From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Wed Dec 30 2009 - 19:35:31 EST
*"*He also developed a curriculum for the internal medicine students at
Orotta Medical School in the African country of Eritrea and trained
health-care professionals in that country, leading to improved diabetes
care"
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*http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/15259.html*
*Windus named associate dean for medical school education*
By Beth Miller
Dec. 30, 2009 -- David W. Windus, M.D., has been named associate dean for
medical student education at Washington University School of Medicine in St.
Louis.
Windus is a professor of medicine and assistant medical director of the
Chromalloy American Kidney Center at the School of Medicine.
In the new role, Windus will oversee all aspects of the medical student
curriculum, including managing schedules, evaluations, assessment, course
planning and the Career Counseling office and managing the Family Medicine
clerkship, the Practice of Medicine courses and the fourth-year program. In
addition, he will lead the medical schools LCME accreditation process and
act as a liaison with students and support faculty in obtaining recognition
for their teaching.
"Dr. Windus is a superb teacher and clinician with experience in
international medical education, information technology and innovative
teaching methods," said Alison Whelan, M.D., senior associate dean for
education at the School of Medicine. "Dave is a wonderful colleague with the
highest professional integrity and humanism. I look forward to working with
him in his new role and am confident he will do a superb job."
Windus joined the School of Medicine faculty in 1983. He is an Institute of
Public Health Scholar at Washington University and an attending physician at
Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
As a professor, Windus has implemented team-based learning into the Renal
Pathophysiology course, resulting in greater understanding and appreciation
of kidney disease by students. He also developed a curriculum for the
internal medicine students at Orotta Medical School in the African country
of Eritrea and trained health-care professionals in that country, leading to
improved diabetes care. He has also visited Bhutan to help teach Bhutanese
doctors and healthcare workers about kidney disease and diabetes.
A native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Windus earned a bachelor's degree from Iowa
State University and a medical degree from Creighton University. He
completed an internship, residency and chief residency at Mount Sinai
Medical Center in Milwaukee. He also was a postdoctoral trainee for the U.S.
Public Health Service at Washington University School of Medicine for two
years.
Windus is a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He has received
numerous awards, including the School of Medicine's Distinguished Service
Teaching Award six times, the Samuel R. Goldstein Leadership in Medical
Education Award and the AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award for Washington
University, both in 2006.
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Washington University School of Medicine's 2,100 employed and volunteer
faculty physicians also are the medical staff of Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis
Children's hospitals. The School of Medicine is one of the leading medical
research, teaching and patient care institutions in the nation, currently
ranked third in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Through its
affiliations with Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children's hospitals, the
School of Medicine is linked to BJC HealthCare.
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