Cover: Dr. Adel Afifi with a patient.
An online version of Medicine, the UI Carver College of Medicine quarterly alumni magazine.
Foreword
News Briefs
Faculty Profile Adel Afifi retires after 23 years
Alumni ProfileJohn Scott leads the way in robotic-assisted prostatectomy surgery
Ewww! Grossology!An impolite lesson in science
Critical ConditionJean Robillard reports on planned changes to patient care
Teaching Tomorrow's MDsEducation remains a priority within the College
Moving ForwardGroundbreaking set for Iowa Institute for Biomedical Discovery

Women in MedicineA look at women in the profession
Alumni News
In memoriam
The dis-ease of disease
CalendarExecutive Editor Peter Densen, MD, executive dean
Editor Lesly Huffman
Contributing writers
Jennifer Brown, Anne Duggan, Susan Green, Lesly Huffman,
Derek Maurer, David Pedersen, Becky Soglin
Design Connie Peterson
Photography Susan McClellen, Louise Murray
Production Donna Mullink
Associate Dean for Communications
and Advancement and Director,
Office of Health Science Relations Steve Maravetz
Assistant Director,
Publications Office of Health Science Relations Anne Duggan
Executive Director,
Office of Alumni and Collegiate Relations Chad Ruback
For more information on the Medicine Alumni Society and
any of our reunions, volunteer opportunities or Web-based
alumni programs, please contact the College’s Office of Alumni
and Collegiate Relations at
(877) MEDIOWA or via e-mail at medicine-alumni@uiowa.edu.
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