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July 2000
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
is awarded prestigious NCI designation by the National
Cancer Institute.
UI Behavioral Health restructures
inpatient service and opens a 14-bed inpatient unit serving
older patients with emotional and behavioral
problems.
Gov. Tom Vilsack appoints Paul
Abramowitz, director of Pharmaceutical Care, to a term on
the Iowa Board of Pharmacy Examiners.
U.S. News & World Report ranks
UI Hospitals and Clinics one of "America's Best Hospitals";
11 specialties rank among the Top 50.
August 2000
The ultrasound unit for diagnosing
fetal disorders receives accreditation from the American
Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.
UI Behavioral Health enhances its
counseling and referrals for women dealing with mental
health issues during pregnancy.
HomeSafe, a new nurse-managed
services plan, improves the health, independence, and
quality of life for older adults who are living alone in
their homes.
The Adult Echocardiography
Laboratory is one of the first such laboratories accredited
by the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of
Echocardiography Laboratories.
September 2000
A $25 million gift from the Holden
family of Williamsburg, Iowa, provides unprecedented support
for cancer research, education, and treatment at UI.
A $1 million gift from Louise White
and her late husband, Willard, generates funds to benefit
leukemia and breast cancer research.
An open house celebrates the
affiliation of Keokuk County Health Center with UI Health
Care.
Under a new agreement, UI Hospitals
and Clinics provides pharmacy management services for
Ottumwa Regional Health Center.
October 2000
Critically ill patients are served
by a replacement, state-of-the-art Medical Intensive Care
Unit that was designed in collaboration with patients,
family members, nurses, and physicians.
A new UI Back Care program helps
golfers who have experienced back problems regain their
ability to enjoy golf.
November 2000
UI Hospitals and Clinics and St.
Luke's Regional Medical Center, Sioux City, jointly sponsor
and open the Iowa Statewide Poison Control Center with a
single toll-free telephone service to answer questions about
poisons.
Board of Regents, State of Iowa,
approves creation of a new Department of Neurosurgery and a
program in Emergency Medicine. The neurosurgery department
is headed by Matthew Howard, M.D., and emergency medicine is
headed by interim director Andrew Nugent, M.D.
R. Edward Howell receives a
distinguished service award from the Association of American
Medical Colleges and the Council of Teaching Hospitals and
Health Systems.
Psychiatrist Nancy C. Andreasen,
M.D., Ph.D., receives the President's National Medal of
Science in a ceremony at the White House.
December 2000
Southeast Iowa City area residents
are served by a new UI Family Care clinic offering a full
range of health care services.
National Cancer Institute awards
NCI comprehensive status to Holden Comprehensive Cancer
Center, a prestigious recognition of excellence in
research.
University Hospital School's (since
renamed Center for Disabilities and development) pioneering
telemedicine service for Iowa children is showcased at a
National Library of Medicine conference in Bethesda,
Maryland.
Richard Lawton, M.D., who founded
the Renal Transplant Program and performed the first organ
transplant at UI Hospitals and Clinics in 1969, dies after a
long illness.
Fiscal
Year in Review: January -- June 2001
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