UI Health Care Updates

Stead Family Children’s Hospital NICU one of two in U.S. to receive new AAP designation
Mar. 17, 2025 | uihc.org
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) reaffirms that the tiniest pediatric patients are in the best hands at University of Iowa Health Care. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital is one of the first to receive a new, national designation from the AAP recognizing those with the highest levels of neonatal care. The AAP's Neonatal Excellence Program…
Suneja named associate dean for medical education integration and innovation
Mar. 13, 2025 | medicine.uiowa.edu
Manish Suneja, MD, clinical professor of internal medicine, has been named the inaugural associate dean for medical education integration and innovation in the Carver College of Medicine, effective immediately. This is a new position within the college which will advise senior leadership on issues related to creating innovative and integrated medical education that bridges undergraduate medical…
Mission Cancer + Blood opens new cancer care clinic in Waukee
Mar. 06, 2025
Mission Cancer + Blood, part of University of Iowa Health Care, now offers cancer services in a state-of-the-art, 21,000-square-foot clinic on the far west side of the Des Moines Metro. The Waukee clinic at 2565 SE Encompass Dr. opened this week, helping more patients get the care and expertise they need closer to home.“Iowa has one of the fastest growing cancer rates in the country...
Dudeja named chair and DEO of UI Department of Surgery
Mar. 05, 2025 | surgery.medicine.uiowa.edu
Vikas Dudeja, MBBS, FACS, has been appointed chair and department executive officer of the Department of Surgery in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. He will begin in his new role on June 30, pending approval by the Iowa Board of Regents. An expert in pancreatic cancer and other hepatobiliary cancers, Dudeja currently serves as a tenured professor and the director of the Division…
UI Health Care North Liberty campus set to open April 28
Mar. 04, 2025 | uihc.org
The University of Iowa Health Care medical campus in North Liberty, Iowa—the first newly constructed hospital facility away from UI Health Care’s university campus—will welcome its first patients to the medical center’s orthopedic clinics and operating rooms, orthopedic injury walk-in clinic, and emergency department on Monday, April 28, 2025.
North Liberty campus preview: Imaging services
Mar. 04, 2025 | uihc.org
When it opens this spring, University of Iowa Health Care’s North Liberty campus will offer a wide range of advanced diagnostic imaging services—giving patients more options, and greater convenience, when it comes to getting a scan for diagnostic or treatment-related purposes. Any UI Health Care patient may choose to schedule imaging at the North Liberty location. “Our mission includes supporting…
Carter to transition from leadership role, search begins for next chair of Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Feb. 27, 2025 | eye.medicine.uiowa.edu
Keith Carter, MD, FACS, the Lillian C. O’Brien and Dr. C.S. O’Brien Chair in Ophthalmology, will step down from his leadership post and remain as a part-time faculty member. Carter will continue in his leadership position until his successor has been named. Carter, who is a professor of ophthalmology and otolaryngology, joined UI Health Care in 1988 and became chair of the department in 2006. As…
UI seeks permission to advance four facilities projects
Feb. 21, 2025 | now.uiowa.edu
The University of Iowa is seeking permission from the Iowa Board of Regents at its February meeting to proceed with four facilities projects—three of which have received preliminary approval and one new proposal. UI Health Care is seeking permission to proceed with planning a new child care center to replace the one currently located in the Westlawn building. The child care center, which is…
Q&A with Brad Haws: Finding space for services in a growing system
Feb. 18, 2025
It’s an exciting time full of change and opportunity at UI Health Care. This spring, we will open the doors to the North Liberty campus, officially becoming a health system with three hospital campuses. We asked Brad Haws, MBA, chief executive officer of the clinical enterprise and associate vice president of University of Iowa Health Care, to share more about how these new locations will impact…
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center receives $5 million gift
Feb. 17, 2025 | www.foriowa.org
Cancer is on the rise in Iowa. According to a 2024 report from the Iowa Cancer Registry, the Hawkeye State has the second-highest cancer rate in the nation—a statistic that continues to grow. The Iowa-based Roland & Ruby Holden Foundation is combatting this grim reality by investing in groundbreaking University of Iowa research that will revolutionize cancer treatment and care. The foundation’s…