The last full de facto week of E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, in office as Chair and DEO of the department began with an open house in the MERF Atrium. Members of University of Iowa Health Care, the Carver College of Medicine, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center were invited to say farewell […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, December 16 will be: State of the Department 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, December 16, 2021 E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine Click this link on Thursday just before noon to join the presentation: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/93684952487 This Grand Rounds presentation will be recorded and available […]
Suvasini Lakshmanan, MBBS, a first-year fellow in Cardiovascular Disease, was recently selected as a recipient of the 2022 Women as One Escalator Awards Mentor Match Award in the mentee category. Lakshmanan is one of four recipients out of 71 applicants from 25 different countries. As a winner, she will receive several important benefits, including an […]
The department recently learned that Richard DeGowin, MD, emeritus professor in Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, passed away on Nov. 24, 2021 at the age of 87. Born at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, DeGowin is an Iowa City native and the son of Laura and Elmer DeGowin, MD, a pioneer […]
The below is a lightly edited version of a message sent from outgoing Chair & DEO E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, to the department. By now you have heard the news that Isabella Grumbach, MD, PhD, will serve as Interim Chair and DEO for the Department of Internal Medicine. This is a tremendous piece of news. The […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, December 9 will be: CPC: Ewing Sarcoma: Tumor Biology to Treatment 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, December 9, 2021 Adam Prescott, MD, 2nd Year Resident, Internal Medicine Nicole Becker, MD, 4th Year Resident, Pathology David Gordon, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics Click this link on Thursday just before noon to […]
Article: Direct endoscopic placement of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies with jejunal extension tubes (PEG-J) using ultra-thin endoscopes – long-term outcomes from a U.S. tertiary referral center Authors: Yazan Hasan, Asad Ali, Amer El Sayed, Avraham Levin, Henning Gerke, Hye Yeon Jhun, Mohamad Mokadem, Rami El Abiad, Randhir Jesudoss, Steven Polyak, Nadav Sahar Journal: Surg Endosc. 2021 […]
And then it was December. I do not think I am alone in wondering just where January went, let alone the rest of 2021. As the first rounds of vaccination against COVID-19 began almost exactly a year ago, the momentum we all felt encountered stiff headwinds early on and blew much of the rest of […]
The message below was sent to the Department of Internal Medicine earlier today. I have the great pleasure to announce that David A. Stoltz, MD, PhD, has been named Director of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, effective December 1. We are grateful for the 11 years of leadership that his predecessor, […]
With this week’s Fellowship Match Day, many of our graduating residents can breathe a sigh of relief as their next couple years become much clearer. The Department is proud to announce that every one of our residents who entered the fellowship match met with success. This year’s 100% placement rate raises our five-year rolling average […]