Hometown: Walford, Iowa Undergrad: Chemical engineering, University of Iowa Matched: Anesthesia, University of Iowa

Changes reflect UI Health Care's evolution as an integrated health system focused on increasing access to care for all Iowans

Graduates of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and their families and friends are invited to attend the college’s spring 2024 commencement ceremonies. Share your photos and memories on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter using the hashtags #IowaMD2024 and #UIGrad2024.

The specialized neurosurgical expertise of University of Iowa physician-scientists and the generous contributions of UI Health Care neurosurgery patients who volunteer to participate in research were instrumental to new findings that reveal the sequence of brain activity involved when people evaluate risk and reward during decision-making. The study, conducted by researchers at Caltech in collaboration with the UI neurosurgery Human Brain Research Laboratory team members, reveals how neural activity within the brain enables humans to first estimate reward probabilities and then use this information to make a risk versus reward calculation when making an economic decision.

Legacy of imaging technology advancements helps unlock new treatment options

Clinician-researcher examines neurostimulation therapies to treat brain disorders.

Iowa research pinpoints area in the brain’s amygdala as cause of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

After a national search, Christian Pettker, MD, has been selected to serve as chair and department executive officer of the OBGYN department

Maddie Fortman is a second-year student in the University of Iowa Physician Assistant Studies and Services Program. She shares some of the ways she has found support during PA training and how she's learned and grown so far.

A search committee has been named, starting the national search for the next Department of Surgery chair and departmental executive officer.