About WashU Medicine

Our faculty, students, trainees and staff are pushing the bounds of medicine and improving health in our community and around the world.

WashU Medicine is committed to advancing human health by cultivating the diversity, inclusion, critical thinking and creativity it takes to help people everywhere live healthier lives. As international leaders in patient care, research and education, our outstanding faculty has contributed major discoveries and innovations in the fields of science and clinical medicine since the school’s founding in 1891.

Located on the Washington University Medical Campus adjacent to the Cortex Innovation Community, we are one of seven schools of Washington University in St. Louis.

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Faculty

Our faculty members are committed mentors and collaborators, recognized nationally and globally as leaders in their fields. As scientists, physicians, and experts in policy and public health, their countless efforts to advance knowledge, improve care and save lives range from the molecular to global, the biological to social.

Our faculty currently includes 15 National Academy of Sciences fellows, 30 members of the National Academy of Medicine and 15 investigators with NIH MERIT status. They have earned 116 individual and/or institutional NIH career development awards and 77 career development awards from non-federal agencies. In addition, 19 Nobel laureates are associated with WashU Medicine.

Education and training

Our students learn from master clinicians and researchers while pursuing their studies in a wide array of academic departments and programs. Students select WashU Medicine for the culture of camaraderie and support, a flexible curriculum and outstanding opportunities after graduation. Our programs in medical education (MD), occupational therapy, audiology and communication sciences, and physical therapy are considered to be among the very best in the nation.

In addition, over 1,300 residents and clinical fellows train with our faculty in nearly 200 specialty and subspecialty training programs.

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Patient care

Our students and trainees care for patients and gain experience alongside our faculty at our nationally ranked teaching hospitals, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, where our faculty members serve as the medical staff. We see and treat patients at dozens of additional locations across the St. Louis region as well.

WashU Medicine’s clinical practice, Washington University Physicians, includes about 2,000 clinical faculty members. Many of our physicians are consistently recognized on the Castle Connolly Top Doctors^® List, with over 500 on the list in 2024.

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Research

A robust research enterprise, WashU Medicine is #2 in NIH funding and received more than $824.6 million in faculty grants and contracts during the 2023 fiscal year. Our faculty, staff and students advance the application of research discoveries to clinical care through multidisciplinary collaborations.

Our clinical faculty additionally oversee a wide array of clinical trials, which offer people new therapeutics through the participation in studies evaluating the effectiveness of investigational treatments and disease prevention strategies.

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