Childrens Health

University of Iowa Children's Hospital is one of the most respected children's hospitals in the world. It is highly ranked nationally by many entities, including:

• 24th in the nation in orthopedics for children's care (US News & World Report, 2011).
• 28th in the nation in nephrology for children's care (US News & World Report, 2011).
• 29th in the nation in pulmonology for children's care (US News & World Report, 2011).
• 31st in the nation in neonatology for children's care (US News & World Report, 2011).
• 32nd in the nation in cardiology and heart surgery for children's care (US News & World Report, 2011).
• 35th in the nation in urology for children's care (US News & World Report, 2011).
• 37th in the nation in gastroenterology for children's care (US News & World Report, 2011).
• 43rd in the nation in cancer for children's care (US News & World Report, 2011).
• 46th in the nation in neurology and neurosurgery for children's care (US News & World Report, 2011).
• 48th in the nation in diabetes and endocrinology for children's care (US News & World Report, 2011).
• OptumHealth Care Solutions designated our neonatal intensive care (2009) and pediatric bone marrow transplant (2008) services as "Centers of Excellence"; the pediatric heart transplant program received Transplant Access Program designation (2008).
• The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation selected UI Children's Hospital as a Quality Care Award recipient (2009).
• We are the only hospital in Iowa accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL) for pediatric transthoracic, transesophageal, and fetal echocardiography.
• Designated by the Administration for Developmental Disabilities as Iowa's University Center of Excellence on Developmental Disabilities.
• Parents magazine named UI Children's Hospital one of the top 25 children's hospitals in the United States and pediatric emergency care ranked 5th in the nation (2009).
• We are the first hospital in United States to have NIH-funded center for research on anemia in newborn babies.
• First surviving baby below 400 grams in Iowa -13th in the world.
• 8-pound Iowa infant becomes one of world's smallest persons to receive liver transplant in procedure performed at UI Children's Hospital.
• First hospital in the world to implant a multichannel cochlear implant in a congenitally deaf child.
• Surgeons pioneer pediatric robotic surgery in 2002.
• 2008 Iowa chosen as site for long-term National Children's Study.
• 2009 UI Children's Hospital chosen for national pediatric brain injury study.
• 173,632 Total pediatric outpatient visits between 2008-2009.
• 1,142 child cardiac catheterization procedures between 2008-2009.
• The ETC is the only emergency room in eastern Iowa to staff board-certified pediatric specialists.

Physicians from UI Children's Hospital listed among America's Best Doctors

General

• Lori Christensen, MD
• Carlyn Christensen-Szalanski, MD
• Donna D’Alessandro, MD
• Lois Dusdieker, MD, MS
• Ellen Link, MD
• Stacy McConkey, MD
• Anita Moonjely, MD
• Jody Murph, MD, MS
• Shannon Sullivan, MD  
• Debra Waldron, MD, MPH
• Jerold Woodhead, MD  

• Mary Larew, MD

Allergy and Immunology

• Richard Ahrens, MD
• Mary Beth Fasano, MD
• Miles Weinberger, MD

Anesthesiology

• James Choi, MD
• Robert Forbes, MD
• Tara Hata, MD
• Martin Mueller, MD
• Joss Thomas, MD, MPH, FCCP

Carcinoid/Neuroendocrine Surgery

• M. O’Dorisio, MD, PhD

Cardiology

• Dianne Atkins, MD
• Heather Bartlett, MD
• Abhay Divekar, MBBS
• Ian Law, MD
• Larry Mahoney, MD
• Vickie Pyevich, MD
• Ben Reinking, MD
• Thomas Scholz, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

• James Davis, MD

Child Protection Program

• Resmiye Ora, MD

Critical Care

• Jessica Moreland, MD

Emergency Medicine

• Christopher Buresh, MD
• Charles Jennissen, MD

Endocrinology

• Andrew Norris, MD, PhD
• Michael Tansey, MD
• Eva Tsalikian, MD

Gastroenterology

• Warren Bishop, MD

Infectious Disease

• Charles Grose, MD

Neonatology

• Edward Bell, MD
• Tarah Colaizy, MD
• John Dagle, MD, PhD
• Jonathan Klein, MD
• Julie Lindower, MD
• Frank Morriss, MD
• Jeffrey Murray, MD
• Robert Roghair, MD
• Jeffrey Segar, MD
• Shannon Sullivan, MD
• John “Jack” Widness, MD

Nephrology

• Patrick Brophy, MD

Neurology/Epilepsy

• Charuta Joshi, MBBS

Neurology/Neuromuscular Disease

• Katherine Mathews, MD

Nutrition

• Ekhard Ziegler, MD

Ophthalmology

• Wallace Alward, MD
• Culver Boldt, MD
• Keith Carter, MD
• Arlene Drack, MD
• Young Kwon, MD
• Susannah Longmuir, MD
• Richard Olson, MD
• Steven Stasheff, MD, PhD
• Edwin Stone, MD

Orthopedics

• Joseph Buckwalter, MD
• Frederick Dietz, MD
• Jose Morcuende, MD, PhD
• Stuart Weinstein, MD

Otolaryngology

• Bruce Gantz, MD
• Marlan Hansen, MD
• Jose Manaligod, MD
• Richard Smith, MD

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

• Arnold Andersen, MD
• Jill Liesveld, MD
• Debra Suda, MD

Pulmonology

• Paul McCray, MD
• Jeffrey Smith, MD
• Timothy Starner, MD
• Miles Weinberger, MD

Radiology

• Yutaka Sato, MD

Rheumatology

• Polly Ferguson, MD

Sleep Medicine

• Deborah Lin-Dyken, MD

Sports Medicine

• George Phillips, MD

Surgery

• Gerald Kealey, MD
• Arnold Menezes, MD
• Glenda Rabe, MD
• Joel Shilyansky, MD

Urology

• Christopher Cooper, MD

Academic Departments that Provide Children's Care

• Pediatrics
• Family Medicine