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Issue / Spring 2024

New wave of arrhythmia treatments

Advanced electrophysiology procedures and techniques at Iowa offer new options for patients with heart rhythm disorders.
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Iowa research pinpoints area in the brain’s amygdala as cause of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Unraveling the SUDEP mystery

Iowa research has pinpointed an area in the brain’s amygdala that may be the cause of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.
Dr. Yusuf Menda in the Nuclear Medicine clinic on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. Menda is a professor in the UI Department of Radiology and its Division of Nuclear Medicine working on clinical trials of theranostics, which allows physicians to see and target specific receptors on cancerous cells, minimizing the impact on surrounding healthy tissue.

Theranostics: Revolutionizing cancer care

Advancements in imaging technology at Iowa are bridging radiology, radiation oncology, and nuclear medicine.
Dr. Andrea Greiner with patient

Delivering help to address Iowa’s obstetric care needs

UI Health Care teams are leading collective efforts to fill OB care gaps—particularly in rural areas of the state.
Winokur-Jamieson-Haws

Bradley Haws returns to Iowa as CEO of UI Hospitals & Clinics

Haws, who served as UI Health Care chief financial officer from 2018-2021, sees ‘unique opportunity’ to lead patient care enterprise
Alumnus Jon Ahrendsen, MD, who practices family medicine in Clarion, Iowa, served as lead physician for the six months he served at the McMurdo research station in Antarctica.

Medicine on the ice

Alumni Isaiah Reeves and Jon Ahrendsen met by chance as part of the National Science Foundation’s U.S. Antarctic Program.
Dr. Lyndsay Harshman with a pediatric kidney transplant patient in the Pediatric Specialty Clinic on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024.

Q&A: Lyndsay Harshman

The pediatric nephrologist looks to optimize cognitive and psychosocial outcomes for transplant patients.
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