University of Iowa Children's Hospital

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The University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, formerly known as the University of Iowa Children's Hospital and the Children's Hospital of Iowa, is a pediatric acute care academic children's hospital located in Iowa City, Iowa. It was founded in 1919 and its current facility, opened in 2017, overlooks the university's football home, Kinnick Stadium. The hospital has 190 inpatient pediatric beds and is affiliated with the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. It provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to pediatric patients aged 0-21 throughout Iowa and is one of the only children's hospitals in the region and state. The University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital also features the only ACS verified Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in the state.


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