Department of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Alumni Receives UI Carver College of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Award  Virend Somers, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
6/6/2006 The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will honor the achievements of six individuals at its 2006 Distinguished Alumni Awards presentation and luncheon Friday, June 9, in Iowa City. This year, the The Early Distinguished Achievement Award, which honors individuals who are less than 15 years removed from their medical training at Iowa and who have already achieved distinction in their fields, has been awarded to Internal Medicine Alumni Virend Somers, M.D., Ph.D. The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor the college bestows upon its outstanding graduates. Established in 1998, this awards program recognizes former students and colleagues who have transcended their fundamental roles as health care providers, scientists and educators to become leaders in the advancement of medicine. Virend Somers completed a residency (1991) and fellowship (1993) in internal medicine at the UI. He is recognized as one of the world's premier researchers and clinicians in the area of human cardiovascular regulation and sleep research with a unique approach that is both patient-oriented and mechanistic. Somers is known for his creativity, energy and productivity, and he has distinguished himself at every level of his career. He was elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation in 1999, and he recently became a member of the Association of University Cardiologists. He has delivered lectures to some of the most distinguished medical audiences in the world, including the World Congress of Cardiology in Sydney, the Belgian Faculties of Medicine in Brussels and the World Congress on Sleep Apnea in Helsinki. He is a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Alumni of the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine include all graduates of the University's education and training programs for undergraduate and graduate medical education, associated medical sciences and graduate basic sciences. |
