Tom Moore, UI Health Care Marketing and Communications, 319-356-3945

Kenneth P. Kates, University of Iowa Health Care associate vice president and UI Hospitals and Clinics CEO, has announced his intention to retire in summer 2018.
Kates is in his 10th year of service to UI Health Care and has led UI Hospitals and Clinics during a period of growth of the patient care enterprise, including the October 2012 opening of the UI Health Care location at Iowa River Landing in Coralville and UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital, which opened in February 2017.
“I am so grateful for all the amazing people I’ve had the opportunity to work alongside,” says Kates, who has spent nearly 40 years in health care operations and leadership. “I know that all of UI Health Care will continue to excel as a preeminent academic medical center, and I look forward to learning of all the great things to come.”
Under Kates’ leadership, UI Health Care implemented programs focused on providing outstanding service to patients and families at the hospital and all patient care locations. He also championed quality, safety, and optimization of day-to-day operational efficiencies.
A few of the notable accomplishments and awards during Kates’ tenure include:
“Like so many people across our enterprise and the university campus, I have appreciated Ken’s partnership and expertise,” says Brooks Jackson, UI vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. “He has made a tremendous difference to UI Health Care, and he exemplifies what it means to always put the patient first. We will all miss him.”
Patricia Winokur, executive dean of the Carver College of Medicine, will chair a national search for Kates’ successor. The process of forming a search committee is underway.