Smoke-free campus 
As part of a commitment to reduce the risks of second-hand smoke for patients, visitors, faculty, and staff, UI Hospitals and Clinics is a smoke-free campus (effective July 1). Smoking is prohibited in the building, the parking ramps designated for hospital use, and on grounds maintained by hospital staff.

Research Network
University of Iowa Children's Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is one of 16 research centers chosen to be a part of the Neonatal Research Network of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, a branch of the National Institutes of Health. The network investigates the safety and effectiveness of treatment strategies to care for premature and critically ill newborn infants.

Fibroid Clinic 
The UI Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Interventional Radiology, a division of the UI Department of Radiology, have collaborated to staff a Fibroid Clinic offering women with uterine fibroids a range of treatment options, including:

• Medical therapy hormone therapy or anti-inflammatory rugs)
• Uterine fibroid embolization (shrinks benign growths)

Surgery Lung Transplant Program
UI Hospitals and Clinics is the only hospital in the state to perform lung transplant procedures following approval from the United Network for Organ Sharing, the national governing body for organ transplantation. Mark Iannettoni, MD, head of cardiothoracic surgery, said he expects the hospital to perform 10 to 20 lung transplants a year

Questions?
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319-384-8442, ext 706, or 800-777-8442, ext. 706