Honors, awards, and other achievements earned by Internal Medicine personnel.
Until 2017, University of Iowa Health Care had no coordinated referral program in place for proactively screening eligible patients for lung cancer. That year Sara Kraus, ARNP, DNP, FNP-BC, and Kim Baker El-Abiad, MD, both from the Department of Internal Medicine’s Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, set out to change that. The […]
This year, the Department of Internal Medicine had a record number of participants in University of Iowa Health Care’s Executive Leadership Academy (ELA). Designed as an enterprise-focused intensive program for appointed and emerging leaders, ELA hosts approximately 30 individuals who complete self-identified projects to increase the effectiveness of operational, research, or clinical teams. Participants start […]
In recognition of its tradition of exemplary scholarly activity, the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine (CCOM) held its annual Celebration of Excellence in Research, Scholarship, Teaching, and Service on Monday, adding eight faculty with appointments in the Department of Internal Medicine across its Wall of Scholarship, naming Impact Scholars, and presenting […]
In late April, the Iowa Board of Regents announced the six winners for their annual Faculty Excellence Awards, reserved for faculty members who have demonstrated “extraordinary contributions and [a] sustained record of excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.” Jack Stapleton, MD, professor in Internal Medicine—Infectious Diseases (ID) and professor of Microbiology and Immunology was one […]
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 […]
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 […]
In a celebration of excellence, one of University of Iowa Health Care’s (UIHC) own hematologist-oncologist embodies the ideals of patient care and groundbreaking research by leading his team to secure a prestigious award. Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Christopher Strouse, MD, received the 2023 Donald D. Dorfman Award for lymphoma research in the amount […]
Below are those named to this month’s Internal Medicine Honor Roll—an employee recognition program where team members (providers, staff, etc.) can recognize other team members who are doing great things. We are pleased to recognize their contributions! NOTE: Because of the recent overwhelming response from you and in order to give each story the attention […]
The below is a message from Bradley Dixon, MD, Chief of Medicine, Iowa City VA Health Care System (ICVA). It is with enormous pleasure that I announce that the Awards Committee has selected William M. Nauseef, MD, a 26-year veteran staff physician at the ICVA, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Microbiology in the Division of […]