University of Iowa Children's Hospital

The University of Iowa Children's Hospital is a teaching hospital for children founded in 1919 [ [http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/uichildrenshospital/aboutusnewcopy.html What's New: University of Iowa Children's Hospital: University of Iowa Health Care ] ] Fact|date=July 2008, located inside University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics [ [http://www.uihealthcare.com/children University of Iowa Children's Hospital] ] [ [http://www.uihealthcare.com University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics] ] . It benefits from the services of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. It ranks as one of the best children's medical centers in the United States according to Child Magazine's 2007 ratings of Children's Hospitals [ [http://www.child.com Child Magazine] ] .

Divisions

The following medical divisions are available:

* General Pediatrics
* Family Medicine
* Adolescent Medicine
* Allergy/Pulmonary Diseases
* Anesthesia
* Blood and Marrow Transplantation
* Burn Treatment
* Cardiology
* Child Abuse and Neglect
* Child Health Specialty Clinics
* Child Neurology
* Child Psychology
* Child Psychiatry
* Clinical Pharmacology
* Continuity of Care
* Critical Care
* Dentistry
* Dermatology
* Developmental Disabilities
* ECMO
* Emergency Care
* Endocrinology
* Gastroenterology
* Genetics
* Hematology
* Infectious Diseases
* Mother's Milk Bank of Iowa
* Neonatology
* Nephrology
* Neurosurgery
* Nuclear Medicine
* Nutrition
* Obstetrics/Gynecology
* Oncology
* Ophthalmology
* Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
* Orthodontics
* Orthopaedic Surgery, Spinal Deformity
* Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
** Speech
** Swallowing
** Voice
* Pediatric Outreach Clinics
** Cardiac-Electrophysiology
** Cardiology
** Cystic Fibrosis
** Diabetes/Endocrinology
** Endocrinology
** Gastroenterology
** Hemoglobinopathy
** Neurology
** Neuromuscular
* Radiation Oncology
* Radiology
* Rheumatology
* Special Education
* Specialized Child Health Services
* Surgery (Pediatric)
* Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
* Toxicology
* Transplantation Surgery
* Trauma Surgery
* Urology

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is often referred to as UIHC and is in partnership with University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and University of Iowa Children's Hospital which completes the state University of Iowa Health Care [ [http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/CCOM/index.html University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine] ] .

University of Iowa Children's Hospital has received approval from the Iowa Board of Regents to build a Children's Hospital separate from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics [ [http://www.uihealthcare.com/news/news/2008/03/17facilitiesapproved.html Regents Approve UI Health Care Request to Proceed with Facilities Planning: News: University of Iowa Health Care ] ] Fact|date=July 2008. Planning will begin immediately starting March 11 2008.when. The future University of Iowa Children's Hospital will still benefit from the knowledge and services of UIHC by skyway attachment.

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