UI Hospitals and Clinics still Iowa’s best

University of Iowa Health Care leaders announced today that U.S. News & World Report has named University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City to its annual “Best Hospitals” rankings.

The state’s only comprehensive academic medical center was also named Iowa’s best hospital, rating among the nation’s best in the following specialties (rank in parentheses):

• Cancer (39)
• Ear, nose, and throat (8)
• Gynecology (29)
• Neurology and neurosurgery (33)
• Ophthalmology (7)
• Orthopaedics (17)
• Urology (40)

Jean E. Robillard, vice president for medical affairs with University of Iowa Health Care, says, “Iowans can be very proud of these rankings, which demonstrate yet again our faculty and staff are among the very best, not only in the nation, but also the world.”

University of Iowa Children’s Hospital is also ranked in nine specialties by U.S. News & World Report.

“One of the most impressive aspects of this recognition is the fact that we have so many specialties that are ranked, and that they represent such a wide range of expertise as well,” says Debra A. Schwinn, dean of the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

UI Hospitals and Clinics is also recognized as “high-performing” in the following specialties:

• Cardiology and heart surgery
• Gastroenterology & GI surgery
• Geriatrics
• Nephrology
• Pulmonology

“These rankings demonstrate the commitment of our faculty and staff,” says Kenneth P. Kates, associate vice president of UI Health Care and CEO of UI Hospitals and Clinics. “All of them are focused on delivering outstanding care, excellent service, and exceptional outcomes to each patient, every time they entrust us with their health care.”

The 2015-2016 health care rankings are accessible today online at U.S. News & World Report’s website or at the UI Health Care website.

University of Iowa Health Care is the state’s only comprehensive academic medical center, dedicated to providing world-class health care and health-related outreach services to all Iowans. Based in Iowa City, UI Health Care includes University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of “America’s Best Hospitals,” recognized by Forbes as No. 12 in its 2015 “best employers” list,  and winner of the 2014 Magnet Prize for Nursing. University of Iowa Children’s Hospital is the only hospital in Iowa nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the country’s “Best Children’s Hospitals.” 

UI Health Care also includes the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, known for curricular innovation and breakthrough research, and University of Iowa Physicians, the state’s largest multi-specialty physician group practice, with more than 1,400 physicians, residents, and fellows. UI Health Care is a founding member of the UI Health Alliance, formed in 2012 to advance high-quality health care with hospitals and clinics throughout Iowa and contiguous communities.