Timothy Kresowik, MD
#35: 2011-2012
Timothy Frank Kresowik, MD is a Professor of Surgery in the division of Vascular Surgery and vascular fellowship program director at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He lived from birth through high school in Detroit, Michigan. He received an appointment as a Midshipman to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland which he attended from 1972-74. His interest in medicine first developed while at the Naval Academy and he returned to his home state to complete his undergraduate degree, medical school degree, surgical residency and vascular fellowship all at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In 1988 he was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Iowa College of Medicine where he has been a faculty member for his entire academic career. He had the privilege of having four prior Presidents of the MVSS among his mentors (James Stanley, Walter (Mac) Whitehouse, Gerald Zelenock) during his training at the University of Michigan and John Corson as division head at the University of Iowa.
In addition to a continual clinical practice in vascular surgery he developed a clinical and academic interest in performance measurement and quality improvement. In 1993, he became a part-time medical consultant and principal clinical coordinator for the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care which was the Medicare peer review organization for Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska. He has served and had leadership roles on a number of national committees addressing hospital and physician quality measurement and improvement. In 1998, Dr. Kresowik began working with the American Medical Association as a consultant to the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement and served as
a facilitator/consultant for over 40 workgroups spanning the entire range of medicine from prenatal care to geriatrics. He has published extensively in the general areas of performance measurement and improvement with a particular interest in cerebrovascular disease and intervention.
Dr. Kresowik and his wife Becky have 6 adult children Tim, Dan, Melissa, Paul, Mark and Emily and are currently especially enjoying three grandchildren Jack, Alex and Aliana. In addition to his family Dr. Kresowik’s passions include running, golf and travel.
