Meet Our Current Trainees

Yahya Almodallal, MBBS - Department of Pediatrics
- R3
- MBBS - Jordan University of Science and Technology
- Subspecialty - Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology

Christian Anderson, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine
- F2
- MD - Case Western Reserve University SOM, Cleveland, OH
- PhD - Case Western Reserve University SOM, Cleveland, OH
- Subspecialty - Cardiology
- Research Interest - Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Ruthellen (Elle) Anderson, MD - Department of Pediatrics
- R1
- MD - University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD
- PhD - University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD

Amanda Benavides, MD, PhD - Department of Psychiatry
- R3
- MD - University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine
- PhD - University of Iowa, Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)

Karen Cyndari, MD, PhD, MS - Department of Emergency Medicine
- Associate
- MS - Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
- PhD - Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
- MD - Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
- Research Interests - Infectious Diseases and Disaster Management
- Research Mentor - Christine Petersen, DVM, PhD

Jonathan Day, MD, PharmD - Department of Internal Medicine
- R4
- MD - Southern Illinois University
- PharmD - St. Louis College of Pharmacy
- NIH Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) Program

Alexander (Alex) Greiner, MD, PhD- Department of Internal Medicine
- R1
- MD - University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
- PhD - University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
- Research Interest - Cardiology

Melvin Donaldson, MD, PhD - Department of Emergency Medicine
- R4
- MD - University of Minnesota Medical School
- PhD - University of Minnesota Medical School
- Research Interest - Injury Prevention and Resiliency

Aysegul Gezer, DO, PhD - Department of Neurology
- R3
- DO - Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
- PhD - Michigan State University

Gregory Kirkpatrick, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine
- F2
- MD - University of Colorado, SOM
- PhD - University of Colorado
- Subspecialty - Hematology - Oncology

Max Liu, MD, PhD - Department of Neurology
- R4
- MD - University of Iowa
- PhD - University of Iowa
- Research Interests - Developing Tau directed therapies in neurological diseases such as stroke and seizures. Neurodengeneration & Alzheimer's Disease
- Research Mentor - Nandakumar Narayanan, MD, PhD

Brandon Neisewander, MD - Department of Psychiatry
- R3
- MD - University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine
- Research Interests: Interventional Psychiatry
- Research Mentor: Nicholas T. Trapp, MD

Tyler Rasmussen, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine
- F2
- MD - University of Iowa
- PhD - University of Iowa
- Subspecialty - Cardiology/Electro Physiology
- Research Interests - Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Disease

Jackson Richards, MD, PhD - Department of Psychiatry
- R2
- MD - University of Utah
- PhD - University of Utah
- Research Interests - Interventional Psychiatry, Neurostimulation, Research, Bipolar Disorder, Addiction Medicine

Kai Rogers, MD, PhD - Department of Pathology
- R3
- MD - University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
- PhD - University of Iowa, Microbiology and Immunology
- Subspecialty - Hematology - Oncology

Joe Salomone, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine
- R2
- MD - University of Cincinnati
- PhD - University of Cincinnati

Jeremy Sandgren, MD, PhD - Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
- F2
- MD - University of Iowa
- PhD - University of Iowa
- Subspecialty - Neonatology

John Smestad, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine
- F1
- MD - Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
- PhD - Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Morgan Swanson, MD, PhD - Department of Pediatrics
- R1
- MD - University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
- PhD -University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

Frida Teran-Garza, MD, PhD - Department of Neurology
- R1
- MD - University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
- PhD -University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

Carly van der Heide, MD, PhD - Department of Psychiatry
- R3
- MD - University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
- PhD - University of Iowa, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Ryan Ward, MD - Department of Pediatrics
- R1
- MD -University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

Cory Wilson, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine
- F1
- MD - McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
- PhD - University of Texas MD Anderson Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Subspecialty - Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine

Arya Zandvakili, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine
- F1
- MD-PhD - University of Cincinnati COM, MSTP Program
- Subspecialty - Infectious Diseases