Aspects of our education mission have received a little more attention than usual, both within the department and throughout the college, for the last few weeks. With all the expectations and the celebrations of Match Day, there is something that pairs well with spring. Both have a hopefulness for the future, which we try to […]
Training successes reveal us at our best
It has already been a week since Match Day 2024 and we are still celebrating our success and this full class of interns who will join us in late June. As our Vice Chair for Education Dr. Manish Suneja and I said last week, we are exceedingly proud of the work that went into this […]
Speaking up
As experts in a multitude of aspects of health care delivery and academic medicine, whether it is educating medical students, performing a cutting-edge procedure, or completing the requirements to launch a clinical trial, we are often asked to provide that expertise to legislators or other policy makers. Occasionally we are asked to advise with the […]
The next chair, the same outstanding department
In a couple weeks, we will enter the next phase of the search for our department’s permanent chair. The finalists for the role have been identified and scheduled for campus visits. As part of their interview process at this stage, each candidate will deliver a public presentation and take questions from the audience. We have […]
By the numbers
So far, so good. We are less than a couple weeks into our union with the UI Health Care Downtown Campus, formerly known as Mercy Iowa City. The celebrations of the first day, including a signage change-over, visits from therapy dogs, and even an appearance by the Iowa Hawkeye mascot Herky, are all worth a […]
Our new colleagues
On February 1, Mercy Iowa City will become part of University of Iowa Health Care as our new downtown campus, a great opportunity for growth and innovation and a new chapter as we become a comprehensive health care system. Over the last six weeks, we have taken many administrative steps to integrate our new colleagues […]
Our deep bench for clinical research
Pardon the pun in the title, especially since we also have a deep bench when it comes to bench research. But as this new year kicks off and because so much of its focus will be on the coming union with Mercy Iowa City, I wanted to point to an area of the department’s strength […]
State of the Department, 2023
The following is an abridged and edited transcript of yesterday’s State of the Department address. To view the entire presentation, click here (hawkid login required). Welcome to all of you, to this other holiday tradition, the State of the Department presentation. Loreen Herwaldt asked me if she should introduce me. I said there’s probably no […]
Recruitment efforts bear fruit
Wednesday of this week was Fellowship Match Day and we celebrated with two sets of groups in our department. First, those third-year internal medicine residents who chose to pursue subspecialty training found out where they will be heading next. Congratulations to all of you on the navigation of a nerve-wracking process, all while still completing […]
Thankfulness
In less than a week many of us will observe Thanksgiving. Before I go any further, a deep thank you to everyone who will care for our in-patient population, the same amount of people it takes to accomplish this work when we are not on holiday: physicians, APPs, nurses, EVS staff, cafeteria staff, maintenance teams, […]