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Baron Chanda, PhD, joins Department of Anesthesiology
Dr. Chanda joined the School of Medicine as Professor of Anesthesiology with secondary appointments in the Departments of Biochemistry and Neuroscience.
Maker Task Force works to protect front-line health-care workers (Links to an external site)
The COVID-19 WashU/BJC Maker Task Force has emerged as a hub for St. Louis-area makers to help health-care workers stay safe as they care for COVID-19 patients. The multidisciplinary group is developing everything from isolation gowns to ventilator replacement parts.
Eclectic St. Louis team of doctors, engineers and machinists answers call for emergency ventilators (Links to an external site)
The first prototype was built with less than $2,000 in parts. It’s two feet tall and shaped like the rounded head of an alligator.
Chief Residents Announced for 2020-2021
We are excited to announce the Anesthesiology Chief Residents for the next 2020-2021 academic year will be Ben French, MD, Jason Han, MD, and Megan Para, MD.
Allison Mitchell, MD, named Inaugural Associate Program Director for Residency Program
Dr. Mitchell will support the growth and development of our residents and will be instrumental in the development of new initiatives that will enhance the training of our residents.
Tao Che, PhD, joins department and Center for Clinical Pharmacology
Tao Che, MD, joins us as Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and as faculty in the Center for Clinical Pharmacology.
Department ranks 4th in country in NIH funding in 2019
The department received more than $13.2 million from the NIH, and seven faculty ranked in the top 100 for total NIH funding to individual anesthesia principal investigators.
Michael Bottros, MD, stepping down as Associate Chief of Pain Management
Dr. Bottros recently accepted the position of Chief of Pain Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC). At USC, he will oversee all acute and chronic pain services at Keck Hospital, Los Angeles County Hospitals, and affiliated satellite clinics in southern California.
Revving up immune system may help treat eczema (Links to an external site)
Brian S. Kim, MD, has found that boosting the number of natural killer cells in the blood is a possible treatment strategy for the skin condition, eczema, and also may help with related health problems, such as asthma.