Class of 2025

Jordan Huttash, MD

Giovana Landal de Almeida Lobo, MD

Nicholas Lind, MD

Katherine Marciniec, DO

Savannah Mayer, DO

Kaitlyn McQuade, MD

Nancy Mikati, MD

Nathan Pfister, MD

Christopher Schanbacher, MD

Omar Shaban, MD

Class of 2026

Unique Andres, MD

Andrew Blink, MD

Charles Cain, MD

Tyler Hansen, DO

Taylor Hill, DO

Benjamin Jacobs, DO

Talus McCowan, MD

Carlin Situmeang, DO

Zainab Tanveer, MD

Paola Teran Rodriguez, MD

Class of 2027

Braeden Edleman, DO

Alyssa Gingrich, MD

Aaron Hemsworth, DO

Kyle Jackson, MD

Alee Kunshier, MD

Brian Lewis, DO

Nicholas Pashina, DO

Gannen Rinck, DO

Katie Stadheim-Lynch, MD

Chandler Tinsman, MD

 

Department Leadership

• Andrew Nugent, MD, MHA, FACEP, Chair & Department Executive Officer
• Azeemuddin Ahmed, MD, MBA, Executive Vice Chair, EMS Fellowship Director
• Paul Van Heukelom, MD, Medical Director
• Daniel Runde, MD, MME Vice Chair for Education
• Sarah Miller, MD, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Medical Director
• Nicholas Mohr, MD, MS, Vice Chair for Research

Faculty

• Brooks Obr, MD, MME, Program Director
• Olivia Bailey, MD, Associate Program Director
• Jon Van Heukelom, MD, Associate Program Director
• Agustin Aguilar, MD
• Greg Bell, MD
• Marielle Brenner, MD
• Carlyn Christensen-Szalanski, MD, FAAP
• Karen Cyndari, MD, PhD
• Marina De Rios, MD, MS
• Shannon Findlay, MD, Assistant Medical Director
• Brett Faine, PharmD, MS
• Peter Georgakakos, DO, EMSLRC Medical Director
• Mark Graber, MD, MSHCE, FACEP
• Kari Harland, PhD, MPH
• Christopher Hogrefe, MD
• Hans House, MD
• Charles Jennissen, MD
• Christian Junker, PA-C
• Dana King, MD
• Hela Kotob, DO
• Sangil Lee, MD, MS
• Daniel McCabe, MD, Director Divison of Medical Toxicology
• Daniel Miller, MD
• Matthew Negaard, MD
• Bobby Peters, MD, FAAEM
• Kaila Pomeranz, DO
• Josh Radke, MD, Toxicology Fellowship Director
• Nathaniel Shekem, PA-C, MPAS
• Matthew Spragg, DO
• Sven Steen, MD, EMT-T, AirCare Medical Director
• Carly Theiler, MD, FAAP, Medical Student Clerkship Director
• Tim Thomsen, MD
• Joshua Trebach, MD
• Rachel Walsh, MPAS PA-C
• Mary Whipple, MD
• Angela Wild, MD, MPD
• Bryan Wilson, MD
• Cory Wittrock, MD, Emergency Ultrasound Director
• Brandon Wubben, MD
• Anne Zepeski, PharmD, BCPS

Advanced Practice Providers

• Jeremy Nelson, PA-C
• Amy Vahrenwald, ARNP
• Dave Walz, PA-C
• Michelle Whaylen, PA-C

Secondary Appointment in Emergency Medicine

• Joel Bricker, MD, Psychiatry
• Gerald Clancy, MD, Psychiatry
• Jonathan Simmons, DO, Anesthesia
• Alexander Thompson, MD, MBA, MPH, Psychiatry

Emeritus

• Harlo Hove, MD

Our residents have many choices available after completing their residency training.

• Joshua Bauer, MD - Neurocritical Care Fellowship - UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
• Emily Falch, MD - EPPA Minneapolis, MN
• Megan Horne, MD - UnityPoint Quad Cities
• William Lynn, MD - Sutter Coast, Crescent City, CA
• Cassandra Moylan, MD - Lakeville, MN
• David Ruehlmann, MD - Northwestern, Chicago, IL
• Jonathan Van Erdewyk, DO - Linn County Emergency Medicine
• Michael Wallum, MD - Critical Care Fellowship - University of Iowa Health Care
• Benjamin Wilkinson, MD - EMS Fellowship - University of Iowa Health Care

Below is a summary of recent resident destinations.  ​

 

Residency Program Coordinator

Nikki Hansen
Residency Program Coordinator
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Iowa Helath Care
200 Hawkins Drive, SE-203 GH
Iowa City, IA 52242
319-384-6511 ph
319-356-1138 fax
Email: nicole-hansen@uiowa.edu

Residency Program Director

Brooks Obr, MD, MME 
Residency Program Director 
Department of Emergency Medicine 
University of Iowa Health Care
200 Hawkins Drive, SE-203 GH
Iowa City, IA 52242 
319-356-1484 ph 
Email: brooks-obr@uiowa.edu

Chair & Department Executive Officer

Andrew Nugent, MD 
Department Chair 
Department of Emergency Medicine 
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
200 Hawkins Dr, SE-203 GH
Iowa City, IA 52242 
319-353-6360 ph 
Email: andrew-nugent@uiowa.edu