Our People

Program Leadership

 

Judy A. Streit, MD
Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine

Phone: 319-356-7226
Email: judy-streit@uiowa.edu

 

A. Benjamin Appenheimer, MD
Associate Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Phone: 319-356-8708
email: alpheus-appenheimer@uiowa.edu

 

Ilonka Molano, MD
Associate Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Phone: 319-384-6186
email: ilonka-molano@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.

Infectious Diseases Division Faculty

Department Faculty (alphabetical listing)

Other Faculty with Infectious Diseases interest

Perencevich, Eli N., MD, MS (General Internal Medicine)
Ford, Bradley, MD, PhD (Pathology)

Current Fellows

 

Alexandria Burtness-Guard, DO (F1)
Medical School: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Iowa Des Moines Internal Medicine


Renate Gyenge portrait

 

Renate Gyenge, DO (F2)
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: NE Ohio Medical University


Shinya Hasegawa portrait

 

Shinya Hasegawa, MD (F2)
Medical School: Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Residency: Western Michigan University


 

Yacoub Sallam, MD (F1)
Medical School: University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Cleveland Clinic


 

Sebastian Sanchez Lopez, MD (F1)
Medical School: Universidad de Antioquia Facultad de Medicina Colombia
Residency: Texas Tech


Arya Zandvakili portrait

 

Arya Zandvakili, MD, PhD (F2)
Medical School: University of Cincinnati
Residency: University of Iowa

Research Groups

Host Defense Group

Botond Bánfi, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Polly Ferguson, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Prajwal Gurung, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
John T. Harty, PhD*
Professor of Microbiology
Priya Issuree, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Julia Klesney-Tait, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Kevin Legge, PhD
Professor of Pathology
Thorsten Maretzky, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Paul McCray, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Craig Morita, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
William M. Nauseef, MD*
Emeritus Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Elizabeth Newell, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD*
Professor of Microbology
Mary E. Wilson, MD
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology
 

Molecular Pathogenesis Group

Viral Pathogenesis Subgroup

Zuhair Ballas, MD
Professor of Medicine (Allergy)
Gail Bishop, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology
Charles Grose, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Hillel Haim, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Microbiology
Aloysius J. Klingelhutz, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
Wendy Maury, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
Jeffery Meier, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
David Price, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Richard J. Roller, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
Jack Stapleton, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
C. Martin Stoltzfus, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Microbiology)
Joseph Zabner, MD
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
   

Bacterial Pathogenesis Subgroup

John T. Harty, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Microbiology)
Li Wu, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology
Paul McCray, MD*
Professor of Pediatrics
Craig Morita, MD, PhD*
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
William M. Nauseef, MD*
Emeritus Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Patricia L. Winokur, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Associate Members

   
Steven Clegg, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Microbiology)
Daniel J. Diekema, MD, MS
Emeritus Professor Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Timothy L. Yahr, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Microbiology
Bradley Jones, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
   

Eukaryotic Pathogenesis Subgroup

Noah Butler, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
John T. Harty, PhD
Professor of Microbiology 
Louis V. Kirchhoff, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
W. Scott Moye-Rowley, PhD
Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Mary E. Wilson, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
 

Hospital epidemiology/Healthcare Research

Karen Brust, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) Michihiko Goto, MD, MSCI, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Loreen Herwaldt, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease)
Takaaki Kobayashi, MD, MPH Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) Daniel Livorsi, MD, MSC
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Michael Ohl, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease)
Eli Perencevich, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Philip Polgreen, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease)
 

Clinical and Vaccine Research (ID Division)

Patricia Winokur, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disesse)
Jack Stapleton, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease) 
Jeffery Meier, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease)

Clinical Microbiology Research

Bradley Ford, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology
J. Stacey Klutts, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology
Kunatum (Jin) Prasidthrathsint, MD Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
 

Chair, Department of Internal Medicine

Upinder Singh photo

Upinder Singh, MD
Chair and DEO, Department of Internal Medicine
Professor of Medicine–Infectious Diseases