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Syeda Ashna Fatima Kamal, MD, is an Instructor in Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine. Kamal was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and spent much of her formative years in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where she completed her middle school, high school, and college education. She earned her medical degree from Dow International Medical College in Pakistan, graduating in 2018. Her postgraduate training began with an internal medicine residency internship at Lincoln Medical Center in Bronx, New York. She then continued her internal medicine residency as a PGY-2 and PGY-3 at Southern Illinois University in Springfield, Illinois, where she graduated in 2024. Following her residency, she pursued a palliative care fellowship at Saint Louis University, completing it in 2025. Kamal is committed to providing exceptional patient care, contributing to medical education, and continuing her involvement in clinical research, particularly in the realm of oncology and hematology.

Ankita Kapoor, MD, MBBS, joined the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in October 2022. She provides direct care to patients admitted on the Hospitalist Service at BJH as well as BJWCH. She serves as the Director of the Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) Workforce Development, in the Division of Hospital Medicine. She enjoys teaching residents and medical students along with the PA students. She has assisted with curating an APC educational Curriculum and a robust APC evaluation process. She is also the Director of the Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program for APCs at BJH. Dr. Kapoor serves on several committees within the Division, such as Physician and APC Recruitment, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety as well as Orientation. She is also involved in the WashU Gateway Medical Conference Task Force. She also aids in interviewing and recruiting medical students for the IM Residency Program. Her current areas of interest are general internal medicine, particularly hospital medicine and inpatient services.

Dr. Kaya joined the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in Medicine in July 2024. She was accepted to one of the top third medical schools in Turkey after being part of the 0.1 percentile of students in the national exam of Turkey. During medical school, she participated in multiple community service projects with the Rotary International Organization in Turkey, including blood donation projects to raise awareness and mental/mood supporting projects for children in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology hospitals. After completing medical school, she started to work as a research fellow in Cleveland Clinic Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, by 2020. She participated in multiple research projects during her time at the Cleveland Clinic about inflammatory bowel diseases and advanced endoscopic procedures, including endoscopic mucosal resection and endoscopic submucosal dissection. She completed her Internal Medicine training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Central Pennsylvania prior to joining the division.

Martin Kerrigan, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and serves as a Co-Director of the Internal Medicine Service in the Division of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Kerrigan also serves as the Internal Medicine Associate Clerkship Director for the School of Medicine and works as a Physician Utilization Management Advisor for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. His clinical interests include medical consultation, medical student education, curriculum development, and providing high value clinical care. He attends on the inpatient general medicine teaching service (Firm), on the medicine consult service, and on the hospitalist direct care service.

Amani Khalouf, MD, joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in October 2025. She was born and raised in Damascus, Syria before moving to the United Arab Emirates in 2013 to pursue her medical degree in Medicine and Surgery in University of Sharjah, UAE, while simultaneously working on basic cellular research in modifying biological pathways involved in Obesity. Dr. Khalouf graduated with Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 2019 and joined Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi for Emergency Medicine Residency. During her residency, she served in acute stepdown units of COVID 19 patients during the COVID 19 outbreak. Meanwhile, Dr. Khalouf cultivated her interest in Cardiac Critical Care and was involved in multiple research projects including COVID 19 patients and Cardiac patients. She then moved to the USA for further training and completed her Internal Medicine Residency training in Rochester General Hospital, NY in 2025. She has special interest in autonomic dysfunction groups and POTS patients.

Dr. Ali Ayub Khan joined the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in Medicine in July 2024. He grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, before attending the University of Oklahoma for undergraduate studies. He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry with a minor in Spanish while also completing the Interdisciplinary Honors Program. He dedicated much of his time during undergrad to the service of his community, specifically the underserved and uninsured Hispanic populations, through volunteer work at free medical clinics. He continued his studies at the University of Oklahoma and obtained a master’s degree in science in the field of prevention sciences and addiction. He went on to receive his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma—Tulsa School of Community Medicine. Dr. Khan then completed his internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. His training at this large university center and safety net hospital further reinforced the importance of socioeconomic factors on population health and health disparities.

Dr. Hazera Khatun joined the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in Medicine in July 2024. She earned her MBBS degree from Dhaka Medical College in Bangladesh and completed her hematology training, receiving a fellowship from BCPS. Dr. Khatun has published multiple articles in clinical research on hematology. She obtained an MSc in Biomedical Sciences from King’s College London, UK, as a Commonwealth Scholar. In the USA, she completed her residency in Internal Medicine and has been practicing as a full-time hospitalist since 2019. Dr. Khatun also has a keen interest in clinical education and briefly taught as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine.

Daniel Kichura, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine.  He is the Director of Malignant Hematology (Bone Marrow Transplant) Hospitalists and co-chair of the Hospitalist BMT/Oncology Committee.  He attends on the Malignant Hematology and Medical Oncology services, and as a teaching attending for the Internal Medicine residency program (Firm).  He also serves on the Patient Care Operations, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, and Recruitment committees and the Oncology Fall Response Group.  He is interested the care of hospitalized malignant hematology patients, patient safety and quality improvement, teaching medical students and residents, and mentoring new hospitalists.

Adam Kneepkens, MD, joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July 2025. He was born and raised in Duluth, MN, before attending Saint Louis University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in political science and biology. Following this, he returned to Minnesota to receive his medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School in the Twin Cities. Kneepkens completed his internal medicine internship and residency training at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis prior to joining the Division of Hospital Medicine. He decided to stay at BJH/WashU following residency because of the cooperative culture and excellent patient care offered to all patients. His clinical and professional interests include medical student and resident education, quality improvement work, complex patient care coordination, resource utilization, and improving patient experience.

Brian Kocak, MD, joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2025. He was born and grew up outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he attended the University of Pittsburgh for undergraduate and medical studies. He graduated summa cum laude with dual degrees in philosophy and microbiology in 2017. He earned his medical degree from 2018-2022. In 2022, Kocak completed his internship and residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital / WashU School of Medicine in St. Louis prior to joining the division. He enjoys all forms of medicine including inpatient care, critical care, teaching, and working with medical students. His specific medical interests include cardiovascular risk assessment and cardiac imaging. He was able to continue scholarly pursuits and is engaged in a project evaluating coronary artery calcium scoring in prediction of preeclampsia in nulliparous women.

Danielle Kubicki, MD, is an Instructor in Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine.  She received her medical degree at Vanderbilt University and trained in internal medicine at Washington University in St. Louis/BJH, where she completed the BJH/WashU Primary Care in Internal Medicine program.  She has furthered her medical education through contributions to the national Society of General Internal Medicine and the Human Diagnosis Project.  She enjoys teaching residents and medical students on the Hospitalist service.  As a graduate of the Primary Care in Internal Medicine program, she has a particular interest in helping patients transition seamlessly from the hospital to the outpatient setting.

Randy Laine, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine. As an attending hospitalist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Dr. Laine manages care for patients with complex illnesses, recognized for his compassionate approach and interdisciplinary collaboration. He dedicates extensive time to direct clinical teaching, mentoring residents, medical, psychiatry, and anesthesiology interns, and physician assistant students. He co-directs a new inpatient medicine clerkship rotation for PA students and serves as the director of the internal medicine consult service at the Psychiatric Care at Delmar Center (PCDC). His administrative leadership includes contributions to several committees focused on recruitment, faculty development, patient safety, quality improvement, ethics, and education. Dr. Laine’s commitment to education and clinical excellence is evidenced by his awards and positive feedback from trainees and colleagues.

Alex Lane, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He has interests in medical education of residents, high value care and quality improvement, and inpatient treatment of opiate use disorder. Dr. Lane serves as Co-Director for Intern Education for the Division of Hospitalist Medicine. He attends as a general hospitalist as well as the general medicine inpatient teaching service (FIRM.) He serves on the BJH Glycemic Management Committee and the DHM Education committee, and he has published recent literature using mindful lab ordering to reduce inpatient lab draws.

Gina LaRossa, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine. She serves as medical director for the 3500 Observation Unit, director of the ED Hospitalist program, co-director of the Medicine Consult service and as key clinical faculty for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. Gina has interests in clinical operations, medical education and quality improvement.  She attends frequently on the inpatient medicine teaching service and medicine consult service, as well as caring for patients directly on the hospitalist service.

Eileen Lee, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of the School of Medicine’s Phase III Capstone Course, which reinforces and evaluates skills essential for students’ transition to residency.  Dr. Lee has extensive experience in communication skills training, frequently facilitates communication skills exercises for students and residents, and directs the medicine clerkship’s motivational interviewing session.  As part of the Division of Hospital Medicine’s Faculty Development Committee, she helped create the Roads to Success seminar, which imparts junior medicine faculty with basic teaching skills and other foundational knowledge important for a career in academic medicine.  She also created the Division’s Peer Observation of Teaching Program.  Clinically, she serves as an attending on the inpatient medicine (FIRM) service and the procedure service, and she provides direct patient care on the hospitalist service.  She is a fellow in the School of Medicine’s Academy of Educators and a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine, the American College of Physicians, and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine.