Company Profile
Washington University Medicine
Company Overview
Thank you for your interest in joining the faculty of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. We have nearly 3,000 faculty members, and we are recruiting more talented people than ever.
Our School of Medicine faculty are leaders in their respective fields, changing the face of research, education and clinical care. Together, they create an unparalleled environment of collegiality and multidisciplinary collaboration. Whatever your focus, you’ll benefit from the support of colleagues eager to share their expertise and pursue common goals.
We know that bringing together people from varied places, backgrounds and training is essential to the success of all of our missions. We are committed to recruiting for diversity and inclusion, which leads to better outcomes for all patients and provides richer solutions to the complex challenges of academic medicine.
Above all, we are a community driven to improve and advance human health in our region and across the globe, and we look forward to identifying outstanding faculty candidates eager to apply their talents and education toward this higher purpose.
We invite you to learn more about the school, our campus community and St. Louis, and to explore current opportunities at the School of Medicine.
Company History
Within decades of its founding, WashU Medicine was remade in an endeavor to create a model for American medical education and research. This tradition of bold innovation continues to drive us forward today.
In 1891, responding to a national concern for improving doctors’ training, Washington University acquired the independent St. Louis Medical College and established a medical department. Missouri Medical College, also independent, joined the department in 1899, uniting the two oldest medical schools west of the Mississippi River.
A decade later, the young medical department was sharply criticized in a report on the state of medical education in the United States and Canada – an assessment that found most medical institutions wholly inadequate. These findings provoked university board member Robert S. Brookings to transform the department into a modern medical school.
Working with the report’s author, Abraham Flexner, Brookings set about installing the medical school with a full-time faculty, adequate endowment, modern laboratories and associated teaching hospitals. Among the first four department heads he recruited in 1910 was Joseph Erlanger, who went on to win the 1944 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
The school moved to its current location in the Central West End neighborhood in 1914. When the neighborhood began to falter in the second half of the 20th century, many institutions began to leave. Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital formed a coalition in 1962 that went on to lead a successful neighborhood revitalization effort that continues today, through the Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corporation.
The transmission of excellence from one generation to the next is a hallmark of Washington University School of Medicine. Dean Robert Moore’s 1951 comment remains true today: “An institution is only as great as the individual men and women who compose it.”
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
With a world-class faculty, unparalleled medical education, and a $1.2 billion annual investment in basic and medical science research, we are changing the future of medicine and human health.
Benefits
WashU is committed to providing you with a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. You and your family have access to benefits and resources, such as health care coverage, employee wellness program, tuition assistance and help in establishing your financial future.
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