Author: Office of Education

Tammy Sonn, MD, has been named Associate Dean of Student Affairs effective January 2024. The Associate Dean of Student Affairs is responsible for providing proactive leadership for the delivery of programs and services to support medical students’ academic achievement as well as personal and professional development across the student lifecycle. Dr. Sonn began her career […]

Dear Members of the WashU Community,   There has been much discussion recently surrounding the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI that uses algorithms to quickly produce content such as text, images, music, videos, code, or other media through the use of commands or prompts.   The power and functionality of these tools has great potential to be incredibly beneficial across all disciplines and among all organizations. Examples […]

Washington University School of Medicine was well represented at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 2023 Central Group on Education Affairs (CGEA) Regional Meeting (Indianapolis, IN, April 18-20, 2023). Congratulations to these authors and their presentations! •    Carrie C. Coughlin, S. Richard Dunham, Meredith Lehman, Lisa Zickuhr, Nicholas L. Griffith, & Janice L. Hanson o    Innovations […]

Dear School of Medicine Community: I am very pleased to announce that Pamela K. Woodard, MD has accepted our offer to become the next Head of the Department of Radiology and Director of the Mallinckrodt Institute for Radiology, starting on July 1. Dr. Woodard is currently the Hugh Monroe Wilson Professor of Radiology at Washington […]

The School of Medicine is committed to building sustainable partnerships and learning opportunities for our students and communities here and abroad. As part of this focus, several initiatives have been implemented. Those include the Health Equity and Justice Curriculum, the Global Health Advocacy Explore and a new intentional streamlined process for Global Health learning and […]

Tia Drake, our Designated Institutional Official and Executive Director of GME, has made the difficult decision to step down from her role to take on the role of Executive Director of the Association for Hospital Medical Education (AHME). Tia has been deeply involved in AHME for many years, is passionate about the work they do, […]

On behalf of the Washington University School of Medicine Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society, we are pleased to announce the Class of 2022 comprising newly elected WUSM faculty, house officers and alumni from across the institution. Congratulations to all! Faculty House Officers WUSM Alumni

Dr. Amber Deptola is stepping down from her leadership role directing the Explore Program of the Gateway Curriculum. Dr. Deptola led the creation of the program from its inception, including supervising the development of the Explore Immersion, the Inquiry Curriculum, and providing oversight of the four Explore Pathways. Under her leadership, the Explore program was […]

What I love about sports is that for a team to succeed, each team member must know their role and responsibility even in individual sports like tennis – trainers, coaches, racquet stringers. Just like athletes, future physicians must learn to work effectively on healthcare teams which are complex and require the cooperation of many different […]

The SAFE initiative aims to improve our learning environment by promoting positive behaviors and managing concerns about mistreatment and unprofessional behaviors. The new Supporting a Fair Environment (SAFE) committee, led by Dr. Lisa Moscoso, Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Dr. Jenny Duncan, Director of Wellness for GME has been working over the past few […]