Derek
Zhorne
MD

University of Iowa Physicians
Hospitalist
Languages
English
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Stead Family Children's Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor
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Locations

Stead Family Children's Hospital
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242
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About Derek Zhorne

I joined Stead Family Children's Hospital for the opportunity to provide high-quality, compassionate pediatric care in a family-centered environment. Communicating with patients and their families to understand the outcome they want is very important to my job.
- Derek Zhorne, MD

Derek Zhorne, MD is currently the Associate Chief Medical Officer of Stead Family Children's Hospital and a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (MD) and completed pediatric residency, chief residency, and a fellowship in Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Zhorne spends his clinical time in the Stead Family Children's Hospital as a pediatric hospitalist and he has special interests in evidence-based clinical practice and caring for children with medical complexity. He has received collegiate and departmental teaching awards for his contributions to resident and medical student education.

Training and Education

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

Degrees

MD, University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa

Residencies

Pediatrics, Baylor University, College of Medicine, Houston

Fellowships

Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Baylor University, College of Medicine, Houston