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, teachers and researchers 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.
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Current Fellow
No Fellow for 2024-2025
Past Fellows
Randall Scott, MD
(2023-2024)
BS: University of Oklahoma, 2010-2014
MD: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 2014-2020
Residency: CP, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 2020-2023
Current Position: Genetic Molecular Fellow, University of Iowa Hopsitals and Clinics
Meredith Parsons, MD
(2021-2022)
BS: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, 2007-2011
MD: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 2013-2018
Residency: CP, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 2018-2021
Current Position: Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Hasan Samra, MD
(2020-2021)
Medical School: MD, Syrian Private University, Syrian Arab Republic, 2007-2014
Residency: AP/CP, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, Wisc., 2016-2020
Current Position: Faculty, Augusta University, Augusta, Ga.
Harry Porterfield, DO
(2016-2017)
Medical School: Rocky Vista University, Parker, CO, 2007-2012
Residency: Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, 2012-2016
Additional Training: Fellowship, General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, 2017-2019
Fellowship, Molecular Genetic Pathology, UI Hospitals & Clinics, 2018-2019
Current Position: Staff Clinician, Department of Laboratory Medicine, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, Md.
Daniel Marko, BMBS
(2010-2012)
Medical School: Flinders University of South Australia; 2001-2004
Residency: AP/CP, University of California, Davis; 2005-2009
Additional Training: Hematopathology/Immunopathology Fellowship, University of California, Davis; 2009-2010 and Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship, University of Iowa; 2012-2013
Current Position: Hematopathologist, Diagnostic Services of Manitoba
Transfusion Medicine Consultant, Canadian Blood Services
Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba, Department of Pathology, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Sophie Arbefeville, MD
(2008-2010)
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies, 2002
Residency: AP/CP, Stony Brook University Medical Center, 2004-2008
Additional Training: Clinical Microbiology Fellowship, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2008-2009 and Research Clinical Microbiology Fellowship, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2009-2010
Current Position: Assistant Medical Director of Clinical Microbiology & Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Alan Junkins, PhD
(2007-2009)
Medical School: University of Wisconsin, 1991
Additional Training: Clinical Microbiology Fellowship, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2007-2009
Current Position: Chief of Microbiology, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY
Fellowship Leaders
Program Director
Bradley Ford, PhD, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Director of Clinical Microbiology
200 Hawkins Drive - C606 General Hospital
Iowa City, IA 52242-1009
Phone: 319-356-2990
Email: bradley-ford@uiowa.edu
Fellowship Coordinator
Donna Palmer
200 Hawkins Drive
C684 General Hospital
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319-356-0319
Fax: 319-384-9613
Email: donna-palmer@uiowa.edu
Department Chair and Faculty
Key Faculty and Staff
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Bradley Ford, MD, PhD |
Meredith Parsons, MD |
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Kunatum Prasidthrathsint, MD |