Melissa Swee, MD, MME, clinical assistant professor in Nephrology and Hypertension, and Iowa VA Quality Scholars (VAQS) Program Director, has been awarded the Rising Star Award by the national VA Quality Scholars Program. Swee was nominated by Jaime Wilson, DNP, RN, PCCN, director of the Rural Scholars Fellowship and Office of Rural Health at the […]
At the beginning of last month’s Culturally Responsive Health Care in Iowa conference, Drs. Rachel Anderson, Adam Blaine, Katherine Harris, Krista Johnson, Tyler Maggio, Laurel Smeins, Alice Xu, and Kathie Zhang were presented the 2024 Culturally Responsive Health Care Award for the care provided to underserved patients in partnership with the Iowa City Free Medical […]
Late last spring, 2023-24 Chief Resident for Quality and Patient Safety (CRQS) Kathie Zhang, MD, presented her capstone project, Improving diabetic kidney disease screening in a VA resident primary care clinic, to the Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) 23 executive leadership team. In June, Zhang received notification that this presentation had earned her the “Capstone […]