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Researchers at the University of Iowa and Stanford University have developed a new tool that allows scientists to safely and accurately measure the effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on the activity of deep brain structures. The new technique, known as TMS-iEEG (intracranial electrocorticography), is providing hard data on how TMS works and may lead to improvements in the technology that is currently used to treat several neuropsychiatric conditions.
Bruno Policeni, MD, MBA, has been appointed chair and departmental executive officer of the Department of Radiology in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, effective Feb. 26.
Join Gerard Clancy, MD, and his guests, Carol Harshman, RN, Katie Ries, MSW, LMSW, and Bryan Struck, MD, as they discuss discuss guidance on best practices for goals of care discussions among those with serious illness and prognosis. CME credit available.
Join Gerard Clancy, MD, and his guests, Carol Harshman, RN, Katie Ries, MSW, LMSW, and Bryan Struck, MD, as they discuss discuss guidance on best practices for goals of care discussions among those with serious illness and prognosis. CME credit available.
Emergency medicine physician Allie Kim (18MD, 21R) and anesthesiologist Sung Kim (15MD, 20F) share the stresses and joys of balancing starting their medical careers with starting their family.
The $3 million gift from Karen Simmonds and Mark Gilbert will support at least 27 aspiring physicians from Iowa over the next decade at the Carver College of Medicine.
From a young age, Nicole Fleege, MD’s family told her she could be anything she wanted to be. She oscillated between dreams of being a doctor, a lawyer, or a veterinarian. However, when it came to deciding whether she wanted a career in medicine, she was hesitant. “I took a detour from medicine because my dad got cancer when I was a junior in high school, and then passed away from lung cancer when I was a senior,” she explains. “So my first few years in college, I just wasn’t sure I wanted to do medicine.”
The eighth NIH grant renewal extends funding for the Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center to more than $76 million over 43 years.