The Department of Anesthesia again filled all 15 intern (PGY-1) slots for the 2020-2021 academic year. More than 900 medical students applied, and about 150 were invited to interview. Here are the students who will join us as interns in July: Mona Alweiss, MBBS University of Baghdad Nicholas...
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The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine has named the Department of Anesthesia's Franklin Dexter, MD, PhD, FASA , to its inaugural group of Impact Scholars — researchers who have made a major scientific impact during their careers. Franklin Dexter Impact Scholars are...
Satoshi Hanada, MD, learned patience, perseverance, and respect for others from studying Kendo, a traditional Japanese martial art, in his native Japan. Those qualities have served him well as a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist at the University of Iowa. Read more about Hanada here.
Mary White was a critical care nurse at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics for nearly 30 years, but she has spent much of the 21st century as a patient searching for treatment to help her digestive issues. Her health problems began about five years after she had surgery for a duodenal ulcer...
According to Sepsis Alliance , sepsis – the body's life-threatening response to infection – kills 270,000 Americans every year. Another 1.4 million survive sepsis every year, but often with life-changing physical, mental, and emotional challenges. Sepsis patients at rural hospitals are more likely...
Alex Novak, M4, has been named the recipient of the 2019-2020 Stuart Cullen Award. The award is given to a senior medical student who demonstrates outstanding capabilities in the field of anesthesiology through scholastic achievement and clinical performance. Winners are chosen by the Department of...
Martin Mueller, MD , who specializes in pediatric anesthesia, and John Canady, MD , an otolaryngologist who received the Carver College of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Award in 2017, are in Guatemala this week with Iowa MOST (Miles of Smiles Team), helping children with craniofacial deformities...
To celebrate Physician Anesthesiologist Week 2020, we asked some of our faculty to tell us why they chose academic medicine and what they find most rewarding about working at an academic medical center. See their responses below: Melinda Seering, MD Seering, who completed her residency at Iowa,...
Former resident Michael Baker, DO, who graduated in 2017, was profiled in a newsletter from Iowa State University's College of Engineering earlier this month. He earned his bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering and worked as a software consultant for several years before going to...
For the past month or so, Iowans have been able to get free naloxone – a short-acting reversal drug for opioid overdose – through a partnership between University of Iowa Health Care and the Iowa Department of Public Health. And anesthesiologists at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics’ Pain...