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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

The Division of Cardiology at WashU Medicine is pleased to welcome our 2026 class of first-year cardiovascular fellows. The class includes physicians who completed residency at institutions across the country, including Mayo Clinic, Yale University, Stanford University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Washington, Case Western Reserve University, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, as well as several fellows who trained here at Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

Alan C. Braverman, MD, FACC, Alumni Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases, section head of General Cardiology, and director of the Marfan Syndrome and Aortopathy Center at WashU Medicine, was honored during the Cleveland Clinic Comprehensive, Lifelong, Expeditious (CLE) Care of Aortic Disease Symposium, held Sept. 18-19, 2026. The symposium brought together internationally recognized experts to discuss advances in the diagnosis and treatment of aortic aneurysms, aortic dissections, aortic valve disease, genetics, imaging and lifelong aortic care.

Victor G. Dávila-Román, MD, decided early in medical school in Puerto Rico that he wanted to spend his career healing the heart, after summers spent shadowing his favorite cardiology professor. A path that ran through the U.S. Army and clinical training in St. Louis led him to the WashU faculty in 1988, where he is now a professor of medicine, anesthesiology and radiology at WashU Medicine and a secondary faculty member at WashU Bursky Public Health. Over the course of his career in patient care, his passion for cardiovascular research grew.

Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, professor of medicine in the Cardiovascular Division and professor of public health at WashU’s Bursky School, is co-author of a new study examining how social drivers of health are expected to shape the future burden of cardiovascular disease in the United States through 2050. The research, published in JACC Advances, projects substantial increases in cardiovascular disease prevalence across all demographic groups, with persistent disparities linked to education, income and insurance status.

The Cardiovascular Division is proud to announce that third-year Cardiovascular Fellow Joshua Mendoza, MD has been named a recipient of the 2026 Knowlton Incentive for Excellence Award. The award recognizes extraordinary internal medicine physicians at Barnes-Jewish Hospital who pair exceptional clinical skill with compassionate patient care and a commitment to advancing the science of internal medicine.

Andrew M. Kates, MD, FACC, professor of medicine in the Cardiovascular Division at WashU Medicine, has been appointed to the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Board of Trustees. His four-year term as trustee will begin in April 2027 following the ACC Annual Scientific Session in Houston.