REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR SUMMIT: Convening: Advancing Health Across and Beyond the Criminal Legal Continuum: Setting a Research and Advocacy Agenda for St. Louis
The “Advancing Health Across and Beyond the Criminal Legal Continuum” convening is scheduled for November 10, 2026, at Washington University’s Delmar DivINe campus in St. Louis, Missouri. Hosted by the Department of Emergency Medicine, this event gathers a diverse group of participants, including academic researchers, service providers, correctional and governmental stakeholders, community advocates, and individuals […]
Dr. Radhika Sundararajan joins the Department of Emergency Medicine
Dr. Radhika Sundararajan joins WashU Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine as Associate Professor as of October 2026 Dr. Sundararajan joins us from Weill Cornell Medical College where she focused on using Implementation Science approaches to design and evaluate healthcare interventions in low resource settings to improve public health outcomes. Her research uses community-engaged, qualitative and […]
Physician Spotlight: Dr. Froelke helps save a life at local high school soccer game (Links to an external site)
Our Brian Froelke, MD, was part of teamwork that helped save a life at a local high school soccer game this past October. Thanks to emergency medicine expertise and help from a monitor and defibrillator, Dr. Froelke assisted in getting the young man stable enough to be transported to the hospital for further assessment.
Welcome WashUMed’s Emergency Medicine Fellows for 2025-2026
Meet this year’s Emergency Medicine fellows! They have been busy this month doing great things for our department. We are proud to have all of them as part of our team.
WashU Medicine Extends its Emergency Medicine Physician and Advance Practice Providers at Additional BJC HealthCare Hospitals
Big news!! Effective July 1, WashU Medicine will extend its Emergency Medicine physician and advance practice providers at additional BJC HealthCare hospitals.
Welcome WashU Emergency Medicine’s Class of 2029
Match Day took place on March 21, 2025. Our department is excited to announce the newest members of our WashU Emergency Medicine family.
Adding anti-clotting drugs to stroke care ineffective, clinical trial finds (Links to an external site)
Our department chair, Opeolu Adeoye, MD, MS, recently led a large multi-center national NIH funded clinical trial entitled Multi-arm Optimization of Stroke Thrombolysis (MOST).
Wagner Selected as a Member of WashU School of Medicine’s Academy of Educators
Our Vice Chair of Education, Jason Wagner, MD, has recently been selected as a member of The Academy of Educators at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Newly Funded Neuro-EM K12 Program Offered to Early Neuro EM Physicians and Researchers
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) has launched its Neuro-EM Scholars Program.
EM Fellow Achieves Patient Satisfaction
Congratulations to emergency medicine fellow Adam Heilmann, MD, for being honored with an Excellence in Patient Care Award.
Jotte Honored with Dr. Neville Grant Award for Clinical Excellence
Congratulations to Randy Jotte, MD, who received the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Dr. Neville Grant Award for Clinical Excellence.