Each year, the Department of Internal Medicine recognizes excellence in science and education through a growing series of inspired lectures, each of which celebrates the lives of the people for whom they are named.
We look forward to hosting prominent professors for eight of these highlighted talks each year. Below is a list of upcoming and recent-past presenters, many with links to their recorded presentations.
Note: Some past presentations may only be accessed with a HawkID and password.
Dr. Gerald DiBona Lecture
Gerald DiBona, MD, has made significant contributions to understanding renal physiology and hypertension mechanisms. His research has advanced knowledge of how the nervous system regulates kidney function and blood pressure, shaping critical insights into cardiovascular health.
Currently, DiBona serves as Emeritus Professor of Nephrology at the University of Iowa.
June 22, 2023
Rural Health: What it Means for VHA, UIHC, and the Nation
Peter Kaboli, MD, MS, FACP, FHM, University of Iowa
May 19, 2022
The Hepatitis C that was. Reflections of a worker bee
Warren Schmidt, MD, PhD, University of Iowa
Annette Fitz Memorial Fellowship Lecture
The Fitz Memorial Lecture is in memory of the many contributions of Annette Fitz, MD, to the Division of Nephrology and Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa for more than 30 years until her untimely death in 1995.
In celebration of Fitz’s dedication to education, the Nephrology Division annually challenges our renal fellows to identify a topic in Nephrology and a speaker whom they feel would most contribute to their own education and pursuit of knowledge.
April 19, 2023
Urolithiasis: An Integral Part of the Metabolic Syndrome
Orson Moe, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Texas
December 18, 2019
Updates and Interesting Cases in Acid/Base and Electrolyte Disorders
Biff Palmer, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Texas
Douglas R. LaBrecque Lectureship in Hepatology
This lectureship is an important extension of LaBrecque’s career-long commitment to educating tomorrow’s practitioners about liver disease. He built and directed the liver service at UI Health Care for 30 years, where he co-founded the Liver Transplantation Program.
Currently, LaBrecque serves as Emeritus Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa.
October 12, 2023
Alcohol-associated Liver Disease – Updates in 2023
Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD, FAASLD, AGAF, FACP, Harvard Medical School
October 6, 2022
Liver Disease Circa 2022: Not Just a Hepatologist’s Problem Anymore
Anna Mae Diehl, MD, Duke University School of Medicine
Geoffrey McLennan Lectureship in Pulmonary Disease and Biomedical Imaging
This lectureship was created in honor of Geoffrey McLennan, MBBS, FRACP, PhD, in 2011 to provide an educational opportunity for medical students, residents, and fellows in pulmonary disease and biomedical imaging.
McLennon was a Professor of Internal Medicine, Bioengineering, and Radiology when he passed in 2010. He was a founding member of the Iowa Institute for Biomedical Imaging, serving as director from 2005 to his death. He also served as director of Interventional Pulmonology Services for the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine.
September 28, 2023
The Lung Health Crisis: The Achilles Heel We Didn’t Know We Had
MeiLan Han, MD, MS, University of Michigan Health
September 22, 2022
Perspectives on precision therapeutics for rare cystic fibrosis genotypes
Eric Sorscher, MD, Emory University
Bruce L. Miller & M. Joyce Miller Memorial Award and Visiting Professorship
Created in 1986 for Mrs. Joyce Miller, who died of pancreatic disease, the Miller fund provides a special educational opportunity for medical students, residents, and fellows at the University of Iowa.
This lectureship supports the visit each year of a prominent clinical or basic investigator in the field of gastroenterology to lecture on a current topic in the field. Mrs. Miller’s husband (Bruce), daughter (Barbara), and son (Mark) established the professorship to honor Mrs. Miller and to encourage continued research into gastrointestinal diseases in the hope of finding cures.
Bruce passed away in 2014 at the age of 95, at which time the lectureship was renamed to honor the legacy of both Joyce and Bruce.
March 7, 2024
Cupids, Leprechauns, and Gastroenterologists: Why Mythical Creatures Are No Longer Required to Diagnose and Initially Treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Darren M. Brenner, MD, AGAF, FACG, RFF, Northwestern University
March 9, 2023
Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis (AH) Update: From Epidemiology to Treatment
Norah Terrault, MD, MPH, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
April 7, 2022
The Human Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease: Opportunities and Challenges?
Gary D. Wu, MD, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Thomas O’Dorisio Lecture
This lectureship was established in 2023 to honor Thomas O’Dorisio, MD, and his work in the field of neuroendocrine tumors (NET), which eventually led to the successful effort to bring an NIH Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant to the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (HCCC), the first ever of its kind to address NETs.
Under his leadership (in partnership with his wife, oncologist M. Sue O’Dorisio, MD, PhD), the HCCC earned a Center of Excellence designation from the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society, the only such center in the United States and only one of 50 worldwide.
December 7, 2023
No longer the tumor of tens: pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma
Lauren Fishbein, MD, PhD, MTR, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Paul M. and Dorothy E. Seebohm Visiting Lectureship in Allergy
Created in 1993, this lectureship was created to provide a special educational opportunity for medical students, residents, and fellows in allergic and immunologic diseases.
Paul M. Seebohm, MD, was Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa College of Medicine. He was Director of the first UI Allergy-Immunology Division and also served as Executive Associate Dean in the UI College of Medicine, and served as President of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
October 26, 2023
Identifying Mechanisms of Tolerance in Kids with Food Allergy
Stephanie C. Eisenbarth, MD, PhD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
October 20, 2022
What’s New in Antibiotic Allergies?
David A. Khan, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center
September 30, 2021
SARS CoV2 and lessons from the immune system
Kathleen Sullivan, MD, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
John B. Stokes Iowa Kidney Lecture
John Stokes, MD, joined the University of Iowa Department of Internal Medicine in 1978, becoming director of the Division of Nephrology in 1982, a position he held until his death in 2012.
A longstanding member of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles (FOE), John worked with this organization to secure a pledge of $25M in 2008—the fourth largest gift ever to the University of Iowa at that time—to create the FOE Diabetes Research Center at the University of Iowa.
March 21, 2024
A role for inflammatory responses in salt-sensitive hypertension
Steven Crowley, MD, Duke University
September 29, 2022
Insights into the pathogenesis of polycystic kidney disease
Peter C. Harris, PhD, Mayo Clinic