UI Health Care Updates

Arnold Menezes: Five decades of excellence at Iowa
Apr. 11, 2024 | uihc.org
What defines a legend? While the term is often applied to individuals who achieve even a modest level of success, a true legend transcends their accomplishments and awards. They challenge the status quo, upend preconceived notions and stereotypes, and change lives through their ideas and their actions. Arnold Menezes, MBBS, is a legend.
Standard safety measures for visitors, face masks now in place
Apr. 11, 2024 | uihc.org
To protect the health of our patients, their families, and our employees, University of Iowa Health Care has modified visitor guidelines in place. Visitor Ages, any visitor under the age of 14 must always be supervised by an adult. Visiting hours for all inpatient units are from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Face masks are optional for all in our facilities, except for those who have symptoms of a respiratory…
Pettker named chair and DEO of UI Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Apr. 10, 2024 | medicine.uiowa.edu
Christian Pettker, MD, has been appointed chair and department executive officer of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Pettker, who will serve as the Jennifer R. Niebyl Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology, will begin his new role on July 1, pending approval by the Iowa Board of Regents. Pettker is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist…
Search begins for next Department of Surgery chair and DEO
Mar. 28, 2024 | medicine.uiowa.edu
A search committee has been named, starting the national search for the next Department of Surgery chair and departmental executive officer. UI Health Care will begin a national search for the next chair and departmental executive officer of the Department of Surgery. This leadership position will oversee daily operations, strategic planning, and financial management of the department. Matthew…
UI Health Care prepares to sell Kalona clinic to WCHC
Mar. 27, 2024
UI Health Care is preparing to sell a clinic facility, located at 503 3rd St., Kalona, to Washington County Hospitals and Clinics (WCHC), pending approval by the Iowa Board of Regents. The proposed sale will enable the residents of Kalona and adjoining communities to be served by both UI Health Care and WCHC. "UI Health Care and WCHC have a long history of collaborating to care for the residents…
Growing cardiac electrophysiology team combines academic expertise with excellent patient care
Mar. 21, 2024 | uihc.org
What happens when state-of-the-art technology meets a wealth of human expertise? Just look closely within University of Iowa Health Care’s Heart and Vascular Center, where a blend of faculty members who specialize in cardiac electrophysiology (EP) are working together to revolutionize outcomes and expand treatment options for patients. Paari Dominic, MBBS, MPH, is one of three cardiac…
Update on UI Health Care Medical Center Downtown: Q&A with Emily Blomberg
Mar. 19, 2024 | uihc.org
In January, Deborah Berini, MHA, was appointed on an interim basis as chief integration officer and chief administrative officer to lead the management and integration of downtown campus with the plan to begin a search for a permanent leader at a later stage. Her last day in her interim role with UI Health Care will be May 10, as she has accepted a permanent role at SSM Health in St. Louis as…
Update on UI Health Care Medical Center Downtown: Q&A with Bradley Haws
Mar. 13, 2024 | uihc.org
It has been a little over a month since we officially welcomed the downtown campus as part of University of Iowa Health Care. As communicated before the transition, for the most part, much of the day-to-day work at the downtown campus remains the same. Providers are seeing patients and delivering the same high-quality care patients have come to expect. Work is underway, however, to better…
Nurse goes above and beyond for patients during the 'big push'
Mar. 07, 2024 | uihc.org
It was almost 7 p.m. and although Bailey Hadden, RN, was near the end of her shift, she wasn’t planning on leaving anytime soon. A patient she had been caring for the past two days was about to give birth, and Hadden wanted her to have a familiar face during the vulnerable moment. Hadden’s willingness to stay late didn’t go unnoticed by the mother-to-be, whose labor was particularly drawn out and…
Policeni named chair of UI Department of Radiology
Mar. 04, 2024 | medicine.uiowa.edu
Bruno Policeni, MD, MBA, has been appointed chair and departmental executive officer of the Department of Radiology in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, effective Feb. 26. Policeni, a faculty member in the department since 2006, has served as interim chair of the department since Dec. 1, 2023. He succeeded Colin Derdeyn, MD, who had led the department since 2015.