Why Choose Us?
- In 2021-22, U.S. News & World Report listed our orthopedics services as "high-performing"
- Each of our specialists has advanced training in an orthopedic specialty. You will be cared for by some of the country’s most renowned specialists.
- For more than 100 years, the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation has provided some of the most advanced care by attracting leaders in the field who use state-of-the-art approaches to treatment.
- In addition to healing injuries and diseases, our physicians work to prevent them through ongoing research and community education.
- Physicians across the Midwest refer their patients to us because our experts provide comprehensive orthopedic health services in the state of Iowa.
- We treat every orthopedic condition including injuries and diseases of the bones, joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
We Offer
- An experienced staff that performs more than 9,000 operations every year
- Comprehensive care teams that include orthopedic physicians, physical therapists, rehabilitation specialists, and other advanced care providers
- Expertise in knee and hip replacement and spine surgery has earned us the Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Distinction® Center+ designation
- The area’s only Level 1 trauma center
Latest News
- When Jennifer Ferden, MS, LAT, sees patients in the UI Health Care Sports Medicine Clinic, it’s often because they seek a second, third, or even fourth opinion to help quell their pain.
- Read Miranda and Nate Atkinson's story about their experience at the NICU in University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital.