Author: Elizabeth Erman

Courtesy Photo(From left) Julie Margenthaler, M.D.; Elizabeth Fialkowski, M.D., a surgical resident; and Lola Fayanju, a fourth-year medical student, practice installing a central line, used to give treatments such as chemotherapy, antibiotics and intravenous fluids and feeding, into a simulated patient during one of the labs in the Accelerated Skills Preparation for Surgical Internship course.A new School of Medicine course is designed to prepare students planning to enter a surgical subspecialty.

Photo by Tim ParkerOccupational therapy students discuss staying active with older adults at the Jewish Community Center.

A pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at the School of Medicine has shown early success in correcting a congenital foot defect with minimal surgery.

School of Medicine researchers have untangled two similar disabilities that often afflict stroke patients, revealing that one may be treatable with drugs for Parkinson’s disease.

Longtime chairman of the Department of Pathology and Immunology Emil Unanue, M.D., will be honored with a daylong symposium April 27.

Photo by Kenneth WalshSchool of Medicine students rehearse for their spring musical, “Damn Yankees,” which will be held at 8 p.m. April 13-14 and 20-21 at Moore Auditorium in the North Building at 520 S. Euclid Ave.

The “New I-64” construction will come close to home as contractors prepare to pave temporary traffic lanes and install temporary signals on Kingshighway Boulevard.

A physical therapy doctoral student from New Orleans takes her classmates home for spring break to help the city rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.

David M. Holtzman, M.D., is the co-recipient of the MetLife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer’s Disease.

Courtesy PhotoSchool of Medicine researchers recently helped the Saint Louis Science Center probe the mysteries of a nearly 2,000-year-old baby mummy.