Hepatology

Our liver care experts offer diagnostic procedures and treatment for patients with all forms of liver disease, including those requiring liver transplantation. The biliary tract consists of ducts that carry bile from the liver to the gallbladder and then to the small intestine.

Request an Appointment

For Gastroenterology related requests:

1-319-356-4901

For all other requests:: 1-800-777-8442

We are also part of the Iowa Liver Center, a collaboration among the University of Iowa Organ Transplant Center, based in Iowa City; the Iowa Digestive Disease Center (IDDC), based in Clive; and Mercy Medical Center–Des Moines (Mercy), including its affiliated clinics and subsidiaries.

Our clinics provide specialized services for patients with:

Cirrhosis
Hepatitis
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver disease
Liver failure

Autoimmune hepatitis
Liver cancer
Genetic disorders including hemochromatosis and Wilson's disease
Gallstones that pass out of the gallbladder into the ducts

Injury to the bile ducts during gallbladder surgery
Disorders of the pancreas
Tumors in the pancreas, gallbladder or bile ducts
Growths of polyps in the gallbladder

Why Choose Us?

University of Iowa Health Care provides world-class care to adults and children with diseases of the liver and its biliary system. Our highly trained specialists, many of whom also conduct cutting-edge research, provide the state's widest range of services from diagnosis to ultra-sophisticated liver transplantation.

We were the first hospital in Iowa to perform a living-related liver transplant.
An 8-pound Iowa infant was one of world's smallest persons to receive a liver transplant in a procedure performed at UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital.
In a recent year we performed 34 liver transplants.
Our 2009 Transplant Survival Rates (after one year):
- Adult Liver: 95%