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Ashley Weinhold, MD, assistant professor in the Pediatric Anesthesiology division, was recently elected as a Clinical Representative to the Executive Committee of the Faculty Council (ECFC) at the School of Medicine.
Dr. Jose Moron-Concepcion, a professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been appointed to the National Advisory Dental and Craniofacial Research Council for a four-year term, advising on matters related to dental and craniofacial research, with a focus on opioid addiction and pain research.
The Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology is pleased to announce Hawa Abubakar, MBBS, has been selected as associate director for the Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology (ACTA) Fellowship. Dr. Abubakar will join Dr. Emmert in recruitment, education, and mentoring ACTA fellows.
Dr. Danish Jaffer has been selected as the program director of the Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program.
We want to welcome Dr. Wai Chiu to the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He will have an appointment in the General Division as a locum faculty member and will be with us until August 25, 2023.
The Department of Anesthesiology is delighted to announce that Burel R. Goodin, PhD, is joining Washington University School of Medicine as professor of anesthesiology March 1, 2023.
Dr. Helga Komen has accepted the role of an anesthesiology physician leader in POD 5 at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine.
Dr. Charles Baysinger has joined the Divisions of Critical Care Medicine and General Anesthesiology at Washington University as a Voluntary Clinical Instructor of Anesthesiology.
We are delighted to announce that over the past few months, we have had five new faculty additions to the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology: Drs. Altshuler, Chang, Dewey, Sanofsky, and Spiro.
Alex Mohrmann has been named the CRNA Clinical Chief at BJH. In his new role, Alex will have the opportunity to build upon his experience as CRNA team leader to make a meaningful impact for our department.