The Department of Anesthesia at the University of Iowa clinical mission is to deliver anesthetic, analgesic, and intensive care services to University of Iowa Health Care patients in a safe and efficient manner.
To accomplish this clinical mission, the department partners with peer departments and collaborates with hospital support services. The Department of Anesthesia plays a crucial role in the provision of elective and emergency surgical services by providing leadership to clinical operations.
Our faculty received training at a variety of medical schools and postgraduate programs, bringing a nice diversity to our department.
All the physicians are board certified and the faculty includes individuals who have extensive experience, both as practitioners and as educators.
Cases Annually
19,726
Main Operating Room
10,338
Ambulatory Surgery
6,214
Stead Family Children's Hospital
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A Variety of Services
The Department of Anesthesia offers you a variety of clinical services. You can learn more about what we offer here.
The Department of Anesthesia provides anesthesia services to multiple clinical areas and services, including:
- 36 main operating rooms
- 12 Ambulatory Surgery Center operating rooms
- 8 University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital
- Satellite procedural areas
- Pediatric and Adult Cardiac Catheterization Lab
- Radiation Therapy
- Urology
- Pediatric Specialty Clinic
- Interventional Radiology
- Digestive Disease Center
- In Vitro Fertilization
- Anesthesia Presurgery Evaluation Clinic
- Chronic pain management
- Hyperbaric Medicine Facility
- Pediatric sedation services
- Regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine
- Surgical and Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (SNICU)
- Cardiovascular and Thoracic Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)
- Postoperative anesthesia care unit (PACU)
Locations
Ambulatory Surgery Center
Surgery of any kind brings with it a certain amount of anxiety, even for the in-and-out experience of same-day surgery. The UI Ambulatory Surgery Center brings together a health care team that offers dedicated, patient-focused care to help alleviate that anxiety.
Our team focuses not only on ensuring that your experience is as comfortable and convenient as possible, but also that you receive the best care, including:
- Periodic follow-up phone calls and care advice after your discharge
- Private rooms for pre-operative and recovery care
- Separate adult and pediatric admission and waiting areas
Anemia Management Clinic
The UI Anemia Management Clinic offers screening, diagnosis and treatment of anemia for patients undergoing high blood loss elective surgery in an outpatient setting. The Clinic also specializes in treatment of anemia for obstetrical patients and patients who do not accept blood products.
Our team-based, individualized care means our anesthesiologists, physicians, advanced care providers, and nurses work collaboratively to address the unique needs of each patient, including:
- Labs will be drawn to further check your anemia
- We will help to find answers to why you are anemic
- Treatment may involve iron infusions
- You may need 1-4 treatments or infusions
Hyperbaric Medicine Facility
The University of Iowa has been using hyperbaric oxygen therapy since 1988 and currently operates the largest hyperbaric chamber in the state. Compressed Air Therapy and Compressed Oxygen are used either as primary treatment or as a supplement to other forms of treatment such as surgery or antibiotics. The treatments offered from the UI Hyperbaric Medicine Facility have been proven effective for a number of medical and surgical conditions.
Our team includes specially trained physicians, anesthesiologists, respiratory therapists, biomedical personnel, and other technical support staff. They have additional training in critical care treatment, advanced life support, and diving and decompression medicine.
Main Operating Rooms
The Department of Anesthesia has been a pioneer in teaching, research, and clinical care for decades. In the early 1900s, it created the nation's first formal residency training program within a major university. Today the department's members deliver anesthetic, analgesic, sedation, intensive care, and pain management services to University of Iowa Health Care patients—both adults and children—in a safe and efficient manner.
When you need surgery or a procedure requiring sedation, our anesthesiologists and pain management specialists work with surgeons and other team members to provide the highest level of safe, effective care.
Pain Management Clinic
The University of Iowa Health Care Pain Management Clinic diagnoses, manages, and treats patients with long-term, treatment-resistant pain using a multidisciplinary approach. We require a referral from a physician and work in collaboration with referring physicians to facilitate implementation of the plan of care.
The Pain Management Clinic at The University of Iowa serves patients with chronic pain from both cancer and non-cancer related diagnoses. Multimodal treatment protocols are instituted, utilizing both interventional and non-interventional techniques.
Pediatric Comprehensive Pain Clinic
University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital is home to Iowa’s only pediatric comprehensive pain clinic. The team of pediatric specialists includes a doctor, nurse practitioner, nurse, psychologist, social worker, and physical therapist, all specially trained to help children and young adults through age 21 with chronic pain. Our team partners with your child and family to provide a comprehensive, holistic, and individualized approach to pain management.
Our team focuses not only on treatment for pain, but also on the source of the pain and your child’s overall well-being, including:
- Alternative and integrative medicine
- Evidence-based treatments using medication and minimally invasive procedures
- Physical therapy
- Psychological support
University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital
The Division of Pediatric Anesthesia provides world-class care through our specialty-trained pediatric general, cardiac, regional and acute pain faculty. Our pediatric anesthesia team specializes in managing your child's anxiety before surgery, assuring safety during surgery, and alleviating pain following procedures.
At UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital, we have the expertise and experience to offer the highest level of care, comfort, and compassion for pediatric patients and their families.
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