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Barnes-Jewish Hospital is the 24th best hospital for Cardiac Care in the US, according to a data-based ranking published by Newsweek.  The ranking is part of a new America’s Best Hospitals for Specialize Care 2025 report. Newsweek and Statista partnered on the list, naming their Top 200 Hospitals for Cardiac Care. While 45% of each facility’s overall score […]

More than 20 percent of people in the United States live in rural communities—but when it comes to heart health, where a person lives can make a life-changing difference. Professor of Medicine Kan Liu, MD, PhD, MBA co-authored a new paper published in JAMA Cardiology reporting that rural residents face a higher burden of cardiovascular […]

Nathan Stitziel, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine and of genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is among 10 physician-scientists nationwide named as recipients of the Harrington Discovery Institute 2025 Scholar-Innovator Award.

Professors of Medicine Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH and Thomas Maddox, MD, MSc published a Viewpoint in JAMA Cardiology expressing that to meet the opportunity of digital health approaches for cardiovascular care, medical reimbursement systems must be reformed. The article was written in collaboration with colleagues from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Angela L. Brown, MD, a professor of medicine in the Cardiovascular Division at WashU Medicine, was one of 55 faculty honored last month with Dean’s Impact Awards for community partnerships. Since 2013, Brown has encouraged better communication between WashU Medicine researchers and people in the community as the co-director of the Center for Community Health Partnership & Research, a part of the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) and the Institute for Public Health.

Dr. Mengcheng Shen joined the Department of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division as an Assistant Professor in May 2025. He earned his PhD from the University of Alberta, where his research focused on extracellular matrix remodeling in aortic aneurysm and heart failure.