Jun. 06, 2024
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…
Jun. 06, 2024 | medicine.uiowa.edu
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…
May 30, 2024 | uihc.org
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…
May 21, 2024 | uihc.org
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…
May 20, 2024 | research.uiowa.edu
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…
May 16, 2024 | uihc.org
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…
May 14, 2024 | uihc.org
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…
May 13, 2024 | uihc.org
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…
May 10, 2024
Kyle Anson, JD, MBA, has been named the interim associate vice president for human resources with UI Health Care, effective June 3.His appointment comes after Jana Wessels, JD, MBA, announced her plans to retire after 35 years of service at the university.Anson, who has worked at UI Health Care for close to 11 years, currently serves as assistant vice president, overseeing clinical human…
May 03, 2024
Changes reflect UI Health Care's evolution as an integrated health system focused on increasing access to care for all Iowans University of Iowa Health Care this week launched the first phase of a comprehensive brand update aimed at better reflecting its evolution as an integrated health system focused on increasing access to care for all Iowans. The new UI Health Care logo and naming conventions…