A yearly tradition that comes on the heels of Match Day is presenting the updated map showing where our residents over the last five years attended medical school. The Carver College of Medicine produces a map showing where graduating medical students go for residency, and we also produce a map showing where our Internal Medicine residents […]
Joseph S. Dillon, MB, BCh, BAO, has been awarded one of the highest distinctions the Carver College of Medicine grants, the Dr. Ernest O. Theilen Clinical Teaching and Service Award. This award, sponsored by the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development, recognizes a faculty member each year who embodies the ideals Theilen exemplified in his […]
Welcome to our incoming residents for 2026–27! Read the welcome message from Chair & DEO Upi Singh, MD, and Manish Suneja, MD, Internal Medicine Residency Program Director and Vice Chair for Education.
The following is a joint statement from Upi Singh, MD, Chair and DEO of the Department of Internal Medicine, and Manish Suneja, MD, Vice Chair for Education and Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program. It is with great pleasure that we introduce you to the incoming class of interns for the 2026-27 academic year. […]
Below are those named to this month’s Internal Medicine Honor Roll—an employee recognition program where team members (clinicians, researchers, educators, trainees, staff, etc.) can recognize other team members who are doing great things. We are pleased to recognize their contributions! Nominate someone today! Stephanie Wellington, Fellowship Coordinator Gastroenterology and Hepatology Nominated by Hilary Humphrey […]
Article: Regulation of stem cell aging and cellular proliferation by Klotho-Sirt1 pathways in heart, kidney and small intestine Authors: Dao-Fu Dai, Nastaran Daneshgar, Kaihao Wang, Pei-Ing Liang, Dustin Bosch, Chad Grueter Journal: NPJ Aging. 2025 Nov 25;11(1):9 Abstract: We investigate the effects of α-Klotho, an anti-aging hormone, on cell proliferation across three tissues with varying […]
Trainees find their chosen specialty through a variety of paths. Hematology and Oncology Fellow Brooke Jennings, MD encountered hers for the first time at the foot of her brother’s hospital bed when she was fifteen years old. In a narrative medicine piece, Jennings describes how coming of age alongside his diagnosis of Ewing sarcoma meant that she […]
When rheumatologist Petar Lenert, MD, MSc, PhD, reflects on what brought him to UI Health Care, he has joked that he “didn’t know where Iowa was” before accepting a faculty position here. At his retirement party many years later, Lenert now insists that he couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. The Division of Immunology’s administrative team […]
Article: Proinflammatory Cytokines Mediate Pancreatic β-Cell-Specific Alterations to Golgi Integrity via iNOS-Dependent Mitochondrial Inhibition Authors: Sandra E Blom, Palin R Narsian, Riley M Behan-Bush, James A Ankrum, Ling Yang, Samuel B Stephens Journal: Diabetes. 2025 Nov 1;74(11):1992-2007 Abstract: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is caused by the selective autoimmune ablation of pancreatic β-cells. Emerging evidence reveals […]
The full scale of a health care professional’s impact may not always be immediately apparent. Even with the rapport that develops between patients and providers throughout treatment and continued care, appointments offer only narrow windows into a patient’s growth and improved quality of life. To that end, administrative coordinators for the Lung Transplant Team organized […]