The following lightly edited report was submitted by Poorani Sekar, MD, clinical associate professor in Infectious Diseases. This year, we had the pleasure of celebrating our graduating fellows at Tin Roost in North Liberty. On a beautiful June evening, we gathered in a private room at the restaurant, which was elegantly set up with food […]
For more than a quarter-century, the Division of Infectious Diseases has presented an annual symposium for area clinicians on the latest diagnostics and treatments for the most pressing and recurrent conditions they will encounter. The day’s presentation delivered earlier this month at a downtown Iowa City conference center continued the tradition in its 26th year. […]
In lieu of their regularly scheduled Grand Rounds, on the afternoon of Thursday, June 13, Infectious Disease faculty and staff gathered in the decorated Smith Conference Room on the university campus to fete three graduating fellows: Nirmal Muthukumarasamy, MBBS; Abhishek Pandya, MD; and Thomas Wright, MD. Infectious Disease Fellowship Program Director Judy Streit, MD, took […]
Last week, US Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MS, MD, visited the University of Iowa Health Care main campus to learn about the role our Division of Infectious Diseases plays in caring for Iowans. This visit was arranged in part by Lisa Cox, Director for Government Relations with the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Cox and […]
After four decades at the University of Iowa, William Nauseef, MD, announced his intention to retire and stepped back from clinical responsibilities. An infectious diseases physician and researcher, the founder and longtime director of the Iowa Inflammation Program, Nauseef balanced daily work in the lab and in the clinic with education, mentoring, and generous support […]
On Thursday of this week, the Division of Infectious Diseases hosted a small farewell for its graduating fellows, Michael Olthoff, MD, and Andrew Simms, MD. Faculty, staff, and their fellow trainees gathered to congratulate the pair and to thank them for their contributions during a challenging couple years. Members of the division were treated to […]
Three years have passed since the last in-person version of this Continuing Medical Education conference hosted by the Division of Infectious Diseases. That year, 2019, a different pandemic took center stage in the programming as the division celebrated the 30-year anniversary of the founding of the HIV/AIDS Clinic at UI Health Care. It can be […]
I am pleased to announce that Judy Streit, MD, clinical professor of internal medicine, has accepted the role of Interim Director for the Division of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Streit takes the role as Daniel Diekema, MD, MS, is stepping down after eleven years and returning to the faculty. Effective June 28, Dr. Streit will direct the division while […]
Fungal periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) are essentially unheard of, contributing to only 1% of PJIs. Because they are so rare, fungal PJIs can be hard to identify and treat, leaving physicians without answers for their patients. However, fungal PJI is associated with significant cost and morbidity, especially among immunocompromised patients. Takaaki Kobayashi, MD, third-year fellow in […]
A mark of a strong research institution is not just the discoveries it produces. It must also make investments into the sustainability of science across decades. In part this is accomplished through mentored, protected time for our subspecialty fellows through federal training grants. The Department of Internal Medicine is home to six different NIH-funded T32 […]