After reviving their division’s CME event last year after a decade hiatus, faculty within the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology followed up with another day-long conference drawing area providers, former fellows, and other health-care professionals interested in GI-related care. Organizers grouped the day’s sessions similarly to the previous year, with three presentations assigned to one […]
Graduation Season 2019 is underway and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology has set the bar high for all the other divisions and fellowship programs in the department. On a sunny Saturday evening, with a view of the nearly complete north end of Kinnick Stadium, friends, family, and colleagues gathered to congratulate four individuals who […]
After holding his last clinic for the last time, Michael Voigt, MD, clinical professor in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, joined family and friends at the Vine in Coralville to celebrate. For nearly 26 years, Voigt established himself as an expert in a variety of liver-related concerns, serving as a critical member of the liver transplant team […]
Complicated and invasive procedures require the confidence that comes from experience. And that experience can only come from instruction and training that replicates as closely as possible what the clinician will actually encounter. In the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, multiple opportunities exist for this important work to occur. Sometimes this training happens with the […]
Though certainly not the first in the history of the division, Saturday’s Update in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy event was the first Continuing Medical Education event for the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in more than a decade. That was more than enough time to merit the “First Annual” addition to the day-long conference’s title. […]
Members of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology both planned well ahead of the event celebrating their graduating GI fellows and responded quickly to changing circumstances. When they learned that Dr. Steven Polyak would be traveling and unable to accept the Dr. Robert Summers Outstanding Teaching Award, staff arranged for the fellows to present him […]
At the University Club on a Sunday evening, the members, friends, and family of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology joined to celebrate the achievements and next steps of three graduates of the Gastroenterology Fellowship: Drs. Subhash Chandra, Arvind Rangarajan Murali, and Mahmoud Soubra. The evening began with an hour of cocktails and conversation, introductions […]
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 circadian clock, or sleeping at night and being awake during the day, can help patients achieve a higher amount of weight loss following the surgery. The study conducted in a […]
Last Sunday evening, the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology said good-bye to four of its fellows who have come to the end of their terms. Drs. Sarah Hossain, Ye-Jin Lee, Vijay Pottathil, and Huy Tran have worked tirelessly and with distinction in their three years with us. We have been lucky to have Dr. Lee […]
I’m pleased to announce that our clinical and research missions will intersect in a new venture. The University of Iowa has been invited to be a clinical site for the Pulmonary Trials Cooperative (PTC) by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, as part of an effort to fund practical studies in a search for […]