KM1 and Patient Safety alumni, Amit Amin, MD finds hospitals can improve patient care and reduce costs associated with coronary angioplasty if cardiologists perform more procedures through an artery in the wrist and if they discharge patients on the same day, finds a new study led by the School of Medicine. Read more »
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Jacob Greenberg and Chris Carpenter publish new guidance for children with head trauma
CRTC alumni Jacob Greenberg, MD (TL1 Intensive) and Chris Carpenter, MD (KM1, K30 programs) recently published in JAMA Pediatrics new guidance developed for children hospitalized with mild head trauma. Read more »
Amrita Aranake-Chrisinger receives FAER fellowship award
Dr. Aranake-Chrisinger is the recipient of a highly competitive $75,000 Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) fellowship award. She will begin her project “The association between postoperative delirium and intermediate-term postoperative cognitive outcomes” in July 2017. Read more »
Cynthia Rodgers finds early signs of anxiety, depression may be evident in newborns
A recent study conducted by KL2 Alumni Cynthia Rogers, MD finds that analyzing brain scans of newborns, can identify early predictors of anxiety and depression may be evident in the brain even at birth. Read more »
Jennie Kwon named National Academy of Medicine fellow
Jennie Kwon, KL2 scholar and MTPCI alumni has been selected as a 2016 National Academy of Medicine fellow in osteopathic medicine. Read more »
Medical Student Research at WU Highlighted
For most medical students, there’s a major obstacle to doing research: being in medical school. Not at Washington University. Read more »
Roger Yusen studies portable oxygen treatment in COPD patients
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often receive portable oxygen therapy to allow them to breathe easier. But a major study published in The New England Journal of Medicine indicates that supplemental oxygen isn’t helpful for many patients. Read more »
TL1 Alumni, Michael Slade wins poetry contest
TL1 Alumni, Michael Slade won first place in a national competition sponsored by the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society for his life on the brink of death inspired poem “Requiem.” Read more »
William Hawkins receives “Pedal the Cause” grant
Dr. William Hawkins, MTPCI alumni and current mentor, recently received a $10.4 million grant to help developing drugs that can get specifically to the cancer in a person’s body. Dr. Hawkins has also raised money and biked for “Pedal the Cause”. Read more »
CRTC Summer/Fall 2016 Alumni Newsletter
See the CRTC Bi-Annual Alumni Newsletter published in Summer/Fall 2016.