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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REDCap Advanced Training

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover advanced features such as:

Importing data from a CSV file

Ways to customize your data entry experience with form display logic

Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables

Sending automated, conditional email alerts

Ensuring data is high quality by executing data quality rules, creating data 'missingness' codes, and opening data queries

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Hardin Open Workshops: EMBASE (Zoom)

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual

EMBASE is a biomedical and pharmaceutical database containing bibliographic records with abstracts. Although there is overlap with records from PubMed, there are also many unique records. This hands-on session will show you how to conduct basic searches using EMBASE’s quick search box, how to conduct searches using EMTREE subject headings, and how to use subheadings for drug and disease topics.

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

REDCap MyCap Training

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

This is the fifth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss using the MyCap mobile app for data collection. We will cover features such as:

Creating participants

Creating tasks and schedules

Active tasks and their unique data output

Direct messages and announcements

This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training, you will have a basic understanding of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap.

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