University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Coordinates: 41°39′29″N 91°32′53″W / 41.658°N 91.548°W / 41.658; -91.548

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Geography
Location 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Organization
Care system Medicare/Medicaid/Private[1]
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university University of Iowa
Services
Emergency department Level I trauma center
Beds 732[2]
History
Founded 1898[3]
Links
Website http://www.uihealthcare.org/
Lists Hospitals in Iowa

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) is a 732-bed public teaching hospital and level 1 trauma center affiliated with the University of Iowa. UI Hospitals and Clinics is part of University of Iowa Health Care, a partnership that includes the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and the University of Iowa Physicians group practice.

It is located in Iowa City, Iowa at Melrose Avenue and Hawkins Drive near Kinnick Stadium. At times during televised Hawkeye football games, the hospital can be seen in the background. The hospital is one of three hospitals in Iowa City, the others being Mercy Hospital and the Iowa City VA Health Care System, a VA medical center.

UI Hospitals and Clinics employs over 7,100 people and is overseen by the Iowa Board of Regents. It is Iowa's only comprehensive, tertiary-level center and also its premier medical facility. In addition to taking care of local patients, people throughout the state and region are often referred to the University's hospitals for treatment of serious or complex illnesses or injuries.

History

The University of Iowa began medical services in 1873 when its medical department entered into an agreement with the Sisters of Mercy to operate a small hospital in the community. Davenport, Iowa physician Washington Freeman Peck and other physicians raised $5,000 to renovate a vacant school building known as Mechanics Academy into a 20-bed hospital. This hospital had two open wards for both men and women, four private rooms, and a surgical amphitheater. Dr. Peck convinced the Mother Superior of the Davenport-based Sisters of Mercy to send nuns to Iowa City to help care for patients. This arrangement lasted until 1885, when the Sisters moved to a nearby vacant mission and opened Mercy Hospital one year later.

It soon became apparent that a new hospital was needed as the University was outgrowing its original facility. In 1896 the state of Iowa approved the needed appropriations. A 65-bed hospital was built in 1898 where the school's Seashore Hall is now located. This facility was state of the art at the time of its construction, with both electrical lighting and steam heating. The hospital featured a 200-seat amphitheater for instructional purposes.

Following passage of indigent care laws in 1928, patient admissions increased greatly. The current hospital was built in 1928 as a 735-bed hospital. At the time of its construction, the hospital building was one of the largest in the country.

The Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

The Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Iowa. The Carver College of Medicine can trace its roots back to the 1870s. It is ranked as the 10th best institution in the 2013 U.S. News and World Report's ranking. [4]

Awards and Recognition

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has appeared on U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals in America" reports each year since the category began in 1990. In 2009, UI Hospitals and Clinics had three specialties ranked within the top 10 nationally: Otolaryngology (third); Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (sixth); and Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation (eighth). Other ranked specialties at UI Hospitals and Clinics include neurology/neurosurgery (22), cancer (27), kidney (34) and gynecology (36).

US News Top Doctors

U.S. News & World Report made a directory of top physicians around the United States.[10] UI Hospitals and Clinics had 126 Adult Specialists nominated by their peers –doctors nominating doctors– within these specialties: Allergy and Immunology, Cardiac electrophysiology, Colon and Rectal Surgery (colorectal surgery), Critical Care Medicine, Dermatology, Diagnostic Radiology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Geriatric Medicine, Gynelogic Oncology, Hematology, Internist, Medical Oncology, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology and Hematology, Nephrology, Neurological Surgery (neurosurgery), Neurology, Nuclear Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Pathology, Perinatology, Physiatry, Psychiatry, Pulmonary Medicine, Radiation Oncology, Reproductive Endocrinology (fertility medicine), Rheumatology, Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery (cardiothoracic surgery), Urology, and Vascular Surgery.[11]

U.S. News and World Report also had the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics ranked as the number one hospital in Iowa, as well as one of the top hospitals nationally. It is Nationally ranked in six adult specialties: cancer, ear, nose, and throat, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, ophthalmology, and orthopedics. It also had above-average rankings in patient satisfaction.[12]

University of Iowa Children's Hospital

University of Iowa Children's Hospital was founded in 1919 and is Iowa's only comprehensive children's hospital. It has 155 beds, more than 40 pediatric specialties, more than 170 pediatric physicians and surgeons, and more than 500 specially trained pediatric nurses.[13] U.S. News and World Report ranked seven specialties in its list of Best Children's Hospitals[14] including cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, and pulmonology.

Medical advances

Several advances were pioneered at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. One such advance was the development of modern-day blood banking in 1939. Dr. Elmer L. DeGowin and his team were able to refrigerate, ship and use banked blood. The world’s first horizontal gastroplasty surgery for morbid obesity was performed at the hospital in 1971. In 1982, UI Hospitals and Clinics otolaryngologists were the first in the country to place a multichannel cochlear implant in a person. More recently, in 2005, the Center of Excellence in Image-Guided Radiation Therapy, the world’s most advanced radiation oncology treatment center, opened.

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is also where Dr. Ignacio Ponseti developed the Ponseti method. The Ponseti method is a revolutionary non-surgical way to treat congenital clubfoot, which had previously been treated through surgeries to infants or children at a young age. The Ponseti method is a way to treat clubfoot through a series of manipulating bones and tendons in the foot and holding them in place through a series of casts. It is a treatment technique that is still used worldwide to this day. More information on it can be found on UI Children's website, the World Health Organisation website, and many other places.[15]

Notes

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