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. I’ve chosen to outline a dayshift as a senior resident in our Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU), my favorite rotation at University of Iowa Health Care. 6:15 am – I push […]
Online presentation: Chief Resident Presentations – May 6, 2021
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, May 6, 2021, will be: Chief Resident Presentations12:00-1:00pmThursday, May 6, 2021 Fine Line Between Air and Water – Amanda Heuszel, MDDyspnea, Edema & the Fight Against Clinical Inertia – Nicholas Arnold, MDImproving Goal Concordant Care at a VA Medical Center – Matthew Soltys, MDSurviving Fluids – Roger […]
Becker receives G.E.R.M. grant
Greta Becker, a second-year medical student, received a Grants for Emerging Researcher/Clinical Mentorship (G.E.R.M.) from the Infectious Diseases Society of America Foundation (IDSA) and the HIV Medicine Association. Under the supervision of Robert Blount, MD, assistant professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, Becker will use the funds from this grant to examine the […]
Dale Bieber, MD, MS 1947-2021
It is with a heavy heart that I share with you news of the untimely passing of Dale Bieber, MD, MS. Our hearts go out to Carla, his family, and his close friends. We mourn with them in this sudden and tragic loss. A clinical professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Dale had […]
May 2021 – Alpana Garg
For Alpana Garg, MD, clinical assistant professor in General Internal Medicine, it all began with a medical school graduation announcement. As a high school student living in Chandigarh, India, Garg saw the photo of the Government Medical College’s graduating class in the newspaper every year. As she began to consider her own career options, she […]
Perilipin2 down-regulation in β cells impairs insulin secretion under nutritional stress and damages mitochondria
Article: Perilipin2 down-regulation in β cells impairs insulin secretion under nutritional stress and damages mitochondria Authors: Akansha Mishra, Siming Liu, Joseph Promes, Mikako Harata, William I. Sivitz, Brian D. Fink, Gourav Bhardwaj, Brian T. O’Neill, Chen Kang, Rajan Sah, Stefan Strack, Samuel B. Stephens, Timothy H. King, Laura Jackson, Andrew S. Greenberg, Frederick Anokye-Danso, Rexford […]