Departmental Divisions
The Department of Surgery is comprised of the following divisions:
Acute Care Surgery
![Acute Care Surgery Acute Care Surgery](//medicine.uiowa.edu/surgery/sites/medicine.uiowa.edu.surgery/files/styles/medium/public/wysiwyg_uploads/Surgery%20OR%202011%2052.jpg?itok=cbMeP7kX)
Director: Dionne Skeete, MD
Gastrointestinal, Minimally-invasive and Bariatric Surgery
![](//medicine.uiowa.edu/surgery/sites/medicine.uiowa.edu.surgery/files/wysiwyg_uploads/Divisions-Gastrointestinal.jpg)
Director: John W. Cromwell, MD
Pediatric Surgery
![](//medicine.uiowa.edu/surgery/sites/medicine.uiowa.edu.surgery/files/wysiwyg_uploads/Divisions-Pediatric%20Surgery.jpg)
Director: Joel Shilyansky, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Director: Jerrod Keith, MD
Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery
![](//medicine.uiowa.edu/surgery/sites/medicine.uiowa.edu.surgery/files/wysiwyg_uploads/Divisions-Oncology.jpg)
Director: James R. Howe V, MD
Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery
![UIHC Transplant Center UIHC Transplant Center](//medicine.uiowa.edu/surgery/sites/medicine.uiowa.edu.surgery/files/styles/medium/public/wysiwyg_uploads/Transplant%20Center.png?itok=-sdEdljw)
Director: Alan Reed, MD, MBA
Vascular Surgery
![](//medicine.uiowa.edu/surgery/sites/medicine.uiowa.edu.surgery/files/wysiwyg_uploads/Divisions-Vascular.jpg)
Director: Rachael Nicholson, MD