The diverse clinical experiences and wide array of teaching conferences and seminars offered by our program provide our fellows with exceptional clinical training. Clinical training is provided at our one teaching hospital, the University of Iowa Children's Hospital, which is housed within The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Our hospital is the only comprehensive health care center in the State offering training in a full range of neonatal therapies, including:
- high-frequency ventilation
- extracorporeal life support
- inhaled nitric oxide
- total body hypothermia
Fast Facts
- 800 to 900 critically ill newborns are cared for each year in our state-of-the-art 70-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Clinical care takes place in an environment emphasizing teamwork among faculty, fellows, and NICU non-physician caregivers
- Fellows manage up to 6 to 8 post-discharge high-risk patients at a time
- Outcomes for our very low birth weight infants are excellent, ranking in the top 10% nationally
- Nine of our 11 neonatology faculty are included among the Best Doctors in America
- University of Iowa Children's Hospital is ranked 20th nationally among children's hospitals by Child Magazine
- UI Hospitals and Clinics nursing staff ranks among U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Hospitals
- UI Hospitals and Clinics has earned designation as a Nursing Magnet Status
Example of 3-year Neonatal/Perinatal Fellowship Monthly Assignments
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