Our People
Program Leadership
Bharat Kumar, MD, MME
Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program
Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Phone: 319-356-2863
Email: bharat-kumar@uiowa.edu
Rebecca Tuetken, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
Phone: 319-353-7089
Email: rebecca-tuetken@uiowa.edu
Benjamin Davis, MD, PhD
Interim Director, Division of Immunology
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
Contact Us
Patty Bruffey Thoene
Rheumatology Fellowship Coordinator
Department of Internal Medicine - C42-B GH
The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA; 52242-1009
Email: patricia-bruffeythoene@uiowa.edu
Denise Floerchinger
Internal Medicine Fellowship Program Administrator
Phone: 319.356.2732
Email: denise-floerchinger@uiowa.edu
Current Faculty
The Department of Internal Medicine has a faculty of nearly 300 professionals whose clinical, teaching, and research expertise spans the entire discipline of medicine.
Immunology Division Faculty (Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology)
Department Faculty (alphabetical listing)
Current Fellows
Rheumatology Fellowship Pathway
Mani Maheshwari, MD (F1)
Medical School: Saba University School of Medicine
Residency: Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Lindsay Moy, DO (F2)
Medical School: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University
Residency: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Ibiyemi Oke, MBChB (F2)
Medical School: Obafemi Awolowo University
Residency: Reading Hospital - Tower Health
Madalyn Walsh, MD (F1)
Medical School: University of Iowa
Residency: University of Iowa
Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology Dual Certification Pathway
Amir Abidov, MD (F2)
Medical School: University of Arizona
Residency: Lankenau Medical Center
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Upinder Singh, MD
Chair and DEO, Department of Internal Medicine
Professor of Medicine–Infectious Diseases