The Department of Dermatology is equally balanced with experienced, skilled senior members and energetic, creative junior faculty members collaborating on patient care, research, and education.

The University of Iowa is well known nationally for the breadth and depth of its skin health services, with more than half of our doctors listed among America’s Best Doctors in the field of dermatology.

In order to provide the best patient care possible, we staff full-time researchers who work diligently to find cures and prevention for diseases and conditions of the skin. This research advances our scientific knowledge, and in turn, we share this knowledge with our students.

We have outstanding professional training for fellows, residents, and medical students in the latest skills and knowledge of dermatology. All students work in our clinic and laboratories.

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45k

patients seen annually

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2024

Winner of Exceptional Patient Experience Team Award

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Skin-Deep Discovery

Monday, April 21, 2025

Happy Match Day!

Friday, March 21, 2025

Van Beek Awarded Lectureship

Friday, March 7, 2025

Carver College of Medicine Events

Pain Interest Group Workshop - Ezgi Yarasir, PT, PhD and Walter Saide, PhD

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 9:00am to 10:00am
Medical Education Research Facility
"The Relationship of the Social Determinants of Health to the Impact of Fibromyalgia"Presented by Ezgi Yarasir, PT, PhDVisiting Scholar in Dr. Kathleen Sluka's lab"Mutations of PRKAR1B produce robust deficits in learning, memory, and nociception"Presented by Walter Saide, PhDPostdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Stefan Strack's lab
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ACB Seminar Series - Sudha Shenoy

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building
Dr. Sudha Shenoy, a Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology from the Duke University School of Medicine will present a seminar titled "Multifaceted Roles of USP20 in the Cardiovascular System."
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Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Workshops, Drew Kain and Angela Smith

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Bowen Science Building

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