University of Iowa-Des Moines Internal Med

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Congratulations and a heartfelt welcome to our incoming interns. 🎉 We are so thrilled to have you join our family this summer!

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✨Intern Spotlight✨
Meet Dr. Madison Bagnall!

🔹Hometown: Newton, IA
🔹Medical School: University of Iowa
🔹Favorite part of our program: The people in the program care about you outside the job.
🔹Favorite part of Des Moines: I love to shop at the thrift stores in the area!

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✨Intern Spotlight✨
Meet Dr. Ruffin Tchakounte!

🔹Hometown: Ashburn, VA
🔹Medical School: Des Moines University
🔹Fun fact: I am Cameroonian-American and speak French fluently.
🔹If he could be any animal for a day, he would be a dolphin! 🐬

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✨Intern Spotlight✨
Meet Dr. Gabe Conley!

🔹Hometown: Cherokee, Iowa
🔹Medical School: U of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
🔹Over the summer, Gabe bought a house 🏡 and spent time traveling! ✈️
🔹Favorite part of Des Moines: It’s fun to be in a place that's growing quickly!

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A special congratulations to our top 3, voted on by our esteemed panel of judges:

🥇Dr. Sarah Wyler, “Allele Mysterious: Atypical Presentation of Weakness and Mood Changes”
🥈Dr. Taylor Jones, “Sit Up, Sats Down”
🥉 Dr. Bilal Baig, “A Mysterious Case of Hyperferritinemia”

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Huge shoutout to our senior residents who presented their fascinating cases tonight at our local ACP Clinical Vignette Presentations! 🩻

We had a tremendous variety of patient cases (and Dough Co. pizza) that sparked excellent discussion and offered important learning points.

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✨Intern Spotlight✨
Meet Dr. Carley Cueva!

🔹Hometown: Kansas City, MO
🔹Medical School: AT Still University - Kirksville
🔹Favorite Des Moines activity: Farmers Market!
🔹Spends her free time with family/friends and playing with her golden doodle Ava

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This team puts the CARE in Intensive Care! 🫁 Congrats to all the residents completing their first rotation of the academic year, especially our new interns such as Dr. Tchakounte pictured here.

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It is always bittersweet saying farewell to our preliminary residents. Here is the intern class sending off Drs. Andrew Sloan and Hannah Thompson in true fashion. 🏐🌞

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And that's a wrap! Congratulations to the Class of 2022 🎓🤩

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Last time at the local waterhole for these seniors. 🥲

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The annual Resident Awards Ceremony happened and Congratulations to Internist Teacher of the Year Dr. Jacob Nelson, Subspecialist Teacher of the Year Dr. Sudhir Kumar, and our PGY-3s @lhlisapham @MeganSchreier19 @KatherineSittig! 🎊

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Quality Improvement Project Presentations Part 2!

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Graduation Luncheon at the Embassy Club 🎓

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QI Project Presentations Part 1!

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Dr. Steph Finch PGY-3 closes out this year's Senior Grand Round series w/ Critical Care & Obstetrics for the Internist. #GrandRounds

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Why are cranberries used in cystitis? What to do when you find Candida in urine studies? To find out, tune in for recurrent cystitis & guideline directed management with Dr. Elizabeth Takacs. #GrandRounds #AUA2022

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We are delighted to virtually welcome Dr. Timothy McCashland for #GrandRounds. Tune in to learn about what is becoming a young person's disease: Alcoholic Hepatitis and Liver Disease.

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Last day of ACP Conference! #im2022