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Nathan O. Stitziel, MD, PhD , Professor of Medicine and Director of the Washington University Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, was named the 2023 GPM and EPI Mid-Career Research Award Lecturer at this year’s American Heart Association conference in Pennsylvania.

Drs. Richard Bach and Sharon Cresci of the Washington University Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of Excellence, along with collaborators, have published “Effect of Mavacamten in Women Compared With Men With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Insights From EXPLORER-HCM” in the journal Circulation.

This past summer the Washington University School of Medicine Office of Faculty Development solicited nominations to recognize outstanding individuals for their work and contributions in the Department of Medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Dr. Linda Peterson, Professor of Medicine and Radiology and Medical Director of Washington University Cardiac Rehabilitation, has published a new editorial in the journal JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital recognized six Department of Medicine internal medicine residents and fellows, including Third-Year Cardiovascular fellow Walter Schiffer, MD, with the 2023 Knowlton Incentive for Excellence Award.

Dr. Alan C Braverman, Professor of Medicine in the Washington University Cardiovascular Division and Director of the Marfan Syndrome and Aortopathy Center, had an editorial published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology this month.

Dr. Abhinav Diwan, Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology and Physiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Division Chief of Cardiology at Saint Louis VA Medical Center, has received the inaugural Charlie W. Shaeffer, MD Professorship.