Category: Awards & Recognition

Congratulations to Nandini Raghuraman, MD, MS, who was selected as a member of the Academy of Educators!

Thank you to everyone who came out!

Dr. Bisiayo Fashemi, a Post-doc Research Associate in the Khabele Lab, recently received a Diversity Supplement award from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Through Dr. Khabele’s NIH R01-funded project titled, “Epigenetic Drug Regimens for Homologous Recombination Proficient Ovarian Cancer,” this supplement will bolster research in the area of novel […]

Please help us congratulate two members in Associate Professor Celia Santi’s lab (@santi_lab) for their recent awards! Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Juan Ferreira placed first in the ExCELS Awards (Excellence in Communication and English Language Skills Award) competition open for postdocs, with a talk titled: “Winning your first Race. Understanding Sperm physiology”. Graduate Student Max Lyon […]

Dear OB/GYN Faculty, Staff, Residents, Fellows, and Students, We’d like to thank and recognize our amazing Research Administration Team in recognition of National Research Administrators Day (9.25).  Our research administrators support our basic, clinical and translational research in multiple ways including assisting our research teams with grant preparation and submission, coordinating research projects, managing grants, overseeing research-related activities, serving as a […]

Dr. Mutch honored with professorship from couple

The ECFC at Washington University School of Medicine is the active liaison between the Faculty Council and the Executive Faculty. The ECFC solicits concerns, disseminates information, advocates for faculty, and provides an open forum for addressing issues relevant to the School of Medicine faculty. In his role as Vice Chair-elect, Dr. Eisenberg will serve as voting member on […]

Tammy Sonn, MD, Caroline Min, MD, and Andrea Hagemann, MD, show their awards at the 2022 Distinguished Service Teaching Awards ceremony

We’re excited to announce the newest recipients of the WashU OBGYN Lucy, Anarcha, and Betsey (L.A.B.) Award! The award is named in honor of three enslaved women whose bodies were used by Dr. J. Marion Sims for painful experimental attempts to repair vesico-vaginal fistulas.   This award calls us to remember Lucy, Anarcha, and Betsey, their […]

National Black Women Physicians Day is February 8th in honor of Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, who was the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, we honored Dr. Jacqueline Turner, a trailblazer in her own right. She is a graduate of MIT, then went on […]

After a thorough national search, Dr. Ali Ahmady has been chosen and accepted the role of Lab Director for WASHU/BJC Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center.  Dr. Ahmady is a consummate academician and he comes to us from the University of Southern California. He is no stranger to the Midwest having spent time in Cleveland where he […]

Kenan Omurtag, M.D. has accepted the role as our Division Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility effective June 1, 2021.

Dr. Odibo is an internationally renowned Maternal-Fetal Medicine expert with an incredible track record in research.  

Dean Perlmutter announces Dr. Dineo Khabele as new Chair of Obstetrics & Gynecology

The Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology would like to congratulate D. Michael Nelson, MD, PhD, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, on being awarded the 2018 Neville Grant Award for Clinical Excellence.