Even as University of Iowa Health Care continues to weather a rise in COVID-19 infections, our faculty members continue to excel. Within the clinic and the classroom, from telemedicine visits to international research conferences, our faculty members manage a combination of research, education, and clinical responsibilities. In addition to all of that, these twenty faculty members assembled successful promotion applications, moving from associate professor to professor and from assistant professor to associate professor. We applaud their diligence and the well-deserved return on that effort, especially at a moment like this.

It is unfortunate that we are unable to gather in person to celebrate with their family and colleagues as we have in the past. We hope that this public acknowledgement can serve as a small token of our appreciation. Congratulations!

Professors
A tradition for each promotion class is to ask newly promoted professors to select a quote that is personally meaningful or perhaps summarizes their professional philosophy. The Carver College of Medicine then provides them with that quote in a framed remembrance denoting this achievement.

Amy Dowden, MD
Clinical Professor
Immunology

Dowden selected:

“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” –Walt Disney

Dilek Ince, MD
Clinical Professor
Infectious Diseases

Ince selected:

“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” –Rumi

Kan Liu, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor
Cardiovascular Medicine

Liu selected:

“I feel the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.” –Jonas Salk

Associate Professors

Colleen Campbell, PhD Cardiovascular Medicine	Benjamin Davis, MD Immunology	Sanjana Dayal, PhD Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation
Alan Gunderson, MD Gastroenterology and Hepatology	Jeydith Gutierrez, MD General Internal Medicine	Diana Jalal, MD Nephrology
Pashtoon Kasi, MBBS Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation	Bradley Manning, MD General Internal Medicine	Eiyu Matsumoto, MD Infectious Diseases
Ilonka Molano, MD Infectious Diseases	Varun Mongo, MBBS Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation	Lama Noureddine, MD Nephrology
Tahuanty Peña, MD Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine	Lee Sanders, MD, PhD Nephrology	Tomohiro Tanaka, MD, PhD Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Yolanda Villalvazo, MD, MPH General Internal Medicine