Instead of being just a Church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a Church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are indifferent.

Pope Francis

Alan B. Moy, MD

Dr. Moy graduated from Creighton University School of medicine in 1985. After completion of Internal Medicine Residency at St. Louis University he proceeded with a Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Iowa. He then joined the faculty in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, University of Iowa until 2005.

He is currently the president of Pulmonary Associates of Iowa City, PC, which is affiliated with Mercy hospital of Iowa City. Dr Moy is also Founder and current President of Cellular Engineering Technologies, Inc., as well as President and Scientific Director of the John Paul II Medical Research Institute.

Dr. Moy's research expertise is in the area of development and application of cellular and tissue engineering technologies, translational cancer biology, biodefense countermeasure systems, preclinical and clinical applications of adult stem cells, industrial somatic stem cell manufacturing, industrial induced pluripotent stem cell reprogramming and cancer stem cell technology.