Adrian Holm, DO, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Mark Wolcott Award for Excellence in Clinical Care Delivery. The Wolcott Award for Excellence is presented by the US Department of Veterans Affairs to a healthcare practitioner in a leadership or management position who has demonstrated excellence through exceptional support for direct patient care providers, […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, April 1 will be: The Cancer Diagnostic Clinic: A New Initiative and Clinical Vignettes12:00-1:00pmThursday, April 1, 2021 Taher Abu Hejleh, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation Mark Karwal, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation […]
The following is a statement from Vice Chair for Education and Internal Medicine Residency Program Director Manish Suneja, MD. It is with great pride that I announce the 2022–23 Chief Residents for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. The Chief Residents are chosen for their leadership skills, moral integrity, and clinical acumen and are the most […]
Novel treatments for melanoma over the past decade have dramatically enhanced survival. Immune checkpoint inhibitors and BRAF/MEK inhibitors have both demonstrated significant improvements in melanoma patient outcomes as demonstrated by many clinical trials. Unfortunately, patients who develop brain metastases still carry a grim prognosis, with a median overall survival of fewer than 6 months. Additionally, there is relatively […]
Article: Serrated polyp detection rate and advanced adenoma detection rate from a US multicenter cohort Authors: Jagpal S Klair, Munish Ashat, Dane Johnson, Sumant Arora, Nirmal Onteddu, Jose G Machain Palacio, Ronald Samuel, Mohammad Bilal, Avanija Buddam, Ashutosh Gupta, Alan Gunderson, Praveen Guturu, Kaartik Soota, Subhash Chandra, Arvind R Murali Journal: Endoscopy. 2020 Jan;52(1):61-67. doi: […]
Christopher Goerdt, MD, MPH, 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 compassion and dedication […]
It is always a nice feeling when you set your expectations high and still have them exceeded. That is what happened on last Friday’s Match Day, when we welcomed to Internal Medicine one of our most accomplished classes in recent memory. Our Vice Chair for Education and Internal Medicine Residency Program Director Dr. Manish Suneja and I revealed some […]
For Women’s History Month, we featured stories of influential women in medical history. Department faculty provided their response to the following question: “Who is a woman in medicine in the near or distant past who inspires you and why?“ Melissa Swee, MD: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Hilary Mosher, MFA, MD: Bettye Tate Christie Thomas, MBBS: […]
A yearly tradition that comes fast on the heels of Match Day is updating the map that shows 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, and we also produce a map showing where our residents go to […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, March 25 will be: Embedding Clinical Trials within Clinical Care: The Future of Learning Healthcare Systems12:00-1:00pmThursday, March 25, 2021 Matthew W. Semler, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Click this link on Thursday just before noon to join the presentation:https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/95958140959 This Grand Rounds presentation will […]