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Anatomy and Cell Biology
Interim Chair and Department Executive Officer: Robert Piper, PhD
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Interim Chair and Department Executive Officer: Kris DeMali, PhD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chair and Department Executive Officer: Kalpaj Parekh, MBBS
Family and Community Medicine
Chair and Department Executive Officer: Jeffrey Quinlan, MD, FAAFP
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Chair and Department Executive Officer: Kevin Campbell, PhD
Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Chair and Department Executive Officer: Ted Abel, PhD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chair and Department Executive Officer: Christian Pettker, MD
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Chair and Department Executive Officer: Keith Carter, MD
Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Chair and Department Executive Officer: J. Lawrence Marsh, MD
Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery
Chair and Department Executive Officer: Marlan Hansen, MD
Pediatrics, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Chair and Department Executive Officer: Alexander Bassuk, MD, PhD
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Chair and Department Executive Officer: Richard Shields, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Physician Assistant Studies and Services
Chair and Department Executive Officer: David Asprey, PhD, PA-C
Additional Hospital Departments
Hospital Dentistry
The Hospital Dentistry Institute at the University of Iowa Health Care boasts graduate resident training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and General Dentistry (GPR). The faculty's main focus is one of training both residents and students, while instilling values of ethics, morality and empathy.