Dolores Njoku, MD, has been selected as a 2025–2026 Fellow in the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program.
Njoku named fellow in national executive leadership program

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Dolores Njoku, MD, has been selected as a 2025–2026 Fellow in the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program.
We are proud to recognize the outstanding contributions of several department faculty members who are currently serving or have recently been appointed as examiners for the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) APPLIED Examination.
Dr. Dolores Njoku has been re-elected to a three-year term as a Faculty-at-Large Representative on the Faculty Practice Plan’s (FPP) Board of Directors.
On January 20, 2025, Dr. Renee Doherty started as a locum with our Pediatric Anesthesiology Division. Please take a moment to welcome her to the Department of Anesthesiology and WashU Medicine.
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Julie Kosto Drobish, MD, MA, as the Pediatric Anesthesiology Assistant Clinical Director at St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH), effective July 1, 2024.
We are delighted to introduce Andrea Rodriguez-Restrepo, MD, as the newly appointed Director of Pediatric Regional Anesthesia at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, effective July 1, 2024. This appointment will provide leadership, oversight, and strategic direction for the pediatric regional anesthesia program.
Benjamin Sanofsky, MD, MS Ed, instructor in anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was selected as the recipient of the Junior Faculty Pediatric Anesthesia Research Award by the Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA) during the 2024 AUA Annual Meeting on March 22-23 in St. Louis.
Dolores Njoku, MD, has recently been appointed as the Board Chair for the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER).
The Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology is introducing a new CO2 Dashboard to help its faculty and staff track their carbon emissions.
Sydney Nykiel-Bailey, DO, has been selected to participate in the Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, a rigorous program offered by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC).