Pediatric nephrologist Lyndsay Harshman’s goal: Optimizing cognitive and psychosocial outcomes for kidney transplant patients.

Two University of Iowa medicine alumni met by chance while serving patients at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The pair share how the unique experience has changed their outlook on medicine.

The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine bestows upon its outstanding graduates. In 2024, the awards were presented to: Paul McCray Jr., MD; Barbara McAneny, MD, MACP, FASCO; and Amber K. Brooks, MD.