Internal Medicine placed 53 clinicians on the list of Patient’s Choice Award recipients for their excellence in patient experience. Each of our divisions is represented. Recognition was based upon patient responses to five questions within the “Care Provider” section of patient surveys: Concern showed for patient questions or worries Explanations given to patient about problem […]
A new NIH-funded grant will offer trainees the opportunity to conduct research in the intersection of climate change and lung health. David Stoltz, MD, PhD, professor and director of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Health, will serve as co-PI on this new T32 grant with Peter Thorne, PhD, professor in the Department […]
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 following is reprinted from the February 6 issue of the UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Holden Highlights newsletter. See other features from this series. Graduate Student Spotlight: Shakoora Sabree, Medical Scientist Training Program As a native of Stone Mountain, Georgia, Shakoora Sabree’s undergraduate education took her to Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA, where […]
Article: A tale of two peripheral blood CD34+ cell counts: Evaluation of unexpectedly high values prior to peripheral stem cell collection Authors: Kai J Rogers, Meredith G Parsons, Christopher S Strouse, Umar Farooq, Annette J Schlueter Journal: Transfus Apher Sci. 2022 Dec 14;103624 Excerpt: Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) form the foundation of treatment for many […]
Count on the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine to resist expectation and to search out the new. The typical trappings of a holiday party typically do not feature murals of flying saucers above sun-loungers and specialty mixed drinks named for famous fictional plants. But last week’s gathering at one of Iowa City’s […]