Congratulations Evan Garber!

Meet Evan Garber, our Sickle Cell Nurse Coordinator, who has received the prestigious Kelly Mullen Clinical Service Award for his outstanding care and dedication to our sickle cell patients. Click here to learn more about Evan’s remarkable work and what makes him a valued member of our team

Sickle Cell Treatment Center opens today (Links to an external site)

Sickle Cell Treatment Center opens today
The first of its kind, dedicated adult Sickle Cell Treatment Center in the St. Louis metro region opened today in a 1,700-square-foot space on the third floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine. The Sickle Cell Treatment Center represents a major milestone in ongoing efforts by Barnes-Jewish Hospital and partners across BJC HealthCare to provide care […]

Pioneers of Hematology Series

The Division of Hematology was delighted to host Dr. Joe Prchal on March 1st as the inaugural speaker for our Pioneers of Hematology seminar series, a new initiative sponsored by the Division of Hematology and Pediatric Hematology & Oncology. Dr. Prchal’s seminar described his groundbreaking research and innovative approach to studying hematologic disorders, demonstrating the […]

Hematology Holiday Party 2023

Hematology Holiday Party 2023
The Hematology Holiday Party held on December 16th was a phenomenal event with an abundance of guests, delectable food, and an enchanting atmosphere at the Missouri History Museum. Among the highlights, the gift raffle stole the show, leaving everyone delighted. Additionally, the Coloring STL exhibit, which was open for all attendees to enjoy and engage […]

Annual Hematology Retreat 2023

Annual Hematology Retreat 2023
The 2nd Annual Hematology Division Research Retreat was held on November 17th, with insightful presentations and engaging discussions amongst Hematology trainees and faculty. Faculty presentations were given by Luis Batista, Ben Jennings, Andrew Young, and Amber Afzal. Trainee oral presentations were delivered by Fan He (Oh Lab), Jeeseung Kim (Kang Lab), and Jingu Lee (Cho Lab). The J. Evan […]

49th Annual Carl Vernon Moore Memorial Lecture

The 49th annual Carl Moore Memorial Lecture was held on November 8, 2023 with invited speaker Katherine High, M.D., discussing her pioneering work developing gene therapy approaches for genetic diseases. The lectureship is in honor of Dr. Carl Moore, a renowned physician-scientist who established the Division of Hematology and later served as Chair of the […]

Siteman Investment Program awards $2 million in cancer research grants (Links to an external site)

Siteman Investment Program awards $2 million in cancer research grants
Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine is pleased to announce funding for eight new projects, including research projects focused on prostate cancer, lymphoma, and breast cancer, as well as a team science project with a focus on myeloproliferative neoplasms, a blood malignancy that can develop into acute myeloid leukemia. Also included are two […]

Study reveals how chronic blood cancer transitions to aggressive disease (Links to an external site)

Study reveals how chronic blood cancer transitions to aggressive disease
A type of chronic leukemia can simmer for many years. Some patients may need treatment to manage this type of blood cancer — called myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) — while others may go through long periods of watchful waiting. But for a small percentage of patients, the slower paced disease can transform into an aggressive cancer, […]

Medical school selected by hematology society to develop fellowship program (Links to an external site)

Medical school selected by hematology society to develop fellowship program
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is one of nine U.S. academic institutions selected by the American Society of Hematology for the organization’s Hematology-Focused Fellowship Training Program (HFFTP) – an innovative initiative aimed at addressing the critical need to expand the number of hematologists. The society has invested $19 million to launch the new fellowship […]