Brian Meeker, DO, has been a valued preceptor with the Carver College of Medicine’s Physician Assistant (PA) Program for nearly 30 years. His supervision and guidance through students’ family medicine rotations at Virginia Gay Hospitals and Clinics in Vinton, Iowa, has shaped the careers of generations of PA students, many of whom were inspired to dedicate their own careers to practice in rural Iowa.

Meet Alex Lewis, a 2023 graduate of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Doctor of Physical Therapy program from Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Meet Jacob Norton, a 2023 graduate of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Doctor of Physical Therapy program from Clarksville, Iowa.

A University of Iowa-led team of international neuroscientists have obtained the first direct recordings of the human brain in the minutes before and after a brain hub crucial for language meaning was surgically disconnected.

Though he didn’t know it at the time, Mark Schmidt, Jr. took the first step on his path to a career in medicine at the age of five, when he was diagnosed with Type I diabetes. He got accustomed to being in medical settings over the years, and the physician assistants (PA) who cared for him made an especially big impact.

Danielle Chamberlain had never set foot in Iowa when she applied to the Physician Assistant (PA) Program at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, but her experience feeling welcomed during the interview process spoke volumes about her future home.

The Athletic Training Residency Program, part of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine’s Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, was granted its first accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). Fewer than 20 post-professional programs, including residency and fellowship training programs, have earned this accreditation.