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Meet Our Current Trainees

Quentin Adams, MD - Department of Radiation Oncology

R5
MD - University of Iowa
Research Interest - Targeted Radiotherapy
Research Mentor - Ryan Flynn, PhD

Yahya Almodallal, MBBS - Department of Pediatrics

R1
MBBS - Jordan University of Science and Technology
Subspecialty - Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology

Christian Anderson, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine

R2
MD - Case Western Reserve University SOM, Cleveland, OH
PhD - Case Western Reserve University SOM, Cleveland, OH
Subspecialty - Cardiology
Research Interest - Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Amanda Benavides, MD, PhD - Department of Psychiatry

R1
MD - University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine
PhD - University of Iowa, Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)

Nick Bormann, MD - Department of Psychiatry

R4
MD - University of Iowa
Research Interests - Computational Psychiatry
Research Mentor - Aaron Boes, MD, PhD

Cameron Callaghan, MD, MPH, MS - Department of Radiation Oncology

R5
MS - Tulane University School of Medicine
MPH - Tulane University School of Medicine
MD - Tulane University School of Medicine
Research Interest - Colorectal Cancer, DNA Damage Repair, Normal Tissue Toxicity
Research Mentor - Joseph Caster, MD, PhD

Karen Cyndari, MD, PhD, MS - Department of Emergency Medicine

R3, Chief Resident
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

Melvin Donaldson, MD, PhD - Department of Emergency Medicine

R2
MD - University of Minnesota Medical School
PhD - University of Minnesota Medical School
Research Interest - Injury Prevention and Resiliency

Rachel Genova, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine

R2
MD - University of Iowa
PhD - University of Iowa
Subspecialty - Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine

Aysegul Gezer, DO, PhD - Department of Neurology

R1
DO - Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
PhD - Michigan State University

Gudbjorg Jonsdottir, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine

F3, Chief Fellow
MD - University of Iceland
PhD - University of Iceland
Subspecialty - Hematology/Oncology
Research Interests - Multiple Myeloma, MGUS, and Cancer Epidemiology

Gregory Kirkpatrick, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine

R2
MD - University of Colorado, SOM
PhD - University of Colorado
Subspecialty - Hematology/Oncology

Max Liu, MD, PhD - Department of Neurology

R2
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

R1
MD - University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine

Brandan Penaluna, MD, MBA - Department of Psychiatry

R3
MD - University of Iowa
MBA - University of Iowa
Research Interests: Interventional Psychiatry
Research Mentor: Nicholas T. Trapp, MD

Emily Phillips, MD - Stead Family Department of Pediatrics

R3
MD - Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Tyler Rasmussen, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine

F3 - Chief Fellow
MD - University of Iowa
PhD - University of Iowa
Subspecialty - Cardiology
Research Interests - Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Disease

Katie Robinson, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine

F3
MD - University of Wisconsin
PhD - University of Wisconsin
Subspecialty - Endocrinology
Research Interests - Obesity, Metabolism, Medical Anthropology and Sociology
Research Mentors - Eli Perencevich, MD, MS and William Sivitz, MD

Kai Rogers, MD, PhD - Department of Pathology

R1
MD - University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
PhD - University of Iowa, Microbiology and Immunology

Jeremy Sandgren, MD, PhD - Stead Family Department of Pediatrics

R3
MD - University of Iowa
PhD - University of Iowa
Subspecialty - Neonatology

Kamel Shibbani, MD - Stead Family Department of Pediatrics

F2
MD - American University of Beirut
Subspecialty - Cardiology
Research Interests - Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease
Research Mentor - Ferhaan Ahmad, MD, PhD

John Smestad, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine

R1
MD - Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
PhD - Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Madeliene Stump, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine

R3 - Department of Dermatology
MD - University of Iowa
PhD - University of Iowa
Investigative Training Track
Research Mentor - Kamal Rahmouni, PhD

Carly van der Heide, MD, PhD - Department of Psychiatry

R1
MD - University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
PhD - University of Iowa, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Oriana Gema Vanegas Calderon, MD - Stead Family Department of Pediatrics

F2
MD - Universidad Central de Venezuela
Subspecialty - Gastroenterology
Research Interests - Cystic Fibrosis (CF), Pancreatic Disease
Research Mentor - Aliye Uc, MD

Luis Vargas-Buonfiglio, MD - Department of Internal Medicine

F2
MD - Universidad Central de Venezuela
Subspecialty - Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
Research Interests - Airway Host Defense, COPD, Air Pollution
Research Mentors - Joseph Zabner, MD and Alejandro Comellas, MD

Cory Wilson, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine

R1
MD - McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
PhD - University of Texas MD Anderson Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Nanmeng Yu, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine

Associate
MD - Wake Forest University
PhD - Wake Forest University
Subspecialty - Hematology - Oncology
Research Interests - Virus and Cancer Cell Biology
Research Mentor - George Weiner, MD

Arya Zandvakili, MD, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine

R2
MD-PhD - University of Cincinnati COM, MSTP Program
Subspecialty - Infectious Diseases