If you don’t currently have a primary care provider (PCP), getting started may feel like a big step — but there are multiple ways to begin. “We have a number of doorways to primary care,” says Katherine Imborek, MD, a family medicine physician at UI Health Care.

The University of Iowa plans to expand its support of rural hospitals across Iowa with $12 million awarded over five years by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for two projects included in its Healthy Hometowns initiative. Healthy Hometowns is the state’s submission to the Rural Health Transformation Program, a federal funding initiative managed by the Centers for…

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting men, particularly those over age 50. While it often develops slowly and may not cause noticeable symptoms in its early stages, recognizing potential warning signs is important for early detection and effective treatment.

Diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumors in 2005, Ron Muhlenbruck exemplifies the impact of clinical trials in advancing cancer care.

One year after opening its North Liberty medical campus, University of Iowa Health Care leaders anticipate continued growth in caring for patients throughout the community and across the state and region — to the point where plans are underway to complete and fill the facility’s existing shell space designated for future expansion.

For years, Clinton, Iowa, resident Heath Cooper managed heart issues that felt disruptive but controllable. “I started getting light-headed at times,” he says. “I had some chest pains here and there.”

UI Health Care is expanding access to specialized pediatric care with a multidisciplinary outreach clinic in Urbandale, offering coordinated services for children with spina bifida closer to home.

Lynette Marshall and Jeffery Ford demonstrate generosity, love, and gratitude after transplant surgery at UI Health Care. In December, Ford received one of the greatest gifts a partner can provide. When his kidney failure called for a transplant, Marshall stepped in as his donor. Her donation would be University of Iowa Health Care’s first robotic living donor nephrectomy.

The 30,000-square-foot renovation of level 7 of the John Pappajohn Pavilion (JPP) on UI Health Care’s university campus was completed on April 7, 2026, when staff welcomed parents and their new babies. This expansion is part of a broader UI Health Care initiative that increases the number of overall inpatient beds for maternal care to more than 60 beds on the university campus, designated as Iowa…

Nurses often advocate on behalf of their patients, but for staff nurse Brittany Wetjen, BSN, RN, OCN, uncovering one patient’s voice meant the difference between severe pain and relief.