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Lisa Veach is an infectious disease physician with UnityPoint Health in Des Moines. She attended the University of Iowa and was a proud member of the Hawkeye Marching Band during her undergraduate years. She completed medical school, internal medicine residency and infectious disease fellowship all at the University of Iowa. Lisa has been in the practice of clinical infectious disease in Des Moines since 1990. She is active in the Internal Medicine Residency Program, where she has been awarded the Internal Medicine Teacher of the Year on three occasions. Lisa has served as the Infection Control Officer for UnityPoint Health – Des Moines since 1996.  More recently, she has worked to expand access to infectious disease by establishing telehealth programs with outlying hospitals for real time care of inpatients and by developing a telemedicine program to meet the needs of underserved clinic patients. She serves as a leader for the UnityPoint Health COVID-19 Incident Command, shaping the system’s pandemic response.