The following is a message from Clinical Associate Professor of General Internal Medicine Jeydith Gutierrez, MD, MPH; Clinical Associate Professor of General Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Andrea Weber, MD; and Clinical Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Antonio Sanchez; MD. Alcohol consumption can have serious health effects, yet this is often under-discussed. April is Alcohol Awareness […]
Article: Impact of Insulin Sensitivity and β-Cell Function Over Time on Glycemic Outcomes in the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE): Differential Treatment Effects of Dual Therapy Authors: Kristina M Utzschneider, Naji Younes, Nicole M Butera, Ashok Balasubramanyam, Richard M Bergenstal, Joshua Barzilay, Cyrus DeSouza, Ralph A DeFronzo, Tom Elasy, Jonathan […]
The William R. Wilson Award The 2023-24 William R. Wilson Award goes to Greta Becker and Anna Clemens. These two have shown exceptional accomplishment in their clinical work in Internal Medicine. The Wilson Award was created in 1982 to honor the memory of an Internal Medicine faculty member who exemplified the finest in teaching, clinical […]
In spring 2023, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Frank Faraci, PhD, and Professor of Neurology and Radiology at Harvard Medical School, Eng Lo, PhD, sat down with Editor-in-Chief of the American Heart Association (AHA) Journal Circulation Research, Jane E. Freedman, MD, to discuss a possible new compendium for the journal. Now, a […]
Patient Safety Awareness Week was held from April 15 to 19, 2024 at University of Iowa Health Care, focusing on the positive work being done in the area of quality assurance and patient safety. On Tuesday, April 16, the annual Quality and Safety Symposium was held, including a keynote speaker, lectures and discussions, and a […]
Article: Predictors of Hospital-related Outcomes of COVID-19 Infection in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Early Pandemic Phase: A Nationwide Inpatient Database Survey Authors: Khadija Naseem, Abdullah Sohail, Vu Quang Nguyen, Ahmad Khan, Gregory Cooper, Bret Lashner, Jeffry Katz, Fabio Cominelli, Miguel Regueiro, Emad Mansoor Journal: Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2023 Sep 19:izad200 Abstract: Background: […]
The department, the college, and the rest of University of Iowa Health Care have seen extraordinary changes in a relatively short period of time. Whether it was leadership turnover, expansion downtown and into North Liberty, or the squeeze of labor shortages and inflation, it can be dizzying to compare our current moment with how far […]
Azaj Ahmed, MSc, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Sanjana Dayal, PhD, FAHA, has received a two-year, $147,292 American Heart Association (AHA) Postdoctoral Fellowship award to pursue his research. He is studying mechanisms of obesity and prediabetes-induced thrombosis using mouse models and clinical samples for his project, in which he is investigating how […]
Led by Clinical Assistant Professor in General Internal Medicine, Matthew Soltys, MD, the Department of Internal Medicine Transition to Residency (TTR) course is a two-week elective offered through the Carver College of Medicine to fourth-year medical students who have applied to Internal Medicine residency programs, or are spending a preliminary year in Internal Medicine before […]
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, FASCO, is a professor of medicine, the senior director for clinical research, and the director of the genitourinary oncology program at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute. He was invited by Yousef Zakharia, MD, onto the Iowa campus last week to deliver a Grand Rounds presentation and to meet with residents and […]