STEAD FAMILY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - Key Persons
Amy O'Deen, BSN, MHA, serves as Senior Assistant Director, clinical enterprise, UI Health Care. She joined the Hospital Administration team in 1983 and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Her current responsibilities include: neurosciences (neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry), ophthalmology, oral surgery and hospital dentistry, orthopedics and sports medicine, otolaryngology, pathology, radiology, and women's health. Amy also has devoted considerable time to a number of University of Iowa and community organizations throughout her tenure, including serving as chair of the UI Alumni Association Board; vice chair of the Iowa Women Lead Change Board; program committee chair for the Iowa Women's Leadership Conference; vice chair of the Presidential Committee on Athletics; membership on the Boards of the Iowa Women's Foundation, Ronald McDonald House, the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce, the Leadership Iowa Alumni Association, the Hawkeye Area Council-Boy Scouts of America; and service with the Johnson County United Way Allocations Committee, Go Red for Women steering committee, the Iowa City Noon Rotary, and the Carver Hawkeye Arena Enhancement Campaign. She was selected by the Corridor Business Journal as a "Woman of Influence" in 2013.
Job Titles:
- Associate Vice President
- Chief Executive Officer
- CEO of UI Health Care
As CEO of UI Health Care, Haws oversees the operational, strategic, and financial performance of Iowa's largest hospital and the state's only tertiary and quaternary medical center. As associate vice president for UI Health Care, Haws plays a key administrative role in advancing the organization's tripartite mission of medical education and training, biomedical research, and patient care and service.
Before his appointment as CEO, Haws served as chief financial officer (CFO) with Emory Healthcare, part of Emory University in Atlanta. He also served as CFO and associate vice president of UI Health Care from 2018 until 2021.
Haws has held various leadership positions, including CEO of University of Virginia Physicians Group, and senior associate dean for finance and chief administrative officer of the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
Before joining the University of Virginia, Haws spent 14 years with Intermountain Healthcare Inc. in Salt Lake City. He was the founding CFO of the Intermountain Medical Group and held that role for roughly 10 years.
Haws earned BA and MBA degrees from Brigham Young University.
Bradley Haws, MBA, is chief executive officer (CEO) and associate vice president of UI Health Care.
Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH, began as the University of Iowa vice president for medical affairs and dean of the UI Carver College of Medicine on Aug. 1, 2023. As vice president for medical affairs, she is responsible for integrated planning and operations for UI Health Care, which comprises UI Health Care Medical Centers; the UI Carver College of Medicine; and UI Physicians, the health system's multispecialty physician group practice.
As dean of the UI Carver College of Medicine, Jamieson leads Iowa's only comprehensive allopathic medical school, which inspires, educates, and trains future health care providers, scientists, educators, and policymakers for Iowa and the global community.
Jamieson came to Iowa from the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, where she served as chair of the school's Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and chief of gynecology and obstetrics for Emory Healthcare.
Jamieson's scientific work focuses on emerging infectious diseases in pregnancy, including in the areas of influenza, Ebola, Zika, COVID, and maternal immunization. In addition, her work incorporates a population health perspective, with projects addressing health disparities and social determinants of health in the context of maternal morbidity and other adverse pregnancy outcomes.
From 1997 to 2017, Jamieson worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where she served in leadership positions such as leading CDC's Zika emergency response as incident manager. Upon retirement from the U.S. Public Health Service as a captain in July 2017, she received the Distinguished Service Medal, the highest award granted to an officer in the Commissioned Corps, for "notable contributions to reproductive health and public health practice."
Jamieson serves on several American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) committees, including the Immunization, Infectious Disease, and Public Health Preparedness Work Group and the COVID Expert Work Group. She has been an oral board examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) since 2007, and she served on the ABOG board of directors from 2020 to 2023. In 2020, she was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Jamieson received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Duke University School of Medicine, and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed postgraduate education in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California at San Francisco and as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer in the Division of Reproductive Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Job Titles:
- As Associate Chief Nursing Officer
As Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Emily Ward works to ensure continued progress on initiatives and effective day-to-day clinic and inpatient operations.
Ward was the interim director of the Medical and Surgical Nursing Division and has been with University of Iowa Health Care since 2007, beginning as a staff nurse in the Surgical and Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit. She then served as assistant nurse manager and nurse manager on the unit before moving onto the division leadership role.
Ward is a member of several professional organizations, including Iowa Organization of Nurse Leaders, American Organization of Nurse Executives, and American Association of Critical Care Nurses. She received a bachelor of science in nursing from Millikin University and her DNP from University of Iowa College of Nursing as well as a master's degree in business administration from the University of Iowa.
Jacqueline Nelson, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC is the Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Children's & Women's Services at University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital. She grew up in Clemons, Iowa, and has spent most of her career at UI Health Care. She earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Rush University, Chicago; a Master of Business Administration, a Master of Arts in Nursing, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from University of Iowa. She is certified with American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as Nurse Executive, Advanced.
Job Titles:
- Chief Administrative Officer for UI Health Care
Job Titles:
- Chief Administrative Officer
Leste previously served as vice president of operations for Children's Minnesota. He is board certified as a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and has held various leadership positions within Children's Minnesota over the last two decades-including vice president of support operations; senior director of surgical specialties; director of safety, security, and emergency management; among others.
Job Titles:
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
Clamon is currently an adjunct assistant professor in the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa. He previously held adjunct professorships in the Drake University Law School and Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
Job Titles:
- Associate Chief Nursing Officer of UI Health Care
Kim Volk, MSN, RN is the Associate Chief Nursing Officer of UI Health Care's downtown campus. Kim started her career as a staff nurse and served in various nursing leader roles with Mercy Iowa City for nearly 30 years. Kim received her Master of Arts in Nursing Administration from Mount Mercy University and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Upper Iowa University
As chief nurse executive, Hunter leads the Department of Nursing Services and Patient Care, providing administrative oversight to nursing services, care coordination, rehabilitation therapies, and respiratory care. Hunter fosters a commitment to evidence-based practice; shared governance; nurse recruitment, retention, and professional development; and team-based, interdisciplinary collaboration throughout the continuum of care. She also serves as associate dean for clinical practice in the UI College of Nursing.
Michael Brownlee, PharmD, was named associate director and chief pharmacy officer of University of Iowa Health Care in November 2012. In addition, he is associate dean for clinical education and associate professor (clinical) at the UI College of Pharmacy.
Brownlee is a native Iowan and received his PharmD degree with honors from the UI College of Pharmacy. He also holds a master's degree in Health System Pharmacy Administration from the University of Kansas. He worked in UI Health Care Department of Pharmacy while a student and following receipt of his degree, held leadership positions at the University of Kansas Medical Center and the University of Missouri College of Pharmacy in Kansas City. Most recently, he served as director of the Department of Pharmacy Services at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon, where he also was associate dean for clinical education at the Oregon State College of Pharmacy.