Full Name
Mike Welsh, MD
Job Title
Professor Internal Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Company
University of Iowa
Speaker Bio
Dr. Michael Welsh obtained an MD and completed internal medicine residency at the University of Iowa. He trained in pulmonary medicine and research at the University of California, San Francisco and University of Texas, Houston. He then joined the University of Iowa where he is Professor Internal Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. He directs the Cystic Fibrosis Research Center and Pappajohn Biomedical Institute. He was a HHMI Investigator from 1989-2024. His clinical activities focused on pulmonary diseases.
Dr. Welsh served as president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and National Academy of Sciences. He received the Distinguished Mentor Award Carver College of Medicine, Walter Cannon Award, Steven Beering Award, Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, The Shaw Prize, Wiley Prize, and Switzer Prize.
Dr. Welsh served as president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and National Academy of Sciences. He received the Distinguished Mentor Award Carver College of Medicine, Walter Cannon Award, Steven Beering Award, Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, The Shaw Prize, Wiley Prize, and Switzer Prize.
