School of Medicine

Studies of a rare genetic condition that increases cancer risk have unveiled a potential treatment for metabolic syndrome, a common disorder that afflicts as many as one in every four American adults and puts them at sharply increased risk of type 2 diabetes and clogged arteries.

Deans and top administrators from Missouri’s seven medical higher education institutions have joined to urge the passage of the Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative.

A finding by School of Medicine researchers could allow them to seek new therapies and understand what goes wrong in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.

Photo by Beth MillerTheodore Armstrong, a pre-doctoral fellow, and Jourdan Stuart, a first-year medical student, discuss a patient they examined with Will R. Ross, M.D., faculty supervisor, assistant professor of medicine and associate dean for diversity, at the Saturday Neighborhood Health Clinic in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood.School of Medicine students are learning about social medicine on Saturday mornings in Forest Park Southeast.

Daniel Kelly, M.D., has been named director of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases in the Department of Medicine.

Dean Shapiro plans to give updates on the School of Medicine’s key initiatives, including the tobacco-free initiative, addressing pandemic flu, and the New Interstate 64 project.

Using radiofrequency devices, School of Medicine heart surgeons have shortened atrial fibrillation surgery and made it easier to perform.

At the School of Medicine “smokeout” Nov. 16, employees who smoke will receive a special gift in exchange for their cigarettes.

A new device used at Siteman Cancer Center will protect staff from the possibility of incidental exposure to trace amounts of chemotherapy drugs generated during administration.

A specialist with the Barnes Retina Institute, Van Gelder also directs the Uveitis Service for the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.