Views from the Chair

This has been a challenging week for us. As we processed the news of the sudden and unexpected loss of one of our own, I…

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed most of us hard into a virtual environment and in this landscape our department and many of our faculty have…

Many of the stories that I share in these posts focus on our research and education missions. The faculty and trainees in our department exemplify…

It is always a nice feeling when you set your expectations high and still have them exceeded. That is what happened on last Friday’s Match Day,…

It is a disheartening reality that I must write to you again about racism. The Department of Internal Medicine affirms our full support and concern…

In a little less than a week, the results of the most unusual residency recruitment season in memory will be revealed. We will know where…

Today we are nearing the end of Black History Month. If you follow our department on Facebook or Twitter, you may have seen the minute-long…

This month and over the next few weeks, we will pass a number of one-year anniversaries. The first documented cases of COVID-19 in the United…

Each year University of Iowa Health Care, the Carver College of Medicine, and all our departments commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr….

As many of us reflect on the significance of the present moment and the events of the past few weeks, I have been moved to…