We are thrilled to have so many alumni and program leaders from the WashU Medicine Clinical Research Training Center featured in the 2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® roster, recently shared by the WashU Medicine Department of Medicine. This distinction highlights their superior standards in healthcare delivery.
Cardiovascular Diseases
Joshua Mitchell, MD, MSCI, FACC, FICOS
MTPCI alum
Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research
Thomas Baranski, MD, PhD
OTG Director
Amy Riek, MD
KL2 alum
General Medicine & Geriatrics
Brian Gage, MD, MSc
MSCI Course Director
Hematology
Amber Afzal, MD, MSCI
MSCI alum
Infectious Diseases
Erik Dubberke, MD, MSPH
KL2/MTPCI alum
Steven Lawrence, MD
ID T32 alum
William Powderly, MD
ICTS Director
Rachel Presti, MD, PhD
ID T32 alum
Nephrology
Tingting Li, MD, MSCI
MSCI alum
Oncology
Ramzi Abboud, MD
K12 Oncology alum
Foluso Ademuyiwa, MD, MPH, MSCI
K12 Oncology alum
Matthew Christopher, MD, PhD
K12 Oncology alum
John DiPersio, MD, PhD
K12 Oncology Director
Armin Ghobadi, MD
KL2 alum
Ramaswamy Govindan, MD
K12 Oncology Director
Brett Herzog, MD, PhD
K12 Oncology alum
Angela Hirbe, MD, PhD
DDFRCS alum
Tanner Johanns, MD, PhD
K12 Oncology alum
Neha Mehta-Shah, MD, MSCI
K12 Oncology alum
Iskra Pusic, MD
K12 Oncology alum
Lee Ratner, MD, PhD
K12 Oncology Mentor
Geoffrey Uy, MD
MTPCI alum
Saiama Waqar, MD, MSCI
K12 Oncology alum
Jeffrey Ward, MD, PhD
K12 Oncology alum
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
James Krings, MD, MSCI
KL2 alum
Rheumatology
Michael Paley, MD, PhD
DDFRCS alum
Alfred Kim, MD, PhD
DDFRCS alum
Prabha Ranganathan, MD, MSCI
MTPCI alum
Aisha Shaikh, MD
MTPCI alum