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 […]
Second-year Pulmonary and Critical Care Disease fellow Luis Vargas Buonfiglio, MD, has received a one-year, $100,000 clinical fellowship from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to expand his research into identifying clear biomarkers of bronchiectasis resulting from cystic fibrosis (CF). Bronchiectasis is distinguished by scarred and dilated airways in the lungs and can occur in as many […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, May 26 will be: After all this trauma: Where is our mental health headed 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, May 26, 2022 Gerard Clancy, MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry Click this link on Thursday just before noon to join the presentation: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/96952452507 This Grand Rounds presentation will be recorded 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 […]
Gerald Wickham, MA, EdD, UI Health Care GME Director for Strategic Educational Initiatives, called the Internal Medicine Residency Program “a powerhouse of educational research and development.” At Friday’s GME Leadership Symposium, that assessment was on full display in the McCord Club Lounge, a press box above Kinnick Stadium. More than 2 dozen posters were accepted […]
Article: Avacopan: An Oral Complement 5a Inhibitor for ANCA-associated Vasculitis Authors: Matthew J Mandell, Gatr-Alnada Gheriani, Aleksander Lenert, Petar S Lenert Journal: touchREVIEWS in RMD 2022;1(1):Online ahead of publication Abstract: The oral complement 5a receptor antagonist, avacopan, was recently studied in phase II and III clinical trials in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis […]
Being a member of a community comes with a lot of benefits. You have people around you who give you encouragement, who invest in your growth, who value your wellbeing, who celebrate your successes and commiserate with you over your setbacks. But membership in a community places certain obligations on you as well. First, you […]
Alejandro A Pezzulo, MD, assistant professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, and Alejandro Comellas, MD, clinical professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, received a five-year, $2.8M R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. With this funding, Pezzulo and Comellas will determine the mechanisms by which transient lung inflammation […]
“It is a huge honor. I’m still in a bit of a shock that I have the opportunity to attend.” Next month, Heather Reisinger, PhD, associate professor in General Internal Medicine, will begin the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM®) at Drexel University’s College of Medicine. The intensive, one-year fellowship for women […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, May 19 will be: DiBona Award Lecture The Hepatitis C that was. Reflections of a worker bee 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, May 19, 2022 Warren Schmidt, MD, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Click this link on Thursday just before noon to join the presentation: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/93804622284 This Grand Rounds […]