Mario Castro, MD

Mario Castro, MD

Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Additional Titles

  • Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Radiology

Education

  • BA in Biology: University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO (1988)
  • MD: University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO (1988)
  • Internal Medicine Residency: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN (1991)
  • Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN (1994)
  • Masters in Public Health: St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO (1998)
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (2001)
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (2008)
  • Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (Present)

Recognition

  • Flarsheim Merit Scholarship (Undergraduate)
  • Victor Wilson Scholarship (Undergraduate)
  • National Hispanic Scholarship (Undergraduate)
  • Society of Leukocyte Biology Travel Award, 1992
  • Burgher Family Endowed Fellow, 1993-94
  • American Federation of Clinical Research – Midwest Trainee Award, 1993
  • Clinical Research – Trainee Award, 1994
  • Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, 1995
  • Volunteer of the Year – American Lung Association of Eastern Missouri, 1998
  • Graduated with Highest Distinction on MPH Oral Comprehensive Exam, 1998
  • Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society, 1999
  • Distinguished Service Award – American Lung Association of Eastern Missouri, 2001
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Medical Society, 2004
  • Cum Laude Award, Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance, 2005
  • Humanitarian Recognition Award 2005, The CHEST Foundation

Research Interests

Asthma and airway diseases, COPD, health care delivery issues