In spring 2023, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Frank Faraci, PhD, and Professor of Neurology and Radiology at Harvard Medical School, Eng Lo, PhD, sat down with Editor-in-Chief of the American Heart Association (AHA) Journal Circulation Research, Jane E. Freedman, MD, to discuss a possible new compendium for the journal. Now, a ..read more

Patient Safety Awareness Week was held from April 15 to 19, 2024 at University of Iowa Health Care, focusing on the positive work being done in the area of quality assurance and patient safety. On Tuesday, April 16, the annual Quality and Safety Symposium was held, including a keynote speaker, lectures and discussions, and a ..read more

Article: Predictors of Hospital-related Outcomes of COVID-19 Infection in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Early Pandemic Phase: A Nationwide Inpatient Database Survey Authors: Khadija Naseem, Abdullah Sohail, Vu Quang Nguyen, Ahmad Khan, Gregory Cooper, Bret Lashner, Jeffry Katz, Fabio Cominelli, Miguel Regueiro, Emad Mansoor Journal: Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2023 Sep 19:izad200 Abstract: Background ..read more

The department, the college, and the rest of University of Iowa Health Care have seen extraordinary changes in a relatively short period of time. Whether it was leadership turnover, expansion downtown and into North Liberty, or the squeeze of labor shortages and inflation, it can be dizzying to compare our current moment with how far ..read more

Azaj Ahmed, MSc, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Sanjana Dayal, PhD, FAHA, has received a two-year, $147,292 American Heart Association (AHA) Postdoctoral Fellowship award to pursue his research. He is studying mechanisms of obesity and prediabetes-induced thrombosis using mouse models and clinical samples for his project, in which he is investigating how ..read more

Led by Clinical Assistant Professor in General Internal Medicine, Matthew Soltys, MD, the Department of Internal Medicine Transition to Residency (TTR) course is a two-week elective offered through the Carver College of Medicine to fourth-year medical students who have applied to Internal Medicine residency programs, or are spending a preliminary year in Internal Medicine before ..read more

Neeraj Agarwal, MD, FASCO, is a professor of medicine, the senior director for clinical research, and the director of the genitourinary oncology program at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute. He was invited by Yousef Zakharia, MD, onto the Iowa campus last week to deliver a Grand Rounds presentation and to meet with residents and ..read more

In a celebration of excellence, one of University of Iowa Health Care’s (UIHC) own hematologist-oncologists embodies the ideals of patient care and groundbreaking research by leading his team to secure a prestigious award. Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Christopher Strouse, MD, received the 2023 Donald D. Dorfman Award for lymphoma research in the amount ..read more

Below are those named to this month’s Internal Medicine Honor Roll—an employee recognition program where team members (providers, staff, etc.) can recognize other team members who are doing great things. We are pleased to recognize their contributions! NOTE: Because of the recent overwhelming response from you and in order to give each story the attention ..read more

Article: Dermatomyositis presenting with diffuse calcinosis Authors: Madalyn Walsh, Brittany Bettendorf, Carleigh Zahn Journal: BMJ Case Rep. 2023 Dec 16;16(12):e257288 Abstract: We present the case of a woman in her early 50s who initially presented to an orthopedist for nodules located near the posterior knee. Imaging revealed diffuse subcutaneous calcifications and she was subsequently referred ..read more