Jody Reyes, FACHE, MSBA, BSN, has been named chief operating officer (COO) of the clinical enterprise of UI Health Care. She will begin her new role on June 28 and will report to Brad Haws, MBA, CEO of UI Health Care's clinical enterprise. Reyes has more than 20 years of executive leadership experience within health care and most recently served as senior vice president and COO at Penn State…
UI Health Care Updates
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Kris DeMali, PhD, has been appointed chair and department executive officer of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Carver College of Medicine, effective June 7, 2024. DeMali has served as the department’s interim chair and DEO since August 2020. “After conducting a national search for this position, it was determined that Kris DeMali is best suited to continue leading the…
Over 3,000 babies are born each year at UI Health Care’s university campus, and that number continues to grow as access to maternal health care services across the state becomes more constrained.To improve patient access to maternal health services on university campus, UI Health Care is planning a 30,000 square-foot renovation of level 7 of the John Pappajohn Pavilion (JPP), pending approval of…
Upinder Singh, MD, has been appointed chair and department executive officer of the Department of Internal Medicine in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. She will begin her new role on Oct. 1, pending approval by the Iowa Board of Regents. Singh is a professor and the division chief of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She…
As construction continues at the site of the University of Iowa Health Care campus in North Liberty, Iowa, officials are looking ahead to the spring 2025 opening of the new medical campus. “This is our first construction of a new hospital away from the university campus, so there’s a lot of momentum and excitement for the North Liberty campus,” says Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH, UI vice president for…
University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital is now a member of the Children’s Brain Tumor Network (CBTN), an international collaborative research effort to accelerate treatments for children with brain tumors. With the addition of Stead Family Children’s Hospital, CBTN membership now includes 35 leading institutions across Europe, Asia, Australia, and the United States. Andrew…
An institutional member of the prestigious National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the University of Iowa has formed a new local chapter of the organization. “The University of Iowa Research Foundation created this institutional chapter with encouragement from the NAI to recognize local inventors and further foster a culture of innovation in our university community,” said Aliasger Salem, associate…
University of Iowa Health Care has been ranked the No. 1 “most humanizing” health care brand and No. 19 “most trusted” health care brand in the United States, according to a recently published brand report. Drawing on in-depth research from more than 26,000 consumers, the Humanizing Brand Experience report by the brand experience company Monigle ranks more than 200 brands across 66 markets to…
The Wound and Vein Center at the UI Health Care Medical Center Downtown has long been a leader in wound care with a true dedication to helping give hope and healing to those with complicated and chronic wounds. The Wound and Vein Center was recently honored with a Healogics President’s Circle Award, one of only 34 wound care centers recognized nationally, as well as the Robert A. Warriner III…
UI Health Care looks a bit different than it did six months ago. It could be our updated logo, or the growing number of campuses. Or it could be new team members who have joined us. These changes are all part of our evolution as an integrated health system committed to serving all Iowans. No matter what change we go through, our mission stays the same: “Changing Medicine, Changing Lives.” UI…