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Pediatrics researcher probes immune system’s role in long-term brain deficits .
The UI Stead Family Department of Pediatrics is proud to recognize several residents, fellows, postdocs, and faculty who are presenting at this year's Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) conference in Washington, D.C. from April 27-May 1. To view or download a list of activities from the University...
New funding program recognizes and advances outstanding early-career faculty.
Treating two girls with the same rare cancer—rhabdomyosarcoma—is more than a coincidence for UI adult and pediatric specialists
Join us in welcoming another new class of future pediatricians and child neurologists! This incoming group represents diversity in backgrounds, experiences, personal interests, and professional goals. Several of them are interested in staying in Iowa to do fellowship training or practice when...
The Stead Family Department of Pediatrics is currently seeking applicants for all non-faculty positions listed that include a remit email of pedsuichildrenshr@healthcare.uiowa.edu . Please send a note to the same email address with any questions you may have about our open positions. Refer to Jobs@...
Congratulations to our graduates! Our department honors your accomplishments and recognizes the challenges you've overcome through the last several years. We look forward to working with you again, soon or in the future, as colleagues. Here is our class of graduating fellows, along with their plans...
We are excited to welcome our new group of learners to the UI Stead Family Department of Pediatrics. Our medical student, resident, and fellow programs continue to develop additional opportunities for our current and future trainees, including our rotation for URiM medical students. We welcome two...
The 2022-2023 academic year will see the pilot of University of Iowa’s Stead Family Department of Pediatrics elective opportunities for visiting medical students from diverse and Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) backgrounds. In conjunction with the Graduate Medical Education’s (GME) Diversity,...
Patients with certain congenital heart disease, which disrupt blood flow from the heart to the lungs, may have previously had multiple open-heart surgeries over the course of their lifetime. Osamah Aldoss, MBBS, UI clinical associate professor of pediatrics-cardiology, says the Harmony valve, recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), offers these patients not only a less invasive treatment than open-heart surgery, but also one with less recovery time and fewer restrictions before returning to work or other activities.