Author: Elizabeth Erman

Douglas Carlson, MD, likes to have a lot to do. His schedule would make almost anyone’s head spin, but Carlson, professor of pediatrics and director of the Division of Hospitalist Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics, handles his busy workload with an ever-present smile.

Washington University has awarded five Bear Cub Fund grants totaling $165,000 to support innovative research that has shown commercial potential.

Although Katherine “Kat” Bedigrew has known since she was a child that she wanted to be a physician, one summer she had to quickly become ready for it. Bedigrew, who will receive a medical degree May 21, has been chosen by the Record as an Outstanding Graduate in the School of Medicine.

A memorial service for I. Jerome Flance, MD, a renowned physician, educator and pulmonary disease specialist at Washington University School of Medicine, will be held at 4 p.m. June 24 in Moore Auditorium at the School of Medicine.

A two-day event, hosted by DBBS and the Office of Post Graduate Affairs, brought 19 prospective postdoctoral research scholars to Washington University for a recruiting visit.

Children with sickle cell disease who also have lower blood oxygen levels while both asleep and awake are likely to have heart abnormalities, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other institutions have found.

A new Fetal Care Center has opened at Washington University Medical Center as the only comprehensive facility in the Midwest that offers advanced fetal diagnostics, surgery before and after birth and newborn medicine under one roof.

Barry Sleckman, MD, PhD, was a busy young entrepreneur and disaffected commuter college student when his life began taking a sudden series of unexpected turns in the late 1970s.

The spring Health Happening health and wellness fair at the School of Medicine attracted students and employees for screenings and information.

Thanks in part to an ambitious and enthusiastic group of Washington University School of Medicine’s employees, the school is a “greener” place than it was one year ago.