Dr. Subhash Sahai has resigned from the Iowa Board of Regents, effective today, the board announced. His six-year term began May 1, 2013, and expires April 30, 2019. “Regent Sahai has been a valuable member of the Board of Regents,” Regents President Mike Richards said in a release. “It is unfortunate that he will not be able to complete his term, but we respect his decision. He has served this Board with distinction and we wish him well.” Sahai, a family physician in Webster City, is also a clinical assistant professor at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Iowa in 1973 and a Master of Arts in biology from the University of Northern Iowa in 1970. He has practiced in Webster City since 1976, where he is medical director of the Van Diest Family Health Clinic, according to a biography on the regents website.