COVETED Award Winners Announced (Links to an external site)
The COVID-19 Exceptional and Exemplary Duties (COVETED) Awards recognize individuals within the department who have demonstrated exceptional service and performance during the pandemic.
David Murray, MD, announces retirement after 25 years of service
Dr. David Murray, a longtime member of our department, recently announced his plans to retire from Washington University in May 2021.
Dolores Njoku, MD, named Division Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Dr. Njoku will work closely with other senior leaders in the Anesthesiology Department, with Hospital and University leaders in St. Louis Children’s Hospital, and with institutional leaders in BJC and Washington University School of Medicine broadly.
New national initiative aims to recruit and retain a diverse community of academic anesthesiologists
As medical schools across the country work to address systemic racism in medicine and foster more inclusive communities, one new initiative aims to increase diversity and advance anti-racism in academic anesthesiology.
Electrical signaling in cells focus of $8.8 million grant (Links to an external site)
Dr. Baron Chanda received a grant from the NINDS to to study cells’ ion channels as potential targets for new drugs to treat disorders affecting the brain, heart and muscles.
Department ranks 2nd in country in NIH funding in 2020
The department received over $16.1 million in federal funding from the NIH, and six faculty ranked in the top 50 for total NIH funding to individual anesthesia principal investigators.
Announcement regarding Dr. Anshuman Sharma
It is with a mixture of pride and sadness that we bid our friend and colleague Dr. Anshuman Sharma farewell as he leaves Washington University to take up an exciting new leadership opportunity.
Robert Bowen, MD, appointed Associate Director for the Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Dr. Bowen will join Dr. Emmert in recruitment, education, and mentoring Cardiothoracic Anesthesia fellows.