Mario Castro, MD
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-6904
- Email: castrom@nospam.wustl.edu
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