George Weiner, MD, professor in Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, has been appointed to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Board of Scientific Advisors (BSA). The NCI BSA is a committee of the nation’s best oncology researchers and advisers, who come together three times per year to discuss scientific policy, prominent research, and the […]
Dear Colleagues, July is a month in which everything begins again in academic medicine: it’s the mark of a new fiscal year, and a new academic year. We welcome new interns and new fellows into the department, the university, and Iowa City as a whole. We set new goals and begin the cycle of teaching, […]
Late last spring, 2023-24 Chief Resident for Quality and Patient Safety (CRQS) Kathie Zhang, MD, presented her capstone project, Improving diabetic kidney disease screening in a VA resident primary care clinic, to the Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) 23 executive leadership team. In June, Zhang received notification that this presentation had earned her the “Capstone […]
This week’s news that the newly named director of the University of Iowa’s Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. Mark Burkard, will begin his job on October 1 means this academic year promises to start off with a lot of change! Dr. Burkard is a breast oncologist and will join our department. You will recall that […]
The Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE) may be a nerve-wracking title to the incoming intern, conjuring stressful memories of their just-completed medical school exams. But the goal of the OSCEs as it has been designed and run for nearly a decade by the residency program in Internal Medicine at Iowa is to produce the opposite […]
“It’s not real until you get your pager,” one fellow remarked. For the dozens of first-year fellows sitting in Medical Alumni Auditorium last week, it just got real. Although their choices of subspecialty are varied across the department’s 17+ fellowship programs, they all share the same department, which helps their programs maintain national accreditation and […]
On a stormy evening in late June, in the midst of a tornado warning, new and current Internal Medicine residents, staff, and faculty gathered in a private room in nearby North Liberty’s Tin Roost for the annual resident welcome dinner. Guests brought their partners, children, and friends, and were treated to a buffet of paninis, […]
The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to introduce some of the newest members who joined us between January and June 2024 (start dates in parentheses). We are happy to welcome them to the department. Kale Bongers, MD, PhD (6/28/24) Dr. Kale Bongers joins the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine as an […]
Article: The effect of dietary interventions on inflammatory biomarkers among people with multiple sclerosis: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Authors: Farnoosh Shemirani, Wade R Pingel, Tyler J Titcomb, Asma Salari-Moghaddam, Farshad Arsalandeh, Solange M Saxby, Linda G Snetselaar, Terry L Wahls Journal: PLoS One. 2024 Feb 7;19(2):e0297510 Abstract: Background: […]
Take a look at our upcoming CME conferences. Lots of educational opportunities! University of Iowa Adult Comprehensive Simulation-Based ECMO Course Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 8am – Friday, August 9, 2024, 12pm Heart & Vascular Conf Rm (4999 JPP), Iowa City, IA Registration and Event Details The University of Iowa’s ECMO program has been offering ECMO […]