The Washington University cardiac surgical team at Barnes-Jewish Hospital successfully implanted an FDA-approved artificial heart in a 47-year-old patient on Oct. 27. The seven- hour-long surgery was led by Nader Moazami and assisted by I-Wen Wang.

It’s likely that after surviving general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics and biology, Washington University pre-meds will be in pretty good shape for the MCAT and the years of medical school that await them after graduation. But doctors aren’t deemed good doctors because of their crazy skills with paper, pen and Scantron sheets. How can the [...]