Transplant Newsletters

The Organ Transplant Center offers monthly newsletters to provide updates, education, and resources for patients and caregivers.

2023

Locations and Offices

Heart Transplant Program

1-800-777-8442
Resource Office
Exterior image of UI Hospitals & Clinics
In University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242

Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program

1-877-386-9108
Resource Office
Exterior image of UI Hospitals & Clinics
In University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242

Liver and Hepatobiliary Program

1-877-386-9108
Resource Office
Exterior image of UI Hospitals & Clinics
In University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242

Lung Transplant Coordinator

1-319-384-8357
Resource Office
Exterior image of UI Hospitals & Clinics
In University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242

Lung Transplant Program

1-319-384-8357
Resource Office
Exterior image of UI Hospitals & Clinics
In University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242

Kidney Transplant Program - Bettendorf

Open third Friday of each month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
1-877-386-9108
Resource Office
Exterior image of Bettendorf location
In Bettendorf - Lincoln Road
865 Lincoln Road, Bettendorf, IA 52722
Clinical Trials currently in progress
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Patient Stories

Post-COVID-19 lung transplant gives Randy a new lease on life
September 13, 2021
Randy McIntyre of Andalusia, Illinois, was a healthy 58-year-old before a case of COVID-19 in January 2021 changed his life forever.
Randy McIntyre at UI Hospitals & Clinics
Transplant for end-stage heart failure gives Marcus new life and a new purpose: promoting organ donation
April 27, 2021
When he needed a transplant as soon as possible, Marcus got the care he needed from the UI heart transplant team.
Marcus Jones at UI Hospitals & Clinics
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Nurse encourages all to register as donors during National Donate Life Month
April 6, 2021
April is National Donate Life Month, and Morgan Atwood, RN, encourages everyone to register as organ, eye, and tissue donors.
Morgan Atwood photo

Educational Resources

Liver transplant patient education videos
Kidney transplant patient education videos
Pancreas transplant patient education videos
COVID-19 vaccines for transplant patients
Lung transplant: After your transplant
Heart transplant: Your new life
Heart transplant: The transplant hospital stay

Awards and Recognition

Iowa’s only Blue Designation Center® for transplant
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield has recognized the UI Hospitals & Clinics as a Blue Distinction Center® for delivering quality transplant care.

Blue Distinction Centers® have demonstrated the delivery of quality specialty care based on objective, transparent measures for patient safety and health outcomes that were developed with input from the medical community. UI Hospitals & Clinics is the only Iowa health system to receive this designation.