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University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (UIHC) is an 811-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.
The Iowa State Legislature approved plans for medical training on the main campus of the University of Iowa in 1868, and ten women were among the first class in 1870 [1] The first purpose-built university hospital did not open its doors until 1898. The UI hospitals' clinical capacity was increased tenfold, from 50 to 500 beds.
The system began in 1993, when Iowa Lutheran Hospital and Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines merged, forming the state's largest provider of hospital and related health services. The organization grew to encompass eight metropolitan areas and changed its name in 2013 to reflect that it was no longer exclusive to Iowa.
The University of Iowa (U of I, UIowa, or Iowa [7]) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 colleges offering more than 200 areas of study and 7 professional degrees. [7]
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics - Iowa City; VA Central Iowa Health Care System-DSM - Des Moines; Van Buren County Hospital - Keosauqua; Van Diest Medical Center - Webster City; Veterans Memorial Hospital - Waukon; Virginia Gay Hospital – Vinton; Washington County Hospital and Clinics - Washington; Waverly Health Center - Waverly
John W. Colloton (born 1931 in Mason City, Iowa) was the Director and CEO for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics from 1971 to 1993. He assumed the title of director emeritus in 2001. He had a great influence in developing the University of Iowa's hospital program. Colloton is the recipient of the Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished ...
University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital formerly University of Iowa Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital of Iowa is a pediatric acute care academic children's hospital located in Iowa City, Iowa. The hospital was founded in 1919 and its current facility, opened in 2017, overlooks the university's football home, Kinnick Stadium.
Iowa Methodist Medical Center originally opened on January 16, 1901, as Iowa Methodist Hospital, a 30-bed hospital on the former site of Callanan College. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1956, the hospital performed the first open-heart procedure outside of the Mayo Clinic and also built the first radiation therapy department in Des Moines.