Our People

Our people are the heart of our program. From the reception desk to the laboratory technicians, from the gross room to the molecular laboratory, from the blood bank to the FNA clinic, from the resident room to the faculty offices, you will find our people in our department interested and eager to help you become the best pathologist you can be.

At Iowa, you will be exposed to some of the best clinicians and teachers in our profession. We provide high-powered opportunities for you to learn career-long lessons from these dedicated professionals while maintaining an open-door philosophy and collegial atmosphere. Classmates in your residency will share in the support and encouragement that will help you excel while at Iowa.

Current Residents

Residency Alumni

2024 Graduates

  • Mouaz Alsawas, Surgical Pathology Fellow, MD Anderson, Houston, TX
  • Eyas Alzayadneh, Gynecologic and Breast Pathology Fellow, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
  • Allen Choi, Head & Neck Surgical Pathology Fellow, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA
  • Nathanael Christensen, Surgical Pathology Fellow, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA

2023 Graduates

  • Audai Alrwashdeh, Gynecologic Pathology Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
  • Bilge Dundar, Cytopathology Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
  • Robert Humble, Genitourinary Pathology Instructor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Alysa Lerud, Cytopathology Fellow, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

2022 Graduates

  • Rofieda Alwaqfi, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  • Nicole Becker, Neuropathology Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Saurav Chopra, Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
  • Matt Gosse, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Tracy Halvorson, Cardiac Pathology Fellow, Jesse E. Edwards Registry of Cardiovascular Disease, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Alexandra Isaacson, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

2021 Graduates

  • Ibrahim Abukhiran, Assistant Professor, GI Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Denise Jacob, Clinical Assistant Professor, Rutgers University Medical School, Newark, NJ
  • Joseph Laakman, Pathologist, Winfield Pathology Consultants, Winfield, Ill.
  • Meredith Parsons, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Mohammad Obeidat, Nephropathologist, Arkana Laboratories, Little Rock, AR
  • Jadon Wiese, Pathologist, MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center, Mason City, Iowa

2020 Graduates

  • Corey Allard, Pathologist, Pathology Medical Services, Lincoln, NE
  • Neha Dhungana, Pathologist, Dominion Pathology Associates, Roanoke, VA
  • Renee Eigsti, Pathologist, Pathology Services of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Jhanvi Kanotra, Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
  • Daniel Pelletier, Pathologist, Winfield Pathology Consultants, Winfield, Ill.

2019 Graduates

  • Christina Hodgson, Pathologist, MAWD Pathology Group, Lenexa, Kan.
  • John Lee, Pathologist, MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center, Mason City, Iowa
  • Devin Shrock, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kan.
  • Rachel Starks, Faculty, Sanford Imagenetics, Sioux Falls, S.D.
  • Aditi Vidholia, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

2018 Graduates

  • Eric Destrampe, Pathologist, ThedaCare Regional Medical Center, Appleton, WI
  • Sarika Gupta, Pathologist, Bhatti GI Consultants, Edina, MN
  • Natalie Malvik, Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis
  • Kendra Palmer, Coroner, Midwest Medical Examiner's Office, Ramsey, Minn
  • Jon Thomason, Pathologist, MAWD Pathology Group, Lenexa, Kan.
  • Sagar Vishal, Pathologist, Pathology Consultants of Central Virginia, Lynchburg, VA

2017 Graduates

  • Craig Dunseth, Pathologist, Citizens Memorial Health Care, Bolivar, Mo.
  • Amelia Fierro-Fine, St. Cloud Pathologists, St. Cloud, Minn.
  • Matthew Keeney, Pathologist, Winfield Pathology Consultants, Winfield, Ill.
  • Sydney Rooney, St. Cloud Pathologists, St. Cloud, Minn.
  • Katie Schouweiler, St. Cloud Pathologists, St. Cloud, Minn.
  • Angela Wu, Neuropathologist, Carolinas Pathology, Charlotte, NC

2016 Graduates

  • Deema Alkapalan, Pathologist, St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Covington, Ky.
  • Ava Bhattarai, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memphis, Tenn.

2015 Graduates

  • Anna Dolezal, Pathologist, Central Oregon Pathology Consultants, Bend, Ore.
  • Marisa Jacob, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester (NY)
  • Gagan Mathur, Associate Professor, Clinical Pathology, University of California-Irvine
  • Carly Rysgaard, Pathologist, St. Cloud Pathologists, St. Cloud, Minn.
  • Stephanie Stauffer, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa
  • Stephanie Wood, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kansas City, Kan.

2014 Graduates

  • Omar Jaber, Consultant Pathologist, King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan
  • Michelle Kurt-Mangold, Pathologist, St. Cloud Pathologists, St. Cloud, Minn.
  • Brittany Pakalniskis, Pathologist, Pathology Consultants, PC, Springfield, Ore.
  • Erica Savage, Pathologist, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
  • Johanna Savage, Pathologist, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore
  • Bryan Steussy, Pathologist, Pathology Medical Services of Siouxland, Sioux City, Iowa

2013 Graduates

  • Emilian Racila, Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  • Lori Sinclair, Pathologist, MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center, Waterloo, Iowa
  • Thomas Wilson, Pathologist, Winfield Pathology Consultants, Winfield, Ill.

2012 Graduates

  • John Blau, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Michael Gailey, Pathologist, Colorado Pathology Consultants, Denver
  • Brian Linert, Assistant Medical Examiner, Milwaukee County Medical Examiner, Milwaukee
  • Joel Miron, Pathologist, Saint Cloud Pathologists, Saint Cloud, Minn.

2011 Graduates

  • Ben Darbro, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Director of Cytogenetics Lab, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
  • Melissa Meier, Pathologist, Unipath, Denver
  • Joseph Mitros, Pathologist, Pathology Associates of Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
  • Marty Potash, Pathologist, Colorado Pathology Consultants, Denver
  • Rebecca Wilcoxon, Assistant Medical Examiner, Hennepin County Medical Examiner, Minneapolis

2010 Graduates

  • Shannon Gabriel-Griggs, Pathologist, Physicians Laboratory, Sioux Falls, S.D.
  • Leana Guerin, Pathologist, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, Kan.
  • Beth Kilborn, Pathologist, Swedish American Hospital, Rockford, Ill.
  • Ben Koch, Pathologist, Essentia Health, Duluth, Minn.
  • Megan Samuelson, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

2009 Graduates

  • Cory Bernadt, Associate Professor, Washington University, St. Louis
  • Nathan Lueck, Pathologist, West Suburban Pathology Consultants, Saint Louis Park, Minn.
  • Elizabeth Manion, Pathologist, Saint Luke’s Pathology Associates, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Matthew Zieske, Pathologist, Saint Cloud Pathologists, PA, Saint Cloud, Minn.

2008 Graduates

  • Ryan Askeland, Pathologist, Sanford Health Pathology-USD, Sioux Falls, S.D.
  • Adam Bell, Pathologist, Pathology Associates Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
  • Michelle Bleile, Pathologist, Physician’s Laboratory, Sioux Falls, S.D.
  • Elizabeth Moyle, Pathologist, Colorado Pathology Associates, Arvada, Colo.
  • Andrew Vanderheyden, Pathologist, Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque, Iowa