Education

Fort Dodge Junior College, Fort Dodge Iowa, AA, 1954

Drake University, Des Moines Iowa, BA 1959

University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City Iowa, MD, 1964

University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City Iowa, MS, 1967

Postgraduate Education:

Drake University, Graduate Assistant, 1959-1960

Sacramento County Hospital, Internship, 1964-1965

University of Iowa, Graduate Student, Microbiology, 1965-1967

University of Iowa, Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1967-1970

Certification:

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, November 1972

Licensure:

Iowa

Professional and Academic Appointments:

• 1970 Assistant Professor (OB/Gyn) University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
• 1971 Assistant Professor (Microbiology) University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
• 1974 Associate Professor (OB/Gyn) University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
• 1974 Associate Professor (Microbiology) University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
• 1978 Professor (OB/Gyn) University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
• 1978 Professor (Microbiology) University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

Areas of Research

Obstetric and gynecologic infectious diseases:

Evaluation of various modalities of therapy,

Evaluation of treatment modalities in patients with various vuluvar diseases

Pathophysiology of Candida albicans vulvovaginitis.

Current Projects:

The microecology of the female genital tract and host factors involved in colonization and disease.

Evaluation of the efficacy of various antimicrobial agents in the treatment of infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology.

Study of the colonization and pathogenesis of Candida albicans using classic and molecular biology techniques.