VAQS

Our Sites

Iowa City

Our program site is known for a robust research infrastructure to support fellows in their scholarly endeavors whether they follow traditional health-services careers or healthcare delivery and QI.

Faculty at our VAQS site are sought after for their expertise in research methods and specific content. Expertise includes nurse-physician communication, rural health, infection control, pharmacy and statistical methods. In addition, expertise in implementation methods is sought in the areas of mental health care delivery, novel clinical programs, hospital medicine and transitions of care, and healthcare administration.

Fellows come to our VAQS site to gain an expertise in locally driven quality improvement and access to VA data sources and expertise.

Senior Faculty Scholars

Melissa Swee, MD, MME, FASN, FAST

Amany Farag, PhD, RN

Second Year Fellows

Mony Fraer, MD

Tasha Alexis, MD

First Year Fellows

Iowa City – Rural Scholars

Senior Faculty Scholars

Jaime Wilson, DNP, RN PCCN

Faculty Scholars

Bailey Noble, DNP, ARNP, FNP-PMHNP

Karla Miller, MD

Second Year Fellows

Martha Terry, MD

Joseph Towner, DNP, PMHNP-BC

Teresa Seright, PhD, FNP-BC

First Year Fellows

Alumni

2025

  • Andrea Strayer, PhD, AGPCNP-BC, CNRN
  • Gatr-Alnada Gheriani, MBChB
  • Jasmine Estrada, MD
  • Jennifer Reid, PharmD, MPH, BCPS
  • Lindsay Wohrley, MSN, AGNP-BC
  • Matthew Maynard, OTD, OTR/L, ATP, CAPS

2024

  • Bailey Noble, DNP, ARNP, FNP-PMHNP
  • Bharat Kumar, MD, MME
  • Joe Tholany, MD
  • Tara Downs, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP

2023

  • Caitlin Rawlins, BSN, RN
  • Chris (Neal) Busk, MD, FMC
  • Matthew Soltys, MD
  • Rachel Hadler, MD

2022

  • Jennifer Powers, MD
  • Takaaki Kobayashi, MD
  • Teresa Judge-Ellis, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN

2021

  • Amy Brown, LCSW
  • Ashley Stillwell, DO
  • Hiroyuki Suzuki, MD
  • Karla Miller, MD
  • Nicole Loew, PhD, RN

2020

  • Jennifer Eickstaedt, ARNP, NP-C
  • Sherry Brewer, MD, IFMCP

2019

  • Harry Porterfield, DO
  • Jaime Wilson, DNP, RN, PCCN-K
  • Melissa Swee, MD

2018

  • Aref Bin Abdulhak, MD
  • Stephanie Edmonds, RN, PhD

2017

  • Ethan Kuperman, MD

2016

  • Joshua Buck, MD
  • Kirstin Manges, RN, BAN

2015

  • Courtney Olmsted, MD
  • Jacinda Bunch, MSN, RN
  • Yolanda Villalvazo, MD

2014

  • Daniel Lose, BSN
  • Hilary Mosher, MD
  • Michihiko Goto, MD

2013

  • Arwa Aburizik, MD
  • Ashish Malhotra, MBBS
  • Patricia Groves, PhD

2011

  • Michael Ohl, MD
  • Victoria Steelman, PhD, RN

2010

  • Archana Laxmisan, MD

2009

  • Jorge Go, MD

2008

  • Ann Curtis, MD
  • Jaclyn Anderson, D.O.
  • Katrina Cannon, MD
  • Rajil Karnani, MD

2007

  • Thad Abrams, MD

2006

  • Ioana Popescu, MD
  • Kent Ray, D.O

2002

  • Bill Barry, MD
  • Chitra Komal Jaipaul, MD
  • Craig Clark, D.O.

2001

  • Peter Kaboli, MD