Departmental faculty sees patients in the UI Heart and Vascular Outpatient Clinic, as well as in multispecialty clinics such as the John and Mary Pappajohn Clinical Cancer Center at Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.

We have a variety of services that include:

  • Coronary artery bypass graft surgery 
  • Endovascular thoracic graphs for patients with aneurysms 
  • Epicardial lead placement for biventricular pacing
  • Heart and lung transplant 
  • Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation
  • Mitral valve repair and replacement 
  • Transmyocardial revascularization (TMR)
  • Ventricular assist device (VADs), including electric VAD and bridge to transplant

Browse Our Services and Providers

Exterior of UIHC buildings

A Location Near You

The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery has a variety of clinical locations. Browse our available locations here.

Bashir in OR room looking down

Providers to Meet Your Need

We have providers that are ready to see you. Browse our department's providers in the UIHC.ORG Find a Provider search experience.

Dr. Bashir perform a pulmonary/tricuspid valve replacement

A Variety of Services

The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery offers you a variety of clinical services. You can learn more about what we offer here.

Wesley Peterson, shown with parents Spencer and Julia Peterson and cardiologist Gary Beasley, received a heart transplant before Christmas and is recovering in the UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital Pediatric ICU on Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. Spencer Peterson is a third-year medical student at the Carver College of Medicine.

Pediatric Services

The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital offer comprehensive and highly specialized expertise in pediatric cardiac surgery for children and adults with congenital heart defects of all ages and complexity levels. Our pediatric cardiac surgeons also have expertise in heart repair and palliation in newborns younger than 1 month old.