UI Carver College of Medicine alumnus Rufus Kruse, MD, graduated in an accelerated program formed to meet the need for medical officers in World War II. He then practiced internal medicine in Marshalltown for 35 years, becoming an integral member of the community with a reputation for providing thoughtful patient care.

A new medical student group seeks to provide career development opportunities and a unifying space for medical students from underprivileged backgrounds.

University of Iowa Health Care faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend an investiture ceremony honoring two Carver College of Medicine faculty at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, in the Prem Sahai Auditorium at the Medical Education and Research Facility.

Steve Varga, UI expert on RSV, breaks down what you need to know about the virus and recent progress in vaccine development.

Winners of the 2022 Carver College of Medicine Creative Writing Contest have been chosen and will be published in a fall 2022 anthology. The recipients were selected from two separate competitions: a poetry contest for students in the MD, PA (physician assistant), and PT (physical therapy) programs, and a poetry and short fiction contest for the college’s faculty, resident physicians, fellow physicians, and postdoctoral scholars.