News & Breakthroughs at Siteman
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Staff/Faculty Update News & Stories
Staff/Faculty Update
Hall Recognized for Prostate Cancer Care, Compassion
Lannis Hall, MD, MPH, a professor of clinical radiation oncology at WashU Medicine and medical director of radiation oncologist at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, has been honored with the 2026 Guardian Angel Award: Wind Beneath Our Wings by The Empowerment Network, a nonprofit dedicated to patient advocacy, support and education. The award recognizes Hall’s impact […]
Clinical, In the Media, Staff/Faculty Update
WashU Medicine Appoints New Chief of Head and Neck Surgery
Andrés M. Bur, MD, FACS, a nationally known oncologist and reconstructive surgeon, will also co-lead the Head and Neck Tumor Center at Siteman Cancer Center Andrés M. Bur, MD, FACS, has been named chief of the Division of Head and Neck Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery at WashU Medicine […]
In the Media, Staff/Faculty Update
Ley Elected to the American Philosophical Society
Professor of medicine and of genetics led team that sequenced the first cancer genome Timothy J. Ley, MD, a professor of medicine and of genetics at WashU Medicine, the Lewis T. and Rosalind B. Apple Chair in Oncology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and a research member at Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, has been […]
In the Media, Staff/Faculty Update
Michalski Named AAPM Honorary Member
Jeff M. Michalski, MD, MBA, FACR, FASTRO, the Carlos A. Perez Distinguished Professor and director of Radiation Oncology Theranostics at WashU Medicine and a nationally renowned radiation oncologist at Siteman Cancer Center, has been named an honorary member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). The AAPM aims to advance medicine through excellence in the science, education and professional practice of medical physics, which is the application of physics principles to biology and […]
In the Media, Research, Staff/Faculty Update
Bergom Named ASTRO Fellow
WashU Medicine radiation oncologist Carmen Bergom, MD, PhD, a renowned research member of Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, has been named a fellow of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). The honor recognizes ASTRO members’ outstanding achievements and contributions to the organization, cancer research, education and patient care. Bergom and other newly named fellows will be recognized at ASTRO’s 68th Annual Meeting […]
In the Media, Research, Staff/Faculty Update
Siteman Investment Program Awards $2.24 Million for Cancer Research
Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine is pleased to announce $2.24 million in new funding for 11 new projects, including three clinical trials. Through this research, investigators aim to improve the understanding of tumor formation and growth, develop safer, more effective therapies, and remove barriers to precision medicine. The funded projects focus on a variety of […]
In the Media, Staff/Faculty Update
Singh Named Inaugural Recipient of Siteman Cancer Center Excellence Award
Honor recognizes physician-scientist whose discoveries are redefining the future of cancer care at Siteman and around the world Nathan Singh, MD, MS, an internationally recognized WashU Medicine medical oncologist at Siteman Cancer Center, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Siteman Cancer Center Excellence Award, the institution’s newest and highest honor recognizing exceptional achievement in scientific […]
In the Media, Staff/Faculty Update
Colditz, Jiang receive Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The honor is in recognition of their development of an AI tool that refines breast-cancer risk prediction. WashU Medicine researchers Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, and Shu (Joy) Jiang, PhD, at Siteman Cancer Center are the joint recipients of the 2026 WashU Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The pair were honored for developing artificial intelligence (AI)-based imaging software […]
In the Media, Research, Staff/Faculty Update
Cynthia Ma Receives Susan G. Komen Leadership Grant
Cynthia X. Ma, MD, PhD, a renowned WashU Medicine physician-scientist at Siteman Cancer Center, has received a Leadership Grant from Susan G. Komen to advance breast cancer research focused on endocrine resistance, a major challenge in treatment for hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. A medical oncologist, Ma treats patients with this and other types of breast cancer at Siteman Cancer […]
In the Media, Staff/Faculty Update
Zipfel Elected President of the Society of Neurological Surgeons
Head of Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery is a national leader in the treatment and research of brain tumors and cerebrovascular disorders Gregory J. Zipfel, MD, the Ralph G. Dacey Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery and head of the Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery at WashU Medicine and a research member of Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, has […]