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Among the many elements that recruits cite as helping them rank our residency program in the Match is being able to hear from the residents themselves. For the last few years, interns and second- and third-year residents have drafted diaries describing what “A Day in the Life” looks like for them. Some go diary-style and […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, October 21 will be: Human Trafficking – Our Role as Health Care Providers 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, October 21, 2021 Shannon Findlay, MD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine Brittany McGraw, LISW, ACSW, Social Work Specialist, Department of Psychiatry Click this link on Thursday just before noon […]
More than three million illnesses and 48,000 deaths are caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria each year with an annual impact of $35 billion in excess health care costs. A newly funded multi-tiered VA grant seeks to directly counterattack growing threats of emerging pathogens and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Eli Perencevich, MD, MS, professor in General Internal Medicine […]
Iowa City’s VA Healthcare System has been accepted as a site to host one of the VA’s Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA) Advanced Fellowships in Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D). Michelle Mengeling, PhD, assistant professor in General Internal Medicine, and Michael Ohl, MD, MSPH, associate professor in Infectious Diseases, submitted the successful application and […]
Inevitably, every year, a faculty member can be overheard saying the same thing to a colleague: “I always learn something new at these.” This year was no different as the final round of the American College of Physicians (ACP) Clinical Vignette Competition wrapped up and the judges began their deliberation. As with years past, that […]
A major component of residency training in Internal Medicine at Iowa is an emphasis from day one on research and scholarship in practical ways. One of the ways this happens is through active involvement in a quality improvement project each year. We interviewed Matthew Soltys, MD, last year’s Chief Resident of Quality and Safety and […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, October 14 will be: Role of airway inflammation in susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 in vivo and in vitro 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, October 14, 2021 Alejandro Pezzulo, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine Click this link on Thursday just before noon to join the presentation: […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, October 7 will be: Burnout in Healthcare: The Crisis is Here Too 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, October 7, 2021 Ashmita Banerjee, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry Amy Stier, MD, MME, Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics Click this link on Thursday just before noon to join the presentation: […]
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, September 30 will be: Paul M. & Dorothy E. Seebohm Visiting Lectureship in Allergy SARS CoV2 and lessons from the immune system 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, September 30, 2021 Kathleen Sullivan, MD, PhD, Chief, Allergy Division, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Click this link on Thursday just before noon to […]
The Carver College of Medicine has sponsored a Research Week for nearly six decades, the most recent of which took place on September 15 and 16. With 64 oral presentations, 141 poster presentations, and a keynote, the college celebrates the research that our medical students conduct and refine in a multitude of ways. Recognizing excellence among the […]