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Miles Weinberger, MD
319.356.3485
miles-weinberger@uiowa.edu
Dr. Weinberger is Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Pediatric Allergy & Pulmonary Division and the Cystic Fibrosis Center. He is trained and Board Certified in both Allergy & Clinical Immunology and Pediatric Pulmonology.
He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. He received pediatric training at the University of California in San Francisco.Dr. Weinberger has authored over 170 manuscript publications, 30 book chapters and monographs, and a book entitled Managing Asthma. He has been an invited speaker more than 300 times throughout the United States and in 19 foreign countries. He has authored editorial commentaries on the subject of U.S. health care in the Des Moines Register and the Iowa City Press-Citizen.
Jess Fiedorowicz
(319) 384-9267
jess-fiedorowicz@uiowa.edu
Dr. Fiedorowicz is a board-certified psychiatrist and clinician investigator in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa.
He is a graduate of Marquette University and obtained and M.D. with Honors in Research from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He then completed a transitional year internship at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI followed by a psychiatry residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he served as a chief resident. He has concluded a fellowship in the clinical neurobiology of the major psychoses at the University of Iowa, where he has also received a master’s degree in clinical investigation. His research focuses on cardiovascular risk associated with mental illness and psychotropic medications.
Local Unions Endorsing HR676
- Hawkeye Labor Council, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Southern Iowa Labor Council, AFL-CIO
April 7, 2008
An unheard majority for national health insurance
By Jess Fiedorowicz and Dennis Fiedorowicz | Guest Opinion | Iowa City Press-Citizen
The adjective “broken” has so frequently been used to describe our healthcare system as to become a cliché. Recently an important new study was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that reveals a growing consensus among medical professionals on a path forward. A solid majority of doctors, now 59 percent, support national health insurance.
November 28, 2007
Dr. Bret McFarlin to Question Candidates During Heartland Presidential Forum in Des Moines Iowa on Saturday, December 1, 2007
Dr. McFarlin is Director of Internal Medicine at Broadlawns Medical Center, Polk County’s safety net hospital, a member of Physicians for a National Health Program, and an advocate for universal healthcare reform.
August 19, 2007
In search of vision on health care
Editorial | Des Moines Register
What’s needed: a president with the vision and passion to reform this country’s health-care system the way Johnson and Congress eventually did. It’s up to Iowans - who are in the unique position of being visited by droves of presidential candidates - to demand that kind of vision and passion from our visitors.
April 26, 2007
Presidential hopefuls skip best plan for health care
By MILES WEINBURGER | Des Moines Register
We have in America outstanding health-care facilities, excellent doctors and world-class research. What we lack is the universal health-care coverage present in all other industrial nations that provides assurance that health care will be available to us when we need it. Many of you reading this may say, “I’ve got good insurance that my employer provides.” Let’s hope your insurer stays in business and that you never have to change jobs or go into business for yourself.