At the University of Iowa Health Care Department of Surgery, we are advancing the future of surgery through exceptional patient care, groundbreaking research, and world-class surgical education. Our multidisciplinary teams provide highly specialized care for patients with complex surgical conditions across every stage of life.

As home to one of Iowa’s two designated Level I Trauma Centers, the state’s only Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, a certified regional Burn Treatment Center, and a nationally recognized Organ Transplant Center, UI Health Care delivers lifesaving care not widely available elsewhere in Iowa. Department specialists lead advanced programs in transplantation, cancer, vascular, colorectal, pediatric, and reconstructive surgery using innovative techniques and collaborative expertise to improve outcomes for patients across the region.

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Leading innovation. Advancing surgical care for Iowa.

The Department of Surgery has helped shape the future of surgical care for decades, from performing the world’s first gastric bypass surgeries for morbid obesity to advancing today’s minimally invasive and robotic surgical techniques.

Innovation continues across the department through cutting-edge research, advanced surgical technology, and specialized resources that support complex patient care. Surgeons, scientists, and trainees work together to translate discoveries from the laboratory into real-world treatments that improve outcomes for patients across Iowa and beyond.

As an academic medical center, the department is also committed to training the next generation of surgical leaders. Medical students, residents, and fellows gain hands-on experience alongside nationally recognized surgeons and researchers while learning the latest techniques shaping the future of surgery.

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Iowa's #1 hospital as ranked by U.S. news & world report

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REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover basic and intermediate features such as:
• Outputting data automatically with calculated fields
• Collecting the same data points multiple times with longitudinal and one-to-many data collection
• Standardizing your data to industry standards with ontologies and the REDCap Instrument Library
• Ways to customize your data entry experience with action tags
• Viewing data with reports, dashboards, and charts
• And more

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Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual

EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on, and there will be time for questions at the end.

PLEASE NOTE

Enrollment in HOW is open to all University of Iowa affiliates and residents of the state of Iowa. Advance...

REDCap Surveys Training

Thursday, June 4, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as:

Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys

Manually and automatically sending surveys

Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms

Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login

This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training you will have a basic understanding of surveys in...

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