The UI Department of Surgery has active laboratory investigations in surgical oncology, pediatric surgery and gastrointestinal surgery with National Institutes of Health-funded bench research. 

There are active clinical research projects in all of the Surgical Divisions. Members of the department have established collaborative investigations with other faculty members throughout the Carver College of Medicine and the core research centers at the University of Iowa.

Last name A through R

Erica Carlisle, MD

Division of Pediatric Surgery

Decision making in pediatric surgery.

Carlos HF Chan, MD, PhD

Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery

Immune mechanism of TLR-based immunostimulatory agents in treating peritoneal carcinomatosis of gastrointestinal and pancreatic cancer

John Cromwell, MD

Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Conducts clinical research related to complex systems.

Joseph Cullen, MD

Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Studies treatments for pancreatic cancer.

Kristina Guyton, MD

Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Studies communication between patients and providers during awake surgical procedures, including how to optimize the patient experience, understand the ethical challenges in this communication, teach this type of communication and include trainees in these situations.

Hisakazu Hoshi, MD

Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery

Conducts clinical research for colorectal cancer liver metastasis.

James Howe, MD

Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery

Studies the genetic basis of Juvenile Polyposis.

Daniel Katz, MD

Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery

Conducts clinical trials related to immunosuppression, renal transplantation, and liver transplantation.

Ingrid Lizarraga, MBBS, FACS

Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery

Studies determinants and health outcomes of breast cancer surgery as well as rural disparities in quality of cancer care.

Last name S through Z

Isaac Samuel, MD

Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Studies the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis with a view to implement new treatment modalities.

Scott Sherman, MD

Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery

Studies genetic regulation of neuroendocrine tumors and clinical aspects of surgery for metastatic cancers.

Joel Shilyansky, MD

Division of Pediatric Surgery

Studies immune response in pediatric cancer patients.

Dionne Skeete, MD

Division of Acute Care Surgery

Studies trauma care delivery and surgical critical care.

Sonia Sugg, MD

Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery

Studies clinical aspects of breast and endocrine surgery. As co-director of BMER, the breast molecular and epidemiologic resource, and organizer of the breast cancer research group, Dr. Sugg works with and supports researchers working on translational aspects of breast cancer.

Ronald Weigel, MD, PhD

Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery

The Weigel laboratory studies mechanisms of gene regulation that control a number of processes in cancer biology including oncogenesis, tumorigenesis, metastasis and drug resistance.

Lucy Wibbenmeyer, MD

Division of Acute Care Surgery

Conducts clinical research in burn treatment.