Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, May 13 will be: Neuroendocrine tumors- Past, present & the future12:00-1:00pmThursday, May 13, 2021 Chandrikha Chandrasekharan, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation Click this link on Thursday just before noon to join the presentation:https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/99982290061 This Grand Rounds presentation will be […]
Recognizing Teaching Excellence
Learners in the Carver College of Medicine are invited to provide examples of effective teaching at the end of each rotation. Read what our trainees recently had to say about Internal Medicine educators below. Read previous submissions. Eiyu Matsumoto, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal MedicineSubmitted by Conor Burke-Smith Allowed me to inform a patient […]
Reference formatting, in-text citations
Back in February I posted about selecting and formatting references in a manuscript. Since then I have noticed some other general styling concerns that persist regardless of a particular journal’s instructions. Always cite a source at the first mention of a source, not at the end of several sentences reporting information from that source. If you refer to […]
Cho named Inflammation Program director
Josalyn Cho, MD, assistant professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Occupational Medicine, has been named the next director of the University of Iowa’s Inflammation Program. Cho returned to the University of Iowa, where she earned her medical degree, in 2018, after years as director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship and Vice Chair of […]
Wearable Monitors Facilitate Exercise in Adult and Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant
Article: Wearable Monitors Facilitate Exercise in Adult and Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Authors: Ethan Pottebaum, Alexa Warmoth, Sabarish Ayyappan, David S Dickens, Yogesh Jethava, Arunkumar Modi, Michael H Tomasson, Lucas J Carr, Melissa L Bates Journal: Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2021 Apr 22. doi: 10.1249/JES.0000000000000258. Online ahead of print. Abstract:Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) is […]
Our Medicine family and our intergenerational impact
This has been a challenging week for us. As we processed the news of the sudden and unexpected loss of one of our own, I have been heartened by and reminded of the supportive community we are privileged to be a part of. As we mourn the loss of Dr. Dale Bieber, social media comments […]
The Chiefs’ Grand Rounds, 2021
Every year the Chief Residents deliver a Grand Rounds in Internal Medicine. Though social distancing kept Medical Alumni Auditorium mostly empty, nearly 150 still logged on to cheer these four beloved members of the department dazzle them in their role for one of the last times. Before that could begin, though, Manish Suneja, MD, Residency […]
M4 Student Awards, 2020–21
The William R. Wilson Award The 2020–21 William R. Wilson Award goes to Sarah Dougherty and Marcus Muñoz. These two have shown exceptional accomplishment in their clinical work in Internal Medicine. The Wilson Award was created in 1982 to honor the memory of an Internal Medicine faculty member who exemplified the finest in teaching, clinical […]
A day in the life of an Intern – Katelin Durham, MD
We asked a number of our residents to describe what a typical day looks like. We are grateful to share their stories in this series of diaries. This week I’m doing a Night Float rotation so I get to sleep in. I wake up around 11AM and make some breakfast. I tune in for our noon […]
A day in the life of a PGY-3 – Yana Zemkova, MD
We asked a number of our residents to describe what a typical day looks like. We are grateful to share their stories in this series of diaries. Spring 2021Inpatient VA Despite the countless days that have turned into months of similar schedules, waking up early still has not gotten any easier. Regardless, I slide out of […]