Combining Imagination with Experience
We are at an exciting moment in health care delivery, as a number of innovative internal initiatives begin to germinate and come to fruition. For…
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Virtual Hospitalist Program Successfully Launched
Three members of the Division of General Internal Medicine—Hospitalist Program Director Dr. Kevin Glenn, Administrator Eric Linson, and Dr. Ethan Kuperman—have pioneered yet another innovation…
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Giangrande to Study Potential Chest Trauma Treatments
Dr. Paloma Giangrande, Professor of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, has been awarded a two-year, $559k grant from the Department of Defense to…
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Continuing Our Legacy
This week, I had the pleasure to attend a portion of the American Heart Association’s (AHA) 89th Annual Scientific Sessions in New Orleans. For five…
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Iowa Rheumatologists Bag Record-Breaking Three-peat
Iowa stuns again! Our football team may have surprised many last weekend with their win over the University of Michigan, but at least there was…
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Dr. Richard Kerber, 1939 – 2016
It is with great sadness that I share news of the passing of Dr. Richard Kerber, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine. After a short illness, he…
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Mokadem Connects Sleep and Gastric Bypass Recovery
A newly released basic science study of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) by Dr. Mohamad Mokadem, Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, suggests that a functioning…
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PBI Convergence Grant Awarded to CF Researchers
A major component of research in the Pappajohn Biomedical Institute (PBI) is to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and to expose researchers to new ways of looking…
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Investments in Our Research Mission
The Department of Internal Medicine is a national and international leader in cutting-edge research in diverse areas. Many of our faculty, fellows, and trainees are…
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Highlights from the 7th Annual Update in Hospital Medicine, October 29, 2016
Hospitalist medicine can be practiced by physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and administrators concerned with acutely ill, hospitalized patients. Although a relatively new concept in…
