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Clark to speak on total knee arthroplasty at HSS Education Institute

Clark has been invited to serve on the faculty of the 2018 Annual Holiday Knee and Hip Course of the Education Institute of the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City on Nov. 29.

Young surgeon returns to UI Hospitals and Clinics to follow in deep family footprints

Friday, June 1, 2018
New faculty member Jody Buckwalter’s grandfather pioneered thyroid surgery and gastric bypass surgery here, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reports. His grandmother was among the first women to graduate from the UI College of Medicine.

UI celebrates excellence in research, scholarship, entrepreneurship

Lori Dolan, PhD, wins the 2018 Distinguished Research Professional Award.

James Nepola, MD, receives the M.L. Huit Faculty Award

Thursday, April 26, 2018
James V. Nepola, MD, is the 2018 Huit Faculty Award Recipient.

UI sarcoma study suggests better outcomes at high-volume centers

Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Sarcoma patients treated at high-volume medical centers may have higher survival rates than those treated at low-volume centers, according to a new analysis of cancer-treatment data by a team of University of Iowa researchers.

UI researchers create orthopedic simulator to improve doctor training, patient outcomes

Thursday, March 8, 2018
Researchers with the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and the UI College of Engineering built an orthopedic surgery simulator to improve medical training of doctors completing their residency, and to measure the surgical expertise of later-career surgeons.

Study suggests reducing oxidative damage in joint injuries may slow posttraumatic arthritis

Thursday, February 8, 2018
An University of Iowa study has identified a method for inhibiting the occurrence of an aggressive form of arthritis that frequently develops following a severe traumatic injury.

From Division I athlete to orthopedic surgeon

Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Dr. Wolf discusses how he went from a Division I athlete to an orthopedic surgeon.