In recognition of its tradition of exemplary scholarly activity, the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine (CCOM) held its annual Celebration of Excellence in Research, Scholarship, Teaching, and Service on Monday, adding eight faculty with appointments in the Department of Internal Medicine across its Wall of Scholarship, naming Impact Scholars, and presenting […]
The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to announce that Mohammed Milhem, MBBS, will become the next Director of the Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, after serving as Interim Division Director for the past 3 months. Our decision to defer plans to launch a national search for a permanent Division Director […]
Last week, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) released a special report titled “A Guide to Cancer Care Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” It details an approach for oncologists and other care providers to ensure their own safety and that of those they treat, given the higher likelihood of a patient’s immuno-compromised status. For […]
A recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine features the results of a multi-site clinical trial in which Dr. Mo Milhem and the University of Iowa’s Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center participated. Sorafenib, a kinase inhibitor primarily used to treat renal, hepatic, and thyroid carcinomas, was used against a placebo in a double-blind, phase […]
I am pleased to announce that we have implemented a new leadership structure for the Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation (HOBMT). The missions of the division have been divided operationally into a Section of Oncology led by Mohammed Milhem, MBBS, and a Section of Hematology led by Steven Lentz, MD, PhD. […]
Mohammed Milhem, Clinical Professor in Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, has been awarded the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Since 1991, this annual award has gone to a graduating student and a faculty member who demonstrate excellence and compassion in their patient care. The graduating Carver […]
by Tony Craine, Health at Iowa In spring 2015, Trent Phillips of Jesup, Iowa, felt a nagging pain in the back of his left leg that didn’t seem to be getting better. “I thought I had pulled a hamstring,” Trent says. “I had done it before, while playing sports. I told myself, ‘Well, hamstrings take […]