|
|
Carver College of Medicine |
|
|
|
Courses |
SurgeryHead: Ronald WeigelProfessors: John W. Canady, Joseph J. Cullen, Kimberly S. Ephgrave, Jamal J. Hoballah, James R. Howe, G. Patrick Kealey, Timothy F. Kresowik, Sheldon F. Kurtz (Law/Surgery), Amanda M. Metcalf, Carol E.H. Scott-Conner, Siroos S. Shirazi, Ronald Weigel Professors emeriti: Albert E. Cram, Nelson J. Gurll, Peter R. Jochimsen, Ken Kimura, James W. Maher, Edward E. Mason, Robert T. Soper, Luis F. Urdaneta Professors (clinical): Barbara Latenser, Timothy A. Thomsen Adjunct clinical professors: Philip R. Caropreso, Douglas B. Dorner, Thom Lobe, Onyebuchi Ukabiala Adjunct clinical professor emeritus: Frederick D. Staab Visiting professor: Lawrence McChesney Associate professors: W. John Sharp, Joel Shilyansky, Sonia Sugg Associate professor emeritus: Wilbur L. Zike Associate professor (clinical): John Lawrence Associate professor (clinical) emeritus: Cornelius Doherty Adjunct clinical associate professor: Robert J. Cak Adjunct clinical associate professors emeriti: Luke C. Faber, Alfred J. Herlitzka, Samuel D. Porter Assistant professors: Daniel A. Katz, Geeta Lal, Isaac Samuel Assistant professors (clinical): Kent C. Choi, Hisakuza Hoshi, Mohammad Jamal, Timothy Light, John J. Meehan, Dionne A. Skeete, Lucy A. Wibbenmeyer, Neal W. Wilkinson Adjunct assistant professors emeriti: Donald E. Boyle, Robert L. Kollmorgen Adjunct clinical assistant professors: P. Sue Beckwith, Akella Chendrasekhar, Daniel P. Congreve, Ronald K. Grooters, Michael S. Irish, Daniel R. Kollmorgen, Joseph L. Lohmuller, William F. Nelms, Michael J. Page, Carl M.H. Peterson, Michael A. Phelps, Walter J. Riley, Rick A. Shelman, David T. Sidney, Richard A. Sidwell, David H. Stubbs, Anson Yeager Associate: Kareem Hamdy Web site: http://www.uihealthcare.com/surgery Medical Student TrainingThe Department of Surgery offers courses that provide a unique combination of experience oriented toward patient care, with basic surgical research designed to promote student awareness of surgery's place among the physician's skills. Surgery courses are open only to M.D. students and qualified students in associated health sciences.Students develop awareness of surgical therapy's place in the treatment of disease. Emphasis is placed on basic emergency techniques, trauma, oncology, burns, gastrointestinal and biliary tract disease, endocrine disease, transplantation, plastic surgery and reconstruction, and peripheral vascular surgery. The majority of surgery courses involve patient-centered discussions and practical exercises interwoven with operating room experience. Lectures and conferences are scheduled regularly on specific topics. Independent study courses in selected surgery topics and clinical experiences are available to fourth-year M.D. students by arrangement with the faculty. FacultyThe faculty's strengths center in pathophysiology and problems of severe burns, organ transplantation, surgical control of morbid obesity, inflammatory bowel disease, biliary tract disease, pediatric surgery, endocrine disease, plastic surgery, and vascular surgery.FacilitiesAbundant patient contact provides education in a wide variety of surgical diseases. The Department of Surgery provides training in the only burn unit in Iowa approved by the American College of Surgeons and in the Level I Trauma Center at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.Laboratories provide equipment, space, and technical expertise to support teaching and a wide spectrum of clinical and scientific research. Projects are available in gastrointestinal surgery, surgical microbiology, peripheral vascular surgery, transplantation, wound healing, organ preservation, vascular surgery, pediatric surgery, and surgical oncology. Courses
|
| Carver College of Medicine -- Select (new window) a school, department, or program to visit. |
|
   
|
|
Copyright © 2007 The University of Iowa. All rights
reserved. Iowa City, Iowa 52242 telephone: 319-335-3500 Comments/Suggestions |
|