Medical Humanities Community : USA : Iowa

  • Des Moines University

    • Gary L. Hoff, D.O. (History of Medicine, Medicine and the Arts)
      Chair, Department of Medical Humanities & Bioethics
      Des Moines University
      3200 Grand Avenue
      Des Moines, IA 50312
      (515) 271-1657
      Gary.Hoff@dmu.edu
      [Required: History of Medicine (Fall, Yr 1); Medical Ethics I (Spring, Yr 1); Medical Ethis II (Fall/Spring, Yr 2)
      Electives: Exploring the Human Condition: Views from Literature, Sociology, Medicine & Public Health; Death & Dying: Spiritual & Religious Issues in Patient Care; Images of Women in Popular Culture; Animal-Assisted Therapy; What Parents Really Ask -- Non-Medical Pediatrics (all years)]

  • University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

    • Lauris C. Kaldjian, M.D., Ph.D. (Clinical Ethics, Professionalism)
      Director, Program in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities
      Course Director, Healthcare, Ethics, Law and Policy
      1-112 Medical Education Building
      Iowa City, IA 52242-1190
      (319) 335-6706
      lauris-kaldjian@uiowa.edu

    • Susan Lawrence, Ph.D. (History of Medicine)
      Program in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities
      Room 1-108 Medical Education Building
      (319) 353-4681
      susan-lawrence@uiowa.edu
      http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/bemh/FacultyStaff/Lawrence.htm
      [Electives: History of Medicine in Western Society, Doctors in Film. Syllabi on line]

    • Margaret LeMay-Lewis, M.F.A. (Creative Writing and Medicine)
      Coordinator, Writing Program
      Office of Student Affairs and Curriculum
      1193 MERF
      Iowa City, IA 52242
      (319) 335-8051: FAX: (319) 335-8643
      margaret-lemay-lewis@uiowa.edu
      [Pre-clinical elective: The Examined Life: Writing and Medicine; Yr 4 elective: The Observer Speaks: Medicine, Literature, & Writing]

    • Robert F. Weir, Ph.D. (Medical Ethics)
      Program in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities
      Professor Emeritus
      1-104 Medical Education Building
      Iowa City, IA 52242-1190
      (319) 384-4895
      robert-weir@uiowa.edu
      a href="http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/bemh/FacultyStaff/Weir.htm
      [CME Reading Retreats in Literature and Medicine]

    • See Program in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities web site for other faculty