The Academy of Educators at Washington University School of Medicine is an institutional collaboration of educators who together will foster a culture of educational excellence and an institutionally valued community of leaders in health science education.
Our Mission
The Academy will:
- Foster an environment where education is highly valued and conducted at the highest level.
- Encourage and recognize innovative approaches to teaching, learning and assessment.
- Provide advocacy for education in the promotions process.
- Organize mentorship and faculty development programs in medical education.
- Support exceptional educational research and scholarship in the health sciences.
The Academy’s aim is to build community while growing as educators. We hope you find our resources helpful and choose to join us.


Director
abby@wustl.edu

Director of Teaching Scholars Program
taffs@wustl.edu

Director of Teacher Development
dcosco@wustl.edu

Director of Innovation and Continuous Quality Improvement
llblaylock@wustl.edu

megan.dietrich@wustl.edu
Amjad Musleh, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine
Andrew Lee, MD, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Bernadette Henrichs, PhD, CRNA, CCRN, CHSE, FAANA, Professor of Anesthesiology
Carol Faulk, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Donna Jeffe, PhD, Professor of Medicine
Eileen Lee, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Jacob AuBuchon, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
James Duncan, MD, PhD, Professor of Radiology
Laura Hall, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Maleewan Kitcharoensakkul, MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Nandini Raghuraman, MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pamela Woodard, MD, HM Wilson Professor of Radiology
- Abby Spencer, MD, MS, FACP, Professor and Vice Chair for Education
- Ashley Morhardt, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anatomy
- Carey Holleran, PT, MPT, DS, NCS, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
- Constantine Raptis, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology
- Jennifer Monroy, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Jessica Pittman, MD, MPh, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
- Joan Noelker, MD, MACM, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Jonathan Mullin, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
- Judith Lieu, MD, MSPH, Professor of Otolaryngology
- Kathryn Leonard, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
- Katie Wolfe, MD, MHPE Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
- Kelli King-Morris, MD, MSCI Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Michael Brunt, MD, Professor of Surgery
- Nathan Olafsen, MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Suzanne Thibodeaux, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Immunology
- Michael Awad, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
- Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, Chief, Division of Public Health Sciences
- Eve R. Colson, MD, MHPE, Professor of Pediatrics
- Michael DeVita, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Shelby Dickison, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Krikor Dikranian, MD, PhD, Professor of Anatomy in Neuroscience
- Carolyn Dufault, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Brian Edelson, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Immunology
- Nickole Forget, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Jennifer Gould, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology
- Andrea Hagemann, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Nigar Kirmani, MD, Professor of Medicine
- Kenneth Ludmerer, MD, Professor of Medicine
- Wanda Mahoney, PhD, OTR/L, Associate Professor of OT
- Jay Malone, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
- Steven Mennerick, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Neuroscience
- Michelle Miller-Thomas, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology
- Jay Piccirillo, MD, FACS, Professor of Otolaryngology
- Noor Riaz, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
- Bethany Sacks, MD, MEd, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery
- Jennifer Schmidt, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Snehal Shah, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
- Monica Shokeen, PhD, MBA, Assistant Professor of Radiology
- Sharlene Teefey, MD, Professor of Radiology
- Erica Traxel, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery
- Nichole Zehnder, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
- Eva Aagaard, MD, Prof of Medicine, Sr Assoc Dean for Education
- Kari Allen, PhD, Asst Prof of Anatomy, Asst Prof of Anthropology
- Steven Ambler, DPT, Assoc Prof of Physical Therapy
- Amy Bauernfeind, PhD, Asst Prof of Anatomy, Asst Prof of Anthropology
- Joseph Bradley, MD, Asst Prof of Otolaryngology
- Paul Bridgman, PhD, Prof of Neuroscience, Assoc Prof of Biomedical Engineering
- Tamara Burlis, DPT, Prof of Physical Therapy
- Dennis Chang, MD, Assoc Prof of Medicine
- Steven Cheng, MD, Assoc Prof of Medicine
- Koong-Nah Chung, PhD, Assoc Dean/ Director of Medical Student Research
- Cara Cipriano, MD, Asst Prof of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Dominique Cosco, MD, Assoc Prof of Medicine
- Erika Crouch, MD, PhD, Prof of Pathology and Immunology
- Tom De Fer, MD, Prof of Medicine, Assoc Dean of Medical Education
- Amber Deptola, MD, Asst Prof of Medicine
- Jennifer Duncan, MD, Assoc Prof of Pediatrics
- Amanda Emke, MD, Asst Prof of Pediatrics
- Gerome Escota, MD, Asst Prof of Medicine
- Alan Glass, MD, Asst Dean of Admissions/ Student Affairs
- Ian Hagemann, MD, PhD, Asst Prof of Path and Immunology/ Asst Prof of Ob/Gyn
- Janice Hanson, PhD, EdS, Professor
- Benjamin Humphreys, MD, Prof of Medicine, Prof of Developmental Biology
- Patricia Kao, MD, MS, Assoc Prof of Medicine
- Mary Klingensmith, MD, Prof of Surgery, Vice Chairman for Education
- Anand Lakshminarasimhachar, MD, Assoc Prof of Anesthesiology
- Doug Larsen, MD, M.Ed, Assoc Prof of Neurology, Assoc Prof of Pediatrics
- Steve Lawrence, MD, Assoc Prof of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
- Mark Levine, MD, Assoc Prof of Emergency Medicine
- Leslie Massad, MD, Prof of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Rebecca McAlister, MD, Prof of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Gregory Polites, MD, Assoc Prof of Emergency Medicine
- Justin Sadhu, MD, Asst Prof of Medicine
- Anup Shetty, MD, Asst Prof of Radiology
- Stacy Smallfield, DrOT, OTR, Assoc Prof of Occup Therapy, Assoc Prof of Medicine
- Tammy Sonn, MD, Assoc Prof of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Steve Taff, PhD, OTR, Assoc Prof of Occupational Therapy, Assoc Prof of Medicine
- Douglas Thompson, MD, Assoc Prof of Anesthesiology
- Colleen Wallace, MD, Assoc Prof of Pediatrics
- Paul Wise, MD, Prof of Surgery
- Megan Wren, MD, Prof of Medicine
- Tim Yau, MD, Asst Prof of Medicine
- Allyson Zazulia, MD, Prof of Neurology and Radiology