"Every once in a while I will see a patient in the newspaper and they starred in the school play or they set a swimming record, and I think "Thats my patient," and I am helping that child be a child and excel as a kid. That is the best part of my job."
Our Mission
Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.
University of Iowa Health Care is changing medicine through
Pioneering discovery
Innovative interprofessional education
Delivery of superb clinical care
An extraordinary patient experience in a multi–disciplinary, collaborative, team-based environment
University of Iowa Health Care is changing lives by
Preventing and curing disease
Improving health and well–being
Assuring access to care for people in Iowa and throughout the world
Our Vision
World Class People.
Building on our greatest strength.
World Class Medicine.
Creating a new standard of excellence in integrated patient care, research and education.
For Iowa and the World.
Making a difference in quality of life and health for generations.