White coats, big smiles, bright futures. 🩺💛 Welcome and congrats to the 153 medical students who officially began their journey at our college yesterday. Let’s hear it for these future doctors! 🎉

Mariia Kumskova, MD, a postdoctoral research scholar in the lab of Anil Chauhan, MTech, PhD, received a two-year Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society Mentored Research Award to investigate the mechanism of bleeding in Ehlers–Danlos syndrome. internalmedicineiowa.org/2024/08/02/kum…

Meet Your Interns, Week 3! Like last week another Costco mention, but mostly a lot of love for the Iowa City community in general since they moved here. Find out what it was about our training program that drew them here! #IowaIntMedInterns24 Iowa IM Chiefs internalmedicineiowa.org/2024/08/19/mee…

Wenjie Yu, PhD, a postdoc in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, earned a Catalyst Award from the American Lung Association to study pathophysiological features of diseased airways. internalmedicineiowa.org/2024/08/05/yu-…

Samuel Stephens, PhD, Associate Professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism, has been awarded a three-year, $1.3M R01 from NIDDK. internalmedicineiowa.org/2024/08/14/ste…

Last month, we celebrated 30 years of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, at University of Iowa Health Care and UI Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital —a form of life support assists in managing heart and lung functions when a person’s organs can no longer sustain them on their own. internalmedicineiowa.org/2024/08/15/30-…

Two of Week 4's #IowaIntMedInterns24 are UIowa Eye prelims and we love to have them with us. Everyone loves to take advantage of the many opportunities to get outside and the summertime events downtown. internalmedicineiowa.org/2024/08/26/mee…

Radiation therapy is an important treatment for head and neck cancers, but it can also cause breathing and swallowing problems. Driven to improve patients' quality of life, Rami El Abiad, MD, developed an innovative approach using a new stent. spr.ly/6016mOmHI

Miles Hagner, MD, was recently awarded a two-year FSR Fellowship Grant. Hagner’s research involves studying the pathophysiology that leads to and drives sarcoidosis. internalmedicineiowa.org/2024/08/08/hag…

Tonight, from 7-9 p.m., we'll be joining forces with the UI Addiction and Recovery Collaborative (UI ARC), Community & Family Resources, and FilmScene to host this documentary and physician panel discussion on addiction. This free event is open to the public. Secure your ticket here: icfilmscene.org/film/recovery-…

Emma Stapleton, PhD, research assistant professor in the pulmonary division, earned a career development award from the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, an NIH-funded Environmental Health Sciences Core Center through the University of Iowa's College of Public Health. internalmedicineiowa.org/2024/08/13/sta…

August's Honor Roll recognizes the following individuals and more: - Krista Johnson, MD, MME - Anne Vincent - Hira Shaikh, MBBS - Jack Oller Check out the link to see why they were nominated by their colleagues: internalmedicineiowa.org/2024/08/14/int…

It's another #IowaFellowshipFriday, and today, Brian O'Neill, MD, PhD, associate professor and fellowship program director, will be introducing our Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes program. youtu.be/JklVv3_Iu2M

What's great about the Iowa City area? Hear what Adam Blaine, MD, PGY-3, thinks.

Bhagirath Chaurasia, PhD, assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, has received a three-year grant for his research of the “Role of serine in development of obesity-induced insulin resistance." Learn more: internalmedicineiowa.org/2024/08/26/cha…

Meet Your Interns, Week 5! These four may have come from all over, but they have each found a residency training program that is welcoming and has quickly felt like home. "As inspiring as they are kind." #iowaintmedinterns24 internalmedicineiowa.org/2024/09/03/mee…

A 54-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of worsening shortness of breath and cough. A chest radiograph showed innumerable rounded opacities in the lungs, and a CT scan showed “cannonball” pulmonary lesions. Full case details from University of Iowa Health Care: nej.md/3MlOQDk

Haley Pysick, MD, PGY-4 and a PTSP and StARR scholar, has been awarded the American Epilepsy Society’s 2024 Young Investigator Award; one of just 20 awardees out of more than 1,500 submissions. internalmedicineiowa.org/2024/08/27/pys…