Pathology
Our clinical laboratories provide the full spectrum of services in support of the medical care you receive, including anatomic pathology, phlebotomy, blood banking, and diagnostic services.
For Pathology related requests:
1-319-384-9608
- For all other requests:
- 1-800-777-8442
The Department of Pathology is an internationally recognized academic department. Our mission is to provide leadership in all three of the activities of an academic pathology department, namely: patient care, education and scholarship.
The Clinical Laboratories are well recognized for providing outstanding and comprehensive care to the patients we serve. The breadth and depth of services provided are amongst the best in the country.
The broad spectrum and quality of our teaching programs for medical students biomedical scientists are widely recognized.
Similarly, there is outstanding scholarship in the department with international recognition for our research in the field of immunology and tumor biology.
Our patient services include:
- Anatomic Pathology
- Tissue and cellular-based analysis of human disease, including the Fine Needle Aspiration Service in Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
- State of the art laboratories for:
- Chemistry
- Hematology
- Microbiology
- Contemporary Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
The DeGowin Blood Center is a hospital-based blood center that collects blood for University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital patients.
Phlebotomy, commonly referred to as a “blood draw,” is the act of drawing or removing blood from the circulatory system to obtain a sample for diagnostic tests.
The Decedent Care Center (DCC) provides compassionate and professional support to families and hospital staff following the death of a patient.
Locations and Offices
E140 Boyd Tower (BT)
Level 1, Parking Ramp 1
Resource Office
200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242
C250 General Hospital (GH)
Level 2, Elevator B
Clinic
200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242
6853 John Pappajohn Pavilion (JPP)
Lab
200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242
2477 John W. Colloton Pavilion (JCP)
Lab
200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242
31206 Pomerantz Family Pavilion (PFP)
Lab
200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242
865 Lincoln Road, Bettendorf, IA 52722
411 10th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
105 East 9th Street, Coralville, IA 52241
8605 Chambery Boulevard, Johnston, IA 50131
3465 Mulberry Avenue, Muscatine, IA 52761
1360 North Dodge Street, Iowa City, IA 52245
3056 River Crossing Court, Riverside, IA 52327
3640 Middlebury Road, Iowa City, IA 52245
411 10th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
2624 Orchard Drive, Cedar Falls, IA 50613
777 Mazzuchelli Street, Dubuque, IA 52001
2591 Holiday Road, Coralville, IA 52241
1765 Lininger Lane, North Liberty, IA 52317
September 29, 2021
As COVID-19 numbers continue to climb due to the more contagious delta variant, our pathology lab is as busy as ever processing tests. But as we enter...
August 13, 2020
Last March, Jon Maakestad, a safety compliance specialist who runs the reagent lab of the Department of Pathology, received a call with one important ...