About Our Hospital
Project Details
- Construction began: Fall 2012
- Location: South of, and connected to, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
- Size: 507,000 square feet in new construction plus 56,250 square feet of renovated existing space
- Number of floors: 14 floors (12 above ground, 2 below ground)
Quick facts about our hospital
By Level
- Lower Level 2: Imaging and Procedure Suite
- Lower Level 1: Discharge Lobby and Main Pharmacy
- Level 1: Gerdin Family Lobby
- Level 2: Dr. Jean Robillard Dialysis and Infusion Center and Pediatric Specialty Clinic
- Level 3: Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
- Level 4: Surgery Support
- Level 5: Surgery and Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
- Level 6: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Level 7 and 8: Future Expansion
- Level 9: 9th Floor Inpatient Unit
- Level 10: Walmart and Sam's Club 10th Floor Inpatient Unit
- Level 11: University of Iowa Dance Marathon Pediatric Cancer Center
- Level 12: Rooftop
More Details
- Artwork in Our New Hospital
- Benefits of Our New Hospital
- Colors and Icons: The Iowa Story
- Connectors
- CT Scanner: first of its kind in the United States
- Drew’s Lamp
- Elevators
- Furniture
- HVAC
- Infection Control
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
- Lighting and Color
- Lobby Wind Vanes
- Locations of Pediatric Services When Our New Hospital Opens
- Onstage/Offstage Concept
- Parking Ramp 2
- Patient and Family Amenities
- Patient Rooms
- Patient Room Signage
- Pediatric Cath Labs
- Pediatric Pharmacy Services
- Places to Eat
- Ronald McDonald House Family Room
- Standardization
- TAP Groups
- Valet Parking
- Windows
Features
- Gerdin Family Commits $12 Million to New Children’s Hospital
- Children’s Hospital to be Renamed University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital
- Myat Haggart and his parents live in New York City, but they traveled to Iowa to seek treatment at University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. It wasn’t just the expertise of the doctors here that impressed them. Myat, who is blind, shared his love of construction with some of the men and women working on our new hospital. Learn why the Haggart family traveled so far in Looking back, moving forward.
- Our goal is to help families be safe and healthy at home, in school, and in the community. Learn why Rob Nelson and sons are paying it forward.
- Luke Leyden learned more than he could have imagined about designing hospital rooms. Read about about Luke's experience in Architect as Advocate For Families.
- Staff Spotlight: Jason Miller, MS, BCM, Capital Management has been involved in that building’s creation from the “ground floor.”