Broadlawns Medical Center

Name :

Broadlawns Medical Center

Address  :

1801 Hickman Road

Town  :

Des Moines

State  :

Iowa

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

50314 1597

Phone  :

515 282 2200

Fax  :

515 282 8874

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • ENT
  • Hematologist
  • Immunology
  • Internal Medicine
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Paediatrics
  • Psychiatrist
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 200


Description

Broadlawns Medical Center is an acute care community hospital supported by several specialty clinics that serve the medical surgical mental health and primary health care needs of the residents of Polk County

OUR MISSION IS CLEAR
Broadlawns Medical Center is a publicly owned resource that strives to meet the health care needs of all Polk County residents through the provision of quality health services and the training of tomorrows health care professionals

As part of our mission Broadlawns has a longstanding reputation of providing highly respected training programs for health care professionals Our Family Medicine Residency Program Transition Year Program and several medical education and clinical training programs are wellknown for preparing future leaders in health care in our community our state and across the country

Broadlawns Medical Center has a long rich tradition of Caring for Our Community For more than 80 years Broadlawns has served the residents of Polk County with high quality and high value health care services

Today Broadlawns Medical Center comprises
Excellent general medical surgical mental health and primary health care services

Specialty clinics in family health pediatrics podiatry internal medicine dentistry mental health and womens health care

Advanced medical procedures in ankle replacement surgery amputation prevention and pain management

Comprehensive inpatient and outpatient mental health care programs

A 60member physician practice with more than 300 physicians on staff and 26 nurse practitioners and physician assistants

Respected residency programs in family medicine transition year and podiatry affiliated with the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and Des Moines University More than 300 students are in various stages of professional development

Residency program graduates are serving in 22 of Iowas 99 counties and in communities across the nation
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