepsis.

Maya Fiore, BA, is a graduate from Washington University in St. Louis, where she majored in Neuroscience and minored in Global Health and the Environment. Before working in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Maya assisted with both public health and bench lab research efforts. Now, as a Research Coordinator, she is assisting with quality improvement studies focused on care transitions, POCUS, and overall patient experience. She hopes to continue this type of research in medical school and beyond. Areas of interest include health literacy, QI studies, and lifestyle medicine.

Dr. Jaime Flores-Ruiz, MD, holds the position of Instructor in Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine. In this role, he serves as the primary physician for medicine inpatients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Additionally, he is responsible for supervising interns and residents who are rotating on the Hospital Medicine service. Dr. Flores-Ruiz also works as an Internal Medicine consultant at the Psychiatric Care at Delmar Center. He is a member of the IDEAS committee, which focuses on improving health quality. As part of this committee, he contributes to initiatives aimed at enhancing healthcare practices and outcomes. Dr. Flores-Ruiz volunteers at Affinia Healthcare Clinic providing post-hospital care to patients who face socio-economic barriers and have limited access to healthcare services.

James Matthew Freer, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and member of the Society of Hospital Medicine.  He works on the hospitalist service at both BJH and BJWC and attends on the inpatient medicine teaching service and the bedside procedure service.  His interests include teaching of medical students and residents and supervising residents performing bedside procedures.  Since 2007, Dr. Freer has served as the Director of the Procedure Service.  He served as the editor and authored much of the Washington Manual of Bedside Procedures.  Dr. Freer has also authored numerous book chapters and two papers on a variety of topics.  Dr. Freer has been the invited discussant at the Clinicopathologic Conference (CPC) seven times.  His other areas of interest include procedural simulation training, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), and clinical operations at BJWC hospital.