University of Iowa College of Medicine
Quick Facts

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History

• First UI-affiliated medical school was the College of Physicians and Surgeons, established in 1850 in Keokuk, Iowa.
• The UI established an on-campus medical program in 1870, the first co-educational medical school in the United States and one of 22 founding members of the Association of American Medical Colleges in 1876.
• First University of Iowa hospital opened in 1898.
• Today the UI College of Medicine is the only public medical school in Iowa.

Overview

• Located in Iowa City; a community of about 60,000.
• West of the Iowa River, the UI health sciences campus includes the colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health, and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, one of the nation's largest university-owned teaching hospitals.
• The University of Iowa ranks 10th among public universities and second among Big Ten schools in National Institutes of Health awards.
• Ranked 9th among top primary care medical schools and 30th among research schools by U.S. News and World Report Magazine. UI rural medicine, family medicine, physician assistant, physical therapy, audiology and speech pathology programs place among the nation’s top ten on U.S. News lists.
• The UI is home to the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of only 39 centers in the country to receive comprehensive designation from the National Cancer Institute.

Departments and programs

Anatomy and Cell Biology, Anesthesia, Biochemistry, Dermatology, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Microbiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Orthopaedic Surgery, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Physiology and Biophysics, Psychiatry, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Surgery, Urology, and programs in Emergency Medicine, Biomedical Ethics, and Associated Medical Sciences.

Education

• More than 700 faculty teach 632 medical students.
• Nearly 750 Iowa physicians help teach students through clinical education programs in 104 Iowa communities.
• Faculty also teach undergraduate basic science classes as well as students in associated medical sciences programs, graduate students, and residents and fellows at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
• Medical students are organized across class years into four learning communities—an innovative program to integrate curriculum, peer-to-peer teaching, student management and social support.
• One of the strongest records of financial support of any medical school in the nation and a renewed focus on endowed scholarships in fund raising.
• Half of all Iowa physicians completed medical school or graduate training at the UI.
• One of seven medical schools selected to offer Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Research Fellowships.

Degree programs

• Doctor of Medicine (M.D.).
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in anatomy, biochemistry, free radical and radiation biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, neuroscience, pharmacology, physical and rehabilitation science, and physiology and biophysics.
• Medical Scientist Training Program, one of 39 combined M.D./Ph.D. programs supported by the National Institutes of Health.
• Master of Science (M.S.) in anatomy, biochemistry, free radical and radiation biology, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, and physiology and biophysics.
• Master of Arts (M.A.) in physical therapy; Master of Physical Therapy (M.P.T.); Master of Physician Assistant Studies (M.P.A.S.)
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in biochemistry, clinical laboratory sciences, nuclear medicine technology, microbiology. and radiation sciences.

Research

• External funding for the UI Colleges of Medicine and Public Health totaled $216 million in fiscal year 2002.
• In FY 2002, Department of Health and Human Services/National Institutes of Health funding to the UI reached $183 million, up a third from 2001.
• Four College of Medicine faculty members are Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators.
• 16 UI faculty are members of the Institute of Medicine.

Major research units

Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cardiovascular Research Center, Center for Digestive Diseases, Center for Macular Degeneration, Center on Aging, Center for the Study of the Brain and Language, Cooperative Human Linkage Center, General Clinical Research Center, Diabetes and Endocrinology Center, Institute of Neurological Diseases, Iowa Cystic Fibrosis Center, Iowa Geriatric Education Center, Iowa Specialized Center for Pulmonary Research, Schizophrenia Research Center, and Specialized Center for Occupational and Immunological Lung Disease.

Clinical care

• U.S. News and World Report consistently includes University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics among “America’s Best Hospitals,” ranking nine clinical specialties among the top 50 in their fields.
• In 1999, 152 ul Health Care physicians were listed in Best Doctors in America.
• ul Health Care recorded nearly 790,000 clinic visits and more than 41,000 admissions in 2000-2001.

Outreach and service

• UI Health Care faculty and staff provide clinical services at 262 outreach clinics in 64 Iowa communities. In fiscal year 2001, these clinics logged more than 40,000 patient visits.
• Outreach clinics provide specialized services including care for children with special needs, high-risk infant follow-up, genetic counseling, prenatal health care and more.
• UI telemedicine and teleradiology services, which provide outreach care via telecommunications technology, charted 2,604 patient visits in fiscal year 2001.
• Affiliated regional medical education centers provide clinical care, community-based experience for medical students and coordinate residency programs.
• The College sponsors or co-sponsors more than 100 continulng medical education programs each year, including online courses and distance programs via the Iowa Communications Network.
• Acclaimed UI Virtual Hospital, one of the first 250 sites on the World Wide Web, logs 20,000 visitors each day.
• UI Hardin Library for the Health Sciences offers 350,000 print volumes, 2,500 journals and Internet resources including the Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources (www.Iib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md).
• Mini-Medical School programs offer popular courses on health topics for communities across Iowa. A new research and education facility

A new research and education facility

Completed in 2002, the Medical Education and Biomedical Research Facility (MEBRF) provides a new home for teaching and discovery at the UI Carver College of Medicine. With facilities to accommodate small-group sessions, large lectures, clinical examination rooms, study and meeting spaces for the College’s four student learning communities, and flexible laboratories designed for interdisciplinary research teams, the MEBRF is the center of a revitalized University of Iowa health sciences campus.

• Approximately 220,000 total square feet.
• Home to the Sahai Medical Education Center, Roy J. Carver Molecular Science Research Center and the Roland and Ruby Holden Cancer Research Laboratories.
• MEBRF-based research programs include the Center for Macular Degeneration, Interdisciplinary Research Program in Human Genetics, Center for Functional Genomics of Hypertension, labs for six biochemistry investigators, and cancer research programs in molecular mechanisms of metastasis, prostate cancer, neuro-oncology, stem cell biology, molecular epidemiology, radiation biology and experimental therapeutics.
• Part of the largest bullding project in University of Iowa history, which includes the adjacent Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver Biomedical Research Bullding to be opened in 2005.
• Additional health sciences campus improvements include a new parking ramp, food service and materials handling facilities, renovations to existing laboratories and classrooms, and development of outdoor common areas and pedestrian routes.
• Exterior walls clad with about 770 tons of Anamosa limestone.
• Includes 3,081 electrical receptacles, 834 switches, 4,416 light fixtures, and more than a million feet of wire and condult.
• Nearly 500,000 pounds of ductwork move 400,000 cubic feet of air per minute.
• Almost 20 miles of pipe for water, gas, air and waste.

Carver College of Medicine administration

Jean E. Robillard, M.D.
Dean; Chair, Faculty Practice Plan Board, Carver College of Medicine

John Cowdery, M.D.
Interim Associate Dean for Veterans Affairs

Dennis M. Domsic, M.B.A.
Associate Dean for Finance and Administration; Executive Director of the Faculty Practice Plan; UI Associate Vice President

Kimberly S. Ephgrave, M.D.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Curriculum

Steve Maravetz, M.A.
Associate Dean for Communications and Advancement, Director, Health Science Relations

Allyn Mark, M.D.
Senior Associate Dean; Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs