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…
UI Health Care Updates
UI Health Care Updates
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 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...
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…