Sanjana Dayal, PhD, and Steven Lentz, MD, PhD, received a $3.36M R01 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The grant, titled “Cellular Effects of SARS-CoV-2 in Mediating Thrombotic Susceptibility,” will allow Dayal and Lentz to investigate whether an increase in cytokines as a result of COVID-19 can activate blood cells and […]
We are pleased to present the next in our weekly series introducing you to Internal Medicine’s Advanced Practice Providers. In addition to sharing information about where they work in the department, we asked them each to tell us a little bit about their “Why” (the sustaining pull for their work) and what relaxes them. (Read […]
Article: Pulmonary Aspects of COVID-19 Authors: Kevin C Doerschug, Gregory A Schmidt Journal: Annu Rev Med. 2022 Jan 27;73:81-93 Abstract: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a respiratory virus that gains entry via angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) within airway epithelium. Patients exhibit a spectrum of respiratory symptoms from asymptomatic to respiratory failure. Patient […]
The below is a message from Bradley Dixon, MD, Chief of Medicine, Iowa City VA Health Care System (ICVA). It is with enormous pleasure that I announce that the Awards Committee has selected Dr. Warren N. Schmidt, staff physician at the ICVA and Emeritus Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at […]
The following is a joint statement from Isabella Grumbach, MD, PhD, Interim Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, and Manish Suneja, MD, Vice Chair for Education and Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program. The Department of Internal Medicine celebrates the incoming class of interns for the 2022–23 academic year. Lessons learned from last year’s […]
Welcome to our incoming Intern Class for 2022–23!
We are pleased to present the next in our weekly series introducing you to Internal Medicine’s Advanced Practice Providers. In addition to sharing information about where they work in the department, we asked them each to tell us a little bit about their “Why” (the sustaining pull for their work) and what relaxes them. (Read […]
The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to welcome Trae Stutzman to our Human Resources team as an HR Associate. A 2020 graduate of Mount Mercy University with dual degrees in Business Management and Human Resource Management, Stutzman joins us with more than four years’ experience working in human resources. For the last three years, […]
Article: Leveraging implementation science to advance antibiotic stewardship practice and research Authors: Daniel J Livorsi, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Heather Schacht Reisinger, Neha Nanda, Jessina C McGregor, Tamar F Barlam, Andrew M Morris, Julia E Szymczak Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Feb;43(2):139-146 Excerpt: Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed medications, and there is evidence to […]
Last week I had the good fortune to attend the meeting of the Association of Professors of Medicine (APM), sponsored by the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine. As nice as it was to catch up briefly with Dr. Abel and—for those of you who have been here for a few years—with Dr. Rosenthal, the true […]