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Mark Turrentine (pictured right), operating alongside Karl Bilimoria. | Photo courtesy Karl Bilimoria
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Cardiothoracic surgeon follows calling to heal hearts across borders

On his 43rd trip to Jordan, Mark Turrentine, MD, continues a mission that has saved more than 650 children born with life-threatening heart defects. 

Sarah Lounsbury  | Feb 17, 2026
John Turchi poses with his arms crossed, standing beneath a staircase

Leading drug discovery: New department chair building team of researchers to develop next-gen treatments for diseases

As chair of the new Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, John Turchi is building a team of researchers to accelerate scientific discovery and

Laura Gates
Dean Jay Hess speaks at podium with Excellence in Health Care logo as others watch

IU School of Medicine dean, faculty honored with IBJ Excellence in Health Care awards

The Indianapolis Business Journal honored several IU School of Medicine faculty, including Dean Jay L. Hess, for outstanding efforts to improve the health of people

Laura Gates
Wade Clapp poses in a hallway at the cancer center, wearing a navy suit

Leader in medical innovation: Longtime chair of pediatrics fosters spirit of discovery at IU

Wade Clapp has grown expertise in the Department of Pediatrics while conducting his own groundbreaking research in neurofibromatosis. He is now senior associate dean for

Laura Gates
Greg Sachs, MD, is picture against a plain red background.

Long-serving division chief announces retirement

Greg Sachs, MD, has announced he will retire in June after nearly 20 years of exemplary service to the Indiana University Department of Medicine as

Caitlin VanOverberghe
Sacha Sharp and Abby Gorman stand at the bar in Guggman Haus Brewery. Each woman is holding a glass of beer and smiling.

Docs on Draft: New event series aims to connect doctors, community members

Staged in a locally owned brewery, Docs on Draft is a speaker series that gives experts in the medical field an opportunity to share their

Caitlin VanOverberghe
A man poses for a headshot photo

From stage to lab: Fujiki brings quest to understand the voice to IU

Robert Fujiki, prolific in his first year as an otolaryngology researcher at IU School of Medicine, is working to help children with vocal cord dysfunction. 

Rory Appleton
Trisha Wise-Draper portrait on a red background.

Department of Medicine names new director of Division of Hematology/Oncology

Trisha Wise-Draper is an accomplished physician-scientist, specializing in the care of cancers in the head and neck and experimental therapeutics.

Caitlin VanOverberghe
A headshot of Jenny Ting is shown inside a circle that is overlaid across a dark red background. Text next to her headshot reads, "Jenny Ting, PhD, Mark Brothers Award Winner, April 8."

Renowned immunologist to speak April 8 at IU School of Medicine

Jenny P.-Y. Ting, winner of the 2026 Mark Brothers Award, will discuss how her discoveries in innate immunity, inflammation, microbiome science and antiviral defense are

Corie Farnsley
Jerilyn Nova and Stefanie Rodenbeck meet with a pediatric patient at the IU Health Neuroscience Center

Fellow pioneers Indiana's first pediatric neuroimmunology clinic

The new neuroimmunology clinic at Riley Children’s Health will provide multidisciplinary care for Hoosier children living with multiple sclerosis and other neuroinflammatory disorders.

Allie Northcutt