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CRTC Community Members Announced among 2025 Castle Connolly Top Doctors®

Pictured from left to right, top row first: Baranski, Herrick, Riek, Gage, Powderly, Abboud, Ademuyiwa, Christopher, DiPersio, Ghobadi, Govindan, Herzog, Hirbe, Johanns, Mehta-Shah, Pusic, Ratner, Waqar, Ward, Krings, Paley

The WashU Medicine Department of Medicine (DOM) recently shared, by division, which DOM faculty members were selected among the 2025 Castle Connolly Top Doctors®. We are so proud of the numerous alumni and program leaders from the Clinical Research Training Center who have been announced, demonstrating their commitment to excellence in healthcare provision.

Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research

Thomas Baranski, MD, PhD
OTG Director

Cynthia Herrick, MD, FACP
KL2 alum

Amy Riek, MD
KL2 alum

General Medicine & Geriatrics

Brian Gage, MD, MSc
MSCI Course Director

Infectious Diseases

William Powderly, MD
ICTS Director

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
K12 Oncology 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

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