Department of Internal Medicine - Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

About the University of Iowa

The University of Iowa in Iowa City was established by Iowa’s first legislature in 1847. The original Pentacrest of 5 limestone buildings still reflects Iowa’s founding cornerstones of teaching, research and public service. The campus is situated along the banks of the Iowa River. Historic and modern architecture fills the university landscape embodying the tradition and innovative spirit of the university itself.

The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicinewas founded in the late 1870s erecting its first building in 1882. The first University Hospital was constructed in 1897. Since that time the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics have evolved into one of the best hospitals in the United States. The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is Iowa’s only comprehensive tertiary level health care center. As one of the largest university owned teaching hospitals in the country, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics records more than one half million ambulatory clinic visits and patient admissions each year. For the 14th consecutive year the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has been named one of "America’s Best Hospitals" in US News and World Report.

Patient care at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is provided within 16 medical specialties. On a typical day, approximately 643 patients are hospitalized among the 48 nursing units, and another 1,994 patients receive care in 251 specialty and subspecialty clinics. The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine itself performs over 3,000 catheterizations, 10,000 echocardiograms, and 33,000 electrocardiograms annually

The University Hospitals serve as a base for clinical research and the clinical environment for students in the University’s 35 health science programs, including the Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacology, Nursing and Physician’s Assistant.

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