Mario Castro, MD

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

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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)

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

Asthma and airway diseases, COPD, health care delivery issues