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Two faculty members from the WashU Medicine Cardiovascular Division were recognized for their contributions to education during the Academy of Educators Education Day, an annual event that celebrates excellence in medical education and honors outstanding educators across the institution.

This is a busy time in Medicine as our inpatient and outpatient practices are growing. We have many new faculty starting this year and we welcomed new residents and fellows. All of our fellowships have a large number of applicants from across the country and our residency has a record number of applicants. We look forward to celebrating Fellowship Match Day, December 2.

The Barnes-Jewish Hospital/WashU Medicine Echocardiography Laboratory has earned accreditation from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in three key areas of echocardiographic imaging: Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography, Adult Transesophageal Echocardiography and Adult Stress Echocardiography. The accreditation was awarded following review by the IAC Echocardiography Board of Directors at its Oct. 14, 2026 meeting and recognizes the laboratory’s demonstrated compliance with rigorous national standards for quality patient care and imaging excellence.

Researchers at WashU Medicine have found that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), including semaglutide and tirzepatide, were associated with significantly lower risks of heart attack, heart failure and death among adults with serious mental illness, type 2 diabetes and obesity. The findings, led by senior author Victor G. Dávila-Román, MD, professor of medicine in the cardiovascular division, professor of anesthesiology, and radiology, and director of the WashU Global Health Center, were published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Mark D. Huffman, MD, MPH, the William Bowen Endowed Professor of Medicine in the WashU Medicine cardiovascular division, has been elected a Fellow of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI), a distinction that recognizes physicians and scientists who have demonstrated meritorious scholarship and made significant contributions to academic medicine. Newly elected Fellows will be recognized during the SSCI Reception at the Southern Regional Meeting 2027, to be held Feb. 18-20 in New Orleans.

Nathan Stitziel, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and genetics at WashU Medicine, has been inducted into the American Clinical and Climatological Association (ACCA), one of the nation’s oldest and most distinguished physician-scientist organizations. Founded in 1884, the ACCA recognizes outstanding physicians whose leadership, scientific excellence, integrity and contributions have advanced medicine and human health. Active membership is limited to 250 physicians nationwide.

The stroke incidence rate among young adults nearly doubled from 1993 to 2020 while decreasing among older adults, according to research published in Neurology. Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH provides prospective for this piece in Healio