Department of Pediatrics

Infectious Diseases

The Division of Infectious Diseases provides consultative services for microbiologic diagnosis and treatment of infectious and rheumatologic diseases in children.

Charles Grose, MD
Oscar G. Gomez MD, PhD
Christine Ziebold MD, PhD, MPH

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is a multi-specialty combined medical and surgical unit providing state-of-the-art respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological monitoring and care. The PICU is designed to accommodate patients ranging in age from infancy to 16 years.

Physician coverage is provided 24 hours a day by faculty from the Division of Critical Care Medicine and by pediatric, anesthesia, and surgery residents. Specially trained nurses provide care for the varied patient population and assist with air transport of pediatric patients from outlying hospitals to University of Iowa. Respiratory therapy specialists are present at all times.

Fred S. Lamb, MD, PhD, Director
Caroline S. George, MD
Judith Heggen, DO
Jessica P. Moreland, MD

Medical Genetics

The Division of Medical Genetics serves not only the Department of Pediatrics and University of Iowa Children's Hospital, but also all other University of Iowa Health Care clinical units. It includes a genetic counseling clinic, a neuromuscular disease program, and cytogenetics, biochemical genetics, and molecular genetics laboratories. The division cooperates with the Iowa Department of Health in operating a statewide regional genetic consultation service. Faculty work with medical geneticists in several other clinical departments to maintain programs in prenatal diagnosis, behavioral genetics, genetics of eye disorders, skeletal dysplasias, cancer, and craniofacial anomalies.

Val Sheffield, MD, PhD, Director
Marcello Bento Soares, PhD
Sara Copeland, MD
Hatem El-Shanti, MD
Kim Keppler-Noreuil, MD
Jeffery C. Murray, MD
Shivanand Patil, PhD
Don C. Van Dyke, MD
Robert Weir, PhD
Marcia C. Willing, MD, PhD

Neonatology

The Division of Neonatology is responsible for all newborns admitted to the Department of Pediatrics. The state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) houses up to 55 critically ill newborns, all in single rooms. The unit is equipped with the latest equipment and staffed by a large team of highly trained nurses and other staff. A laboratory within the NICU provides around-the-clock service.

Jeffrey Segar, MD, Director
Michael J. Acarregui, MD
Edward F. Bell, MD
Tarah T. Colaizy, MD
John M. Dagle, MD, PhD
Jonathan M. Klein, MD
Frank H. Morriss Jr. , MD
Jeffrey C. Murray, MD
Robert Roghair, MD
Joel Stenzel, MD
John A. Widness, MD
Zahi E. Zeidan, MD
Ekhard E. Ziegler, MD

Nephrology

Nephrology offers consultation services in pediatrics, urology, and both the dialysis and transplantation units. They manage pediatric patients with nephritic and nephrotic diseases, acute and chronic renal failure, hypertension, fluid and electrolyte disorders, tubular diseases, and common urological problems. The rheumatology outpatient clinic serves patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, spondylitis, dermatomyositis, and other musculoskeletal complaints.

Craig C. Porter, MD, Director
Jean Robillard, MD

Neurology

The child neurology clinic provides nearly 180 visits a month in response referrals from physicians in practice outside UI Hospitals and Clinics and from other departments within the hospital. Please visit the Division of Neurology web site.

Katherine D. Mathews, MD, Director
Adel Afifi, MD
Daniel J. Bonthius, MD

Nutrition

Growth, nutrition, and metabolism are major areas of interest in the department since the 1920s, with the result that much of the normative data utilized throughout the world have had their origin in UI studies. This long history is reflected in our inpatient units and clinics, where patterns of growth are matters of interest and concern, regardless of the nature of the illness. The research effort in metabolism and nutrition is well supported by adequate clinical and laboratory facilities, including a metabolic unit devoted to the study of growth and body composition of normal infants. Please visit the Division of Nutrition web site.

Michael Artman, MD
Charles Rebouche, BS, PhD
Ekhard E. Ziegler, MD

Psychology

The Division of Psychology provides specialty clinic evaluations and treatment in the following areas: attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, behavioral disorders, chronic health impairment, learning disorders, and neuropsychological disorders. The division also provides outpatient and inpatient consultation to children with a variety of medical conditions.

Lynn Richman, PhD, Director
Linda Cooper-Brown, PhD
James Hall, Ph.D
Scott Lindgren, PhD
Jan Loney, PhD
Mary Ann Roberts, PhD
James Stehbens, PhD
David Wacker, PhD