With UI Health Care’s North Liberty campus opening April 28, now is a good time to familiarize yourself with the new campus, its features and services, and what this new location will mean for patients, the community, and the state.
UI Health Care Updates
UI Health Care Updates
After being closed for many years, the 3 Center inpatient unit at University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown will soon be refurbished and reopened. The 26-bed unit will be dedicated to family medicine, offering acute care for patients and learning opportunities for residents in a community-based hospital setting. “The reopening of this unit is an important milestone for our…
I first moved to Iowa City to get my pharmacy degree from the University of Iowa. I grew up in a small farm town in Northwest Iowa, so Iowa City felt like the big city to me! After getting my PharmD, I did a specialty residency in Waterloo with a focus on primary care and family practice. Then I moved to South Dakota and taught at South Dakota State University as a clinical faculty member and…
Thousands gathered on Saturday, April 12, to celebrate and welcome UI Health Care's new North Liberty campus, which officially opens Monday, April 28. The successful community open house featured hospital tours, family-friendly activities, and highlighted UI Health Care's role in expanding access to orthopedic and emergency care for Iowans. Leaders from the University of Iowa and UI Health Care…
As the new home for the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation—and with an emergency department, 24/7 pharmacy, advanced diagnostic imaging, and more—the new North Liberty academic medical campus addresses the state’s growing need for specialized care and expertise.
As the university advances plans for a new, state-of-the-art Cancer Research Building, leaders say the facility will pave the way for significant discoveries to be made at the University of Iowa. “We want to do the very best for each patient. This involves not only delivering cutting-edge care today but also making discoveries that will give patients better options tomorrow,” says Mark Burkard,…
Daniel Tranel, PhD, professor in the Department of Neurology, will step down as associate dean for graduate and postdoctoral studies in the Carver College of Medicine, effective June 30. He will remain a full-time faculty member in neurology and the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Carver College of Medicine leaders will be starting a search for Tranel’s successor, and a search…
Join us April 12 for an exclusive sneak peek and to celebrate the University of Iowa Health Care North Liberty campus which opens on April 28. Stop by anytime from 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. for hospital tours, Iowa Hawkeye student-athlete meet & greets, sports challenges and demonstrations, hands-on STEM activities for kids, and more!
Take a walk by the medical center at the university campus and you’ll see the beginnings of a transformation. Outside the emergency department, construction workers are putting the finishing touches on an expansion project. Next to General Hospital and Parking Ramp 1, the land is being excavated to build a connection to Newton Road. Both projects are visible examples of how UI Health Care…
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…