Articles Tagged: University of Iowa Health Care

A federal judge Tuesday ruled University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics not only violated state wage laws by paying workers late, but it did so intentionally and now must pay “liquidated damages” to as many as 8,000 current and former UIHC employees.

Twenty-one members of the University of Iowa Health Care community, UI administration, or Board of Regents have been appointed to a committee tasked with finding the campus’ next vice president for medical affairs and dean of its Carver College of Medicine.

After a surprise last-minute withdrawal of all opposition to a new Steindler North Liberty Ambulatory Surgery Center – including from a group of surgeons that previously vowed legal action to halt the endeavor – a state council Monday unanimously granted a certificate the project needs to proceed.

A University of Iowa internal medicine professor and clinician known for her stunning personal account of reversing multiple sclerosis symptoms has landed $2.5 million to further investigate ways diet might improve the quality of life for those with the autoimmune disease.

Officials say it’s possible all windows will need to be replaced in the 14-story Stead Family Children’s Hospital. But first, $3.6M will be spent on replacing all windows in a bridge to the main hospital.

After five years leading the University of Iowa’s massive health care operation – and just a month after UIHC CEO Suresh Gunasekaran announced plans to leave – UI Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the UI Carver College of Medicine Brooks Jackson is stepping down.

When University of Iowa Health Care erects a new inpatient tower on its main Iowa City campus – recently revealed as part of its 10-year master plan – officials intend to name it in honor of the late Richard O. Jacobson, whose foundation recently committed $70 million to the project.

Before University of Iowa Health Care can forge ahead with the first of three massive projects officials recently revealed are part of their 10-year master plan for the main Iowa City campus, UI must build a new “West Campus Academic Building” along Melrose Avenue – near the College of Law.

UIHC Chief Nurse Executive Kimberly Hunter will take over as the interim CEO of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clincs after on an interim basiWhen outgoing University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics after current CEO Suresh Gunasekaran assumes his new post in San Francisco on March 1.

After butting heads with community health care providers opposed to its plans to build a new hospital in North Liberty, University of Iowa Health Care now is echoing its critics’ concerns as the state considers a proposal to build a new ambulatory surgery center down the road from UIHC’s project.

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics CEO Suresh Gunasekaran — just three years after arriving — has been recruited away to the No. 9-ranked University of California San Francisco Academic Health System.

The current surge in COVID-19 cases has resulted in more delays in health care for the average Iowan “than there were at any other time during the pandemic,” the CEO of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics said this week. Not only are health care systems facing high COVID-19 hospitalization rates, but more staff are calling in sick than ever before.

University of Iowa officials on Wednesday disclosed plans over next decade to buy Old Capitol Town Center, sell its 109-year-old downtown Jefferson Building, modernize its memorial union, replace its IMU parking ramp, and upgrade its athletics facilities.

Talks between Steindler Orthopedic Clinic and an unnamed hospital system to build a new inpatient hospital alongside an ambulatory surgery center in what’s fast becoming a health care hub in North Liberty are ongoing — but they’re not moving fast enough to merit state consideration at this time.

A lot of men who end up in University of Iowa urologist Amy Pearlman’s office are in their 30s, 40s, or 50s and are having symptoms. They’re fatigued. They can’t get or hold an erection. They have pain. Or a lump. But it doesn’t have to be that way.