May 17, 2023 (Iowa City, Iowa) – Effective June 30, 2023, OB-GYN Associates of Iowa City and Coralville providers will become employed by the Mercy Iowa City Hospital and Clinic system, expanding the care offerings of Mercy Iowa City and ensuring expecting parents continue to have a choice in where they deliver their babies in the region.

Providers formerly of OB-GYN Associates of Iowa City and Coralville will practice in a clinic called Corrider OB GYN. The new service line will provide the highest quality of ob-gyn care in a warm, personal and community-based care setting.

"Mercy Iowa City and OB-GYN Associates have a rich history of providing obstetric and gynecologic services to Iowa City and its surrounding communities,” says Tom Clancy, President & CEO, Mercy Iowa City. “We are excited to employ the talented providers of OB-GYN Associates and continue providing these vital services to our community as Corridor OB GYN."

“We are delighted to become a part of Mercy Iowa City and to grow the ob-gyn practice with a real focus on community obstetrics in a warm and inviting atmosphere,” says Lori Wenzel, MD, OB-GYN Associates of Iowa City and Coralville. “On behalf of all my colleagues, we look forward to providing exceptional care for our expecting parents and their babies, just as we have done for more than 60 years in this community.”

Mercy Iowa City birthing center has five labor & delivery suites, a dedicated c-section suite and a pediatric hospitalist team on site. More than 800 babies are born at Mercy Iowa City each year.

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About Mercy Iowa City

Mercy Iowa City is an acute care hospital and regional referral center for southeast Iowa. Mercy has received: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) 5 Star Rating as a Top 2% of all hospitals for the 6th consecutive year;  the Fortune IBM/Watson Health 100 Top Hospital ranking; the accredited Chest Pain Center with the American Heart Association Gold Plus Achievement Award for Stroke Care; the Top 100 Community Hospitals Award in 2018 and 2019 from Becker’s Review, and the Center of Distinction Award from Healogics for Mercy’s Wound and Vein Center. Mercy has 194 acute care beds, 25 private rooms for outpatient surgery, a 23-bed nursery with Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, 28 primary and specialty care clinics, a medical staff of 250 physicians representing all major medical specialties and most subspecialties, and 1,350 employees. It was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1873. To learn more visit www.mercyiowacity.org.