The Department of Internal Medicine is fully committed to the complete spectrum of medical education.
The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine braved a busy downtown Iowa City to gather on the second floor of the Hotel Vetro. While the rest of the neighborhood was celebrating the annual Arts Fest, the division was celebrating their four most recent pulmonary and critical care fellowship graduates: Desmond Barber, MD, MME; […]
The division with the most fellowship training programs kicked off the department’s graduation season from the second floor of the Hilton Garden Inn in Iowa City. Graduates, faculty, staff, and family and friends of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine filled the room as well as their plates from the many options on the buffet. After […]
The most common question we have been asked in the past year is “Why did you want to be chief resident?” We all had individual reasons for becoming chief, but we shared the common desire to help shape the program that shaped us. During the last year, we have made several notable changes including eliminating […]
The Carver College of Medicine’s Office of Graduate Medical Education held its annual GME Leadership Symposium last week. The Department of Internal Medicine again made a strong showing both in the event’s poster session as well as in its awards. Read the Symposium Poster Guide with titles and abstracts here. Of the 30 posters accepted […]
For more than a quarter-century, the Division of Infectious Diseases has presented an annual symposium for area clinicians on the latest diagnostics and treatments for the most pressing and recurrent conditions they will encounter. The day’s presentation delivered earlier this month at a downtown Iowa City conference center continued the tradition in its 26th year. […]
The Faculty/Fellows as Clinician Educators (FACE) program meets once a month throughout an academic year. Its goal is to offer practical skills in a small-group, mentored setting for Internal Medicine fellows and faculty in the Division of General Internal Medicine interested in improving their abilities as teachers and trainers. [Review this year’s curriculum and schedule.] […]
Since 1990, rheumatologists in the Department of Internal Medicine have organized a day-long medical education symposium for area clinicians to connect and learn about the latest research and treatments available in their subspecialty. Now at 35, the Iowa Rheumatology Symposium is as vital as ever with dozens of attendees from the region and across the […]
The William R. Wilson Award The 2024-25 William R. Wilson Award goes to Alex Hanson and Betty Tu. 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 […]
The following is a statement from Vice Chair for Education and Internal Medicine Residency Program Director Manish Suneja, MD. It is with great pride that I announce the 2026–27 Chief Residents for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. The Chief Residents are chosen for their leadership skills, moral integrity, and clinical acumen and are the most […]
In its first year, the Transition to Residency (TTR) course served as proof of concept. Would graduating medical students about to enter an internal medicine residency find a two-week elective on what to expect in their internship useful? The answer from the participating students and their instructors was a resounding yes. By year two, interest […]