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Accolades
Awards, honors, and appointments recently received by University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine faculty

Carryn Anderson, MD
Carryn Anderson, MD, Clinical Professor, Radiation Oncology
Anderson was selected as a 2024 fellow of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

James Byrne, MD, PhD
James Byrne, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
Byrne received the 2024 National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award, which is part of the NIH Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program.

Ruth Chimenti, DPT, PhD
Ruth Chimenti, DPT, PhD, Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Chimenti received the 2024 Eugene Michels New Investigator Award from the American Physical Therapy Association.

Sanjana Dayal, PhD
Sanjana Dayal, PhD, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine–Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Dayal was invited to become a member of the National Institutes of Health’s study section on Hemostasis, Thrombosis, Blood Cells, and Transfusion.

Bruce Gantz, MD
Bruce Gantz, MD, 74MD, 80R, 80MS, Professor, Otolaryngology,
Gantz will receive the American Cochlear Implant Alliance 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award in Boston later this spring.

Katherine Mathews, MD
Katherine Mathews, MD, 81MD, 89F, Professor, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics–Neurology
Mathews received the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s 2025 Legacy Award for Achievement in Clinical Research at the MDA Clinical and Scientific Conference.

Paul McCray, Jr., MD
Paul McCray, Jr., MD, 81MD, 84R, 88F, Professor, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics–Pulmonary Medicine
McCray received the 2024 Trailblazer Award from Emily’s Entourage, a nonprofit dedicated to accelerating research for cystic fibrosis. McCray also was inducted into the American Clinical and Climatological Association.

Brian O’Neill, MD, PhD
Brian O’Neill, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine–Endocrinology and Metabolism
O’Neill was appointed to the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

Richard Shields, PT, PhD
Richard Shields, PT, PhD, Professor and Chair, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Shields received two awards at the 2024 American Physical Therapy Association National Leadership Summit: the Chattanooga Research Award for outstanding published research paper and the Jules M. Rothstein Golden Pen Award for Scientific Writing.

Melissa Swee, MD, MME
Melissa Swee, MD, MME, 17MME, 19F, Clinical Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine–Nephrology
Swee received the Rising Star Award from the VA Quality Scholars Program, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs premier training program in quality improvement and patient safety.

Richard Tyler, PhD
Richard Tyler, PhD, Professor, Otolaryngology
Tyler received the Western Health Sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders Alumni of Distinction Award for 2024 from the University of Ontario.

Patricia Winokur, MD
Patricia Winokur, MD, 88R, 91F, Executive Dean, Carver College of Medicine, Professor, Internal Medicine–Infectious Diseases
Winokur was inducted into the American Clinical and Climatological Association.