The following is from the University of Iowa Graduate College Office of External Relations: University of Iowa neuroscientists have launched a registry to track and study traumatic brain injury, a condition that affects 1.7 million Americans each year, including people hurt in various kinds of accidents — from car wrecks or falls to concussions...
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IOWA CITY – None of the best Christmas stories mention a heat wave, but Christmas came to University of Iowa Children’s Hospital Friday afternoon. Filling the role, if not the large suit, of Santa Clause was 11-year-old Cameron Christiansen of Muscatine. He delivered to the hospital 600 toys and other items donated mostly by...
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Biobanks are repositories for tissue samples, usually in the form of blood or saliva or leftover tissue from surgical procedures, which may be used for future research studies, including genetic studies. These samples may be linked to personal health information regarding the donor. People who are eligible to donate these samples and researchers who...
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IOWA CITY – An Iowan in need of a heart transplant has received an artificial heart – a surgery that marks a first for the state. Tom Moore, spokesman for University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, announced Monday, July 11, that the hospital successfully completed its first implant of the device, called the SynCardia...
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IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa’s Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center has earned a renewal of their formal designation as a comprehensive cancer center — the state’s only center with the designation. The renewal by the National Cancer Institute includes a five year, $11.5 million cancer center support grant. The designation is important because of...
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Natalie Kamberos, D.O., a hematology, oncology and immunology fellow at University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, will be presented with a $50,000 Hyundai Scholar Grant on Wednesday, June 29.  The grant will be presented during a Hyundai “Hope on Wheels” handprint event at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the main floor atrium of the John Pappajohn...
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IOWA CITY – The leadership of University of Iowa Health Care announced today that Theresa Brennan, M.D., has been named chief medical officer (CMO) for UI Health Care effective July 1, pending approval by the Iowa Board of Regents. “Dr. Brennan is an outstanding clinician with unsurpassed commitment to caring for her patients,” said...
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IOWA CITY – The leadership of University of Iowa Health Care announced today that Rami Boutros, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.A.P., has been named Executive Medical Director for Off-Site Ambulatory Care Programs, effective June 30, pending approval by the Iowa Board of Regents. His initial responsibilities will involve planning and bringing UI Health Care-Iowa River Landing...
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Barry Carter, Pharm.D., University of Iowa professor of pharmacy practice and science, was selected by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) to receive the 2011 Russell R. Miller Award for substantial contributions to the clinical pharmacy literature. The award, named for the founding editor of Pharmacotherapy, the journal of the ACCP, will be...
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IOWA CITY – The Board of Directors of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) has selected Paul W. Abramowitz, Pharm.D., as the executive vice president and CEO-designate. Abramowitz is currently the associate director for Professional Services at UI Hospitals and Clinics, and professor and assistant dean in the UI College of Pharmacy. ”Paul...
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