ACRC faculty, staff and trainees are invited to the 4th Annual Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center Symposium, March 30th and 31st, 2017. Events will feature: Poster Session and Oral Abstract Presentation Keynote and Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series guest speaker: Christine Seidman, MD, Thomas W. Smith Professor of Medicine and Genetics, Harvard Medical School and Brigham […]
For years, to many around our halls, Dr. David Skorton was a cardiologist you could count on for a good story. The Department of Internal Medicine learned to share him with the Carver College of Medicine, and then with the entire University of Iowa when he became president. The whole institution bid him sad farewell […]
On Friday, February 24, nearly one hundred area and regional health care providers gathered at a local Iowa City hotel to attend one of many conferences the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine sponsors throughout the year. This year’s event featured a keynote address from Dr. Blair Grubb, director of Electrophysiology at the University of Toledo Medical […]
The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to announce the creation of a new venue for advancing our research mission and to invite you to its inaugural session. The Research Seminar Series will meet on the first Tuesday of every month (except July) and offer scientists the opportunity to present their latest discoveries to a […]
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 health care, the issues that these providers address are some of the most critical in the industry. One of the hospitalist’s most pressing concerns is quality improvement. Because a hospital […]
Two days is barely enough to cover a fraction of the facets surrounding one of the world’s leading causes of death. The University of Iowa’s Heart and Vascular Center, together with the Department of Internal Medicine, hosted its eighth annual gathering to address as much as they could. This was the second year that it […]
A story can be a powerful thing. Numbers and facts have the power to impress, but it is only when the scale is narrowed to specifics that we can begin to connect emotionally or on a personal level. This is in part why the University of Iowa Foundation hosts its weekend-long Inside Iowa Medicine event. […]
Last week, the Department said farewell to its Executive Vice Chair Dr. Karl Thomas. A line stretched out the door of the Department conference room for many to shake his hand and to express just how much he would be missed. Dr. Joe Zabner, in typical fashion, mixed humor with sincerity in describing how long […]
Last week, providers and administrators gathered in the Medical Alumni Auditorium for updates on the good work, the progress, and the road ahead for the UIHC’s Heart and Vascular Center (HVC), in which many Internal Medicine members play a significant role. Cathy Pierce, Chief of Operations at the HVC, guided the attendees through a summary […]
Last Thursday and Friday, 47 fellows from throughout the country and 6 guest faculty from Midwest programs gathered at the University of Iowa for the 2016 Midwest Fellows Critical Care Ultrasound Symposium, organized by Dr. Gregory A. Schmidt, Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine. The symposium catered to the increasing use of bedside […]