The Burn Treatment Center at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has been re-verified as a burn center by the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons and by the American Burn Association. This achievement recognizes the Burn Treatment Center's dedication to providing excellence in patient care.

The two organizations jointly established the burn center verification program in 1995. This is the second re-verification for the Burn Treatment Center at UI Hospitals and Clinics, which originally was verified in 1996.

About 60 burn centers are officially verified in the United States, and the UI Burn Treatment Center is the only one in Iowa.

"This is the culmination of the effort put forth by all members of the burn care team who strive for the same goal: to provide the highest quality care possible, and get a patient back into society again," said Lee Faucher, M.D., a UI Hospitals and Clinics surgeon.

The Burn Treatment Center also received a rare letter of commendation with its latest re-verification. The letter congratulated the Center on its "... continued commitment to excellence and its desire to provide high quality care to its burn patients."