The end of January signals the end of residency interview season, which started just about the same time I arrived on campus in October. For nearly 4 months, our Vice Chair for Education Dr. Manish Suneja and his fantastic team met virtually twice a week with graduating medical students from around the country. They met […]
Article: The University of Iowa Neuroendocrine Tumor Clinic Authors: James R Howe, Yusuf Menda, Chandrikha Chandrasekharan, Andrew M Bellizzi, Dawn E Quelle, M Sue O’Dorisio, Joseph S Dillon Journal: Endocr Pract. 2025 Jan;31(1):4-18. Epub 2024 Sep 28. Abstract: The Iowa Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) Clinic was founded and developed by two remarkable physicians, Thomas and Sue […]
On an especially cold winter’s night, people from the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine gathered at a lavender farm in Oxford, IA to celebrate the holidays. Faculty, staff, donors, and residents interested pursuing this specialty were met at the door with wafts of the dried flowers, which covered entire walls of the […]
As Chair & DEO Upi Singh, MD, wrote in her last post, it turned out that members of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism did “have much to celebrate.” Over the course of an evening spent in the International Ballroom of the University of Iowa’s Memorial Union, lots of evidence were on display of a […]
Accessibility to quality, patient-first treatment is one of the core pillars of University of Iowa Health Care, and it depends on a strong foundation of research. Hanna Zembrzuska, MD, MME, clinical assistant professor in Immunology, and Umar Farooq, MD, clinical professor in Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, and director of Cellular Therapy, have […]
Over the last four years, the University of Iowa Health Care Weight Management Clinic has made remarkable strides in addressing one of the most pervasive health challenges in the country: obesity. With rates affecting more than 40% of the national population in any age group, the need for effective, accessible, and comprehensive obesity care across […]
The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to introduce some of the newest members who joined us between September and December 2024 (start dates in parentheses). We are happy to welcome them to the department. Ola Abdelkarim, MBBCh, MSc (11/15/24) Dr. Ola Abdelkarim has joined the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine after completing a fellowship in […]
There are so many things about Iowa that I am coming to love. January temperature drops are not on the list! But Iowans themselves . . . incredible. I see a genuine interest in each other’s lives that I suspect you all take for granted, but I assure you can be harder to find elsewhere. […]
Brian O’Neill, MD, PhD, has been named a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), one of the most distinguished organizations for physician-scientists. This honor, reserved for early-career researchers under the age of 50 who have made significant contributions to medicine, highlights O’Neill’s groundbreaking work in diabetes research and his leadership within the […]
Dear Colleagues, We hope you all are having a great start to the year, and that this January has found you recharged and optimistic for the path that lies ahead in 2025. We are excited to start the year with a variety of wonderful opportunities to learn and engage as we celebrate Human Rights Week. […]