UI Health Care Updates

Bradley Haws named CEO of UI Hospitals & Clinics
Nov. 07, 2023 | uihc.org
Bradley Haws, MBA, has been named CEO of University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and associate vice president of UI Health Care. He will begin on Nov. 29. Haws brings more than 30 years of health care leadership experience, which includes his previous role as chief financial officer (CFO) and associate vice president of UI Health Care from 2018-2021. “I am thrilled that Brad is returning to Iowa,”…
Court approves Mercy Iowa City sale to University of Iowa
Nov. 06, 2023 | uihc.org
To our employees, providers, and community: We are pleased to announce that the sale of Mercy Iowa City to University of Iowa was approved by the bankruptcy court this morning. For 150 years, the University of Iowa and Mercy Iowa City have served the health care needs of patients in our community and beyond. From the beginning, both our institutions have focused on bringing accessible health…
Email to employees: UI’s bid selected by Mercy Iowa City
Oct. 27, 2023 | apps.its.uiowa.edu
On Oct. 11, we announced that we were unsuccessful in our attempt to acquire Mercy Iowa City as part of its bankruptcy process. It was not the outcome that we had hoped for, but our commitment to preserving access to health care and jobs locally has not waned. Recent events related to the ownership of Mercy Iowa City have unfolded quickly and the bondholder determined its previously selected bid…
Email to employees: Mercy Iowa City bankruptcy auction update
Oct. 11, 2023 | apps.its.uiowa.edu
In August, we wrote to you to share our commitment to assist Mercy Iowa City as it entered bankruptcy. Today, we learned the university’s offer to potentially transition Mercy Iowa City to become part of University of Iowa Health Care was not selected as the preferred bid. We are disappointed in this outcome because we believe there is value in having patient care delivered by an Iowa-based…
Construction more than halfway completed for UI Health Care North Liberty campus
Sep. 27, 2023 | uihc.org
Iowans will have increased access to health care services provided by University of Iowa Health Care, the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, when its new North Liberty campus opens in 2025. University of Iowa administrators and general construction contractor JE Dunn led members of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, on an informal tour of the construction site today ahead of…
Denise Jamieson named vice president for medical affairs, Carver College of Medicine dean
May 22, 2023
Denise J. Jamieson, the James Robert McCord Professor and Chair of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory University School of Medicine and chief of gynecology and obstetrics for Emory Healthcare, has been named vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa...
Out in front, setting the pace
Apr. 10, 2018
Brooks Jackson, MD, MBA, is a runner. He’s up early every morning, jogging several miles to start his day.Running is an apt metaphor for what it takes to lead an academic medical center: commitment, discipline, stamina, coordination and balance, and the ability to adjust to prevailing headwinds.Jackson joined the University of Iowa in late November 2017 as vice president for medical affairs and…
Statement from UI Health Care on confirmed patient diagnosis of Lassa fever
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The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has confirmed that an Eastern Iowa resident who recently returned from travel to West Africa tested positive for Lassa fever, a viral illness not commonly seen in the United States but known in other parts of the world. UI Health Care’s dedicated faculty and staff recently cared for this patient in our Special Pathogen Unit, which is a…
Mark Burkard named director of UI Health Care Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Mark Burkard, MD, PhD, has been named director of University of Iowa Health Care Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. He will begin his new role on Oct. 1. Burkard will also serve as professor in the Department of Internal Medicine in the Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation in the Carver College of Medicine. Burkard currently serves as the Mary and Rob Gooze…