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As we prepare for the start of a new academic year, I am delighted to welcome more than 40 new faculty members, along with an outstanding group of residents and fellows, to the Department of Medicine. Their expertise, talent, and dedication strengthen our collective commitment to excellence in patient care, research, education, and service.

WashU Cardiovascular Division faculty members Mark D. Huffman, MD, MPH, Victor G. Dávila-Román, MD, and Anubha Agarwal, MD, have published an editorial in JAMA accompanying a new Global Burden of Disease investigation examining worldwide trends in elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and its contribution to cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Douglas Hall joins the Department of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division as an Assistant Professor as of August 2026. Dr. Hall completed his undergraduate training in Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University before earning his medical degree and completing his medical training at Washington University in St. Louis.

Dr. Kenji Lim joins the Department of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division as an Instructor as of August 2026. Dr. Lim is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, where his research focuses on understanding the roles of the immune system in cardiac homeostasis and disease.

The Department of Medicine is proud to announce that over 170 of our faculty, including 38 cardiovascular faculty have been selected for the 2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® list.

the Inspiration of Excellence Award to Alan Braverman, MD, and Rebecca Braverman. Dr. Braverman, Director of the Marfan Syndrome and Aortopathy Center at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, has a personal connection to Marfan syndrome: both his father and brother died from complications of the condition. Together, Alan and Rebecca have been longtime champions of the Foundation’s mission, co-founding the annual St. Louis HeartWorks gala in 2008 and often taking their two daughters to Marfan events around the country. “It’s not a job,” said Dr. Braverman. “It’s the way our lives are.”