University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is part of Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center—offering care and hope to patients, discovering new ways to treat disease, and training tomorrow's health professionals

About Us

• We are located in Iowa City, Iowa, with an area population of more than 80,000
• We are part of an integrated academic medical center called University of Iowa Health Care that also includes the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and UI Physicians, Iowa's largest multi-specialty medical and surgical group practice
• We are dedicated to promoting the health of all Iowans through innovative care, excellent service, and exceptional outcomes
• Most of our patients are from Iowa, and from every county within the state. We also serve patients from every state and many nations
• Our specialized multidisciplinary care is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Our multidisciplinary expertise encompasses more than 200 health care specialties and is typically provided by teams of physicians, nurses, technologists, therapists, pharmacists, dietitians, social workers, and other staff
• We have pioneered many new treatments for patients of all ages

History
The first University Hospital opened with 50 beds on January 11, 1898. A new 735-bed General Hospital opened in 1928. In the current 684-bed facility, we provide world-class health care, patient- and family-centered services, and advanced technologies.

Historical Advances

1939
Hospital develops modern blood banking

1956
UI physicians pioneer heart-lung machine

1971
World's first horizontal gastroplasty surgery for morbid obesity

1982
First multi-channel cochlear implant in U.S.

1984
World's first bone marrow registry

1985
Iowa's first successful adult heart transplant

1995
Iowa's first living-related liver transplant

2002
Surgeons pioneer pediatric robotic surgery

2006
World's first magnetically guided lung procedure using Stereotaxis®

Prestigious Recognition

• Ranked among "America's Best Hospitals" by U.S.News & World Report
• 269 UI Physicians are "Best Doctors in America®"
• Certified as a Level I (highest) Trauma Center
• First Iowa hospital to receive the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence
• Home of Iowa's only National Cancer Institute-designated "comprehensive" cancer center
• Burn Treatment Center is verified by the American College of Surgeons and the American Burn Association
• UI Children's Hospital ranked 20th in a survey of best hospitals for kids by Child magazine
• UI Heart and Vascular Center and UI Obesity Surgery are classified as Blue Distinction Centers by Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa
• UI Stroke Center has earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of ApprovalTM as a Primary Stroke Center
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is designated a Center of Excellence by United Resource Network

Premier Health Care

• UI Children's Hospital is Iowa's most comprehensive provider of family-centered pediatric clinical care
• Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center specialists provide world-class cancer care, education, and research
• UI Heart and Vascular Center includes a full range of medical and surgical specialists who employ the latest techniques and technologies
• UI Neurosciences specialists bring multi-specialty expertise to conditions of the brain and nervous system
• Specialists in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery focus on deafness and hearing-related problems
• Ophthalmologists treat virtually all problems relating to the eye
• Orthopaedic and rehabilitation specialists address problems with the bones and joints
• Our organ transplant specialists perform a wide range of transplant procedures, including heart, lung, liver, kidney, and pancreas
• UI Women's Health offers a full range of specialized multidisciplinary expertise targeted strictly to women.
• Center for Disabilities and Development provides assessment, recommendations, therapy, education, and research for infants, children, and adults with disabilities

Research

• Our patients have access to the latest care advances through voluntary opportunities to participate in clinical trials
• The University of Iowa ranks 13th among public research universities in National Institutes of Health grants
• UI Carver College of Medicine researchers are leaders in investigating biomedical imaging, cancer, cardiovascular disease, brain imaging and neurosciences, cystic fibrosis, hearing loss and deafness, muscular dystrophy, macular degeneration and other blinding eye diseases, and Huntington's disease

Teaching

• Educating future health care professionals is an essential part of the UI Hospitals and Clinics mission
• Nearly 700 resident and fellow physicians and dentists help provide premier patient care around the clock
• We are the clinical training base for students from the colleges of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, and public health
• Our clinical departments collaborate to conduct accredited health professional education programs in diagnostic medical sonography, dietetics, nuclear medicine technology, perfusion, physician assistant training, physical therapy, radiation sciences, radiation therapy, and radiologic technology
• We provide supervised clinical settings for Kirkwood Community College programs in nursing education, surgical technology, and respiratory therapy
• We are home to the only emergency medicine residency program in Iowa

Convenient Access

• Four parking ramps serve patients, families, and visitors; outpatients park free for clinic visits
• Guest Services staff provide patients with valet parking, patient escorts, and concierge services
• UI Health Access provides a toll-free, 24-hour service for health advice and consultation (319-384-8442 or 800-777-8442)

Leadership
University of Iowa Health Care is an integrated academic medical center under one executive leadership team, consisting of UI Hospitals and Clinics, the UI Carver College of Medicine, and UI Physicians, Iowa's largest multi-specialty medical and surgical group practice.

UI Health Care Executive Team

Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean, UI Carver College of Medicine
Jean E. Robillard, MD

Interim CEO, UI Hospitals and Clinics
Gordon D. Williams

Associate Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Ken Fisher

Associate Vice President for Legal Affairs
William Hesson

Associate Vice President for UI Physicians
Craig Syrop, MD

Associate Vice President for Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer
Ann Williamson, PhD, RN

Executive Dean, UI Carver College of Medicine
Peter Densen, MD

Service Record

Staffed beds

• Intensive care
  130
• Acute care
  538
• Minimal care
  16

Total beds 684

Human resources

• Physicians and dentists
  1,417
• Professional nurses
  1,560
• Other professional staff
  1,698
• Other hospital staff
  3,063

Total staff 7,738

• Volunteers
  1,325
• Volunteer hours
  96,004

Patient services

• Acute patient admissions
  29,216
• Acute patient days of care
  185,450
• Clinic visits (total all sites)
  864,409
• Emergency-Trauma Center visits
  38,766
• Organ and tissue transplants
  373
• Major surgical operations
  21,952
• Minor surgical procedures
  78,109
• Fetal diagnosis and therapy
  509
• Cardiac catheterizations
  8,710
• Units of blood transfused
  30,629
• Radiographic exams/treatments
  272,609
• Laboratory tests
  3,471,814
• Pharmacy orders
  1,986,000
• Meals served
  2,977,710
• Pounds of laundry processed
  4,345,438
• Patients transported by helicopter
  1,087

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UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

Prestigious Recognition

Research