If you're an Iowa hospital engineering professional, joining the Iowa Society for Healthcare Engineering is free. Click here to join.
The Iowa Society for Healthcare Engineering is organized for educational purposes and is a personal membership group affiliated with the Iowa Hospital Association. The organization’s objectives are to promote quality patient care through improved engineering practices by:
- Conducting regular meetings, conferences and education programs
- Encouraging members to develop their knowledge of hospital engineering
- Encouraging membership involvement and support in national organizations
- Offering comments on proposed rules and regulations affecting the hospital engineering field
- Promoting the improvement of health care services by helping members exchange hospital engineering ideas
Membership benefits include:
- Access to contemporaries across Iowa with similar roles and responsibilities
- Advocacy influence on legislation and regulations concerning hospitals' physical environments
- Affordable education specific to health care engineers and facility managers
- An online community dedicated to Iowa Society for Healthcare Engineering members
- Annual membership directory
- District meetings
- Education conference and annual trade show with products and services for engineering professionals
- IHA Today e-newsletter subscription
- Opportunities for personal and professional growth
Events
2025 Iowa Society for Healthcare Engineering Conference
Sept. 17-19, Iowa Events Center, Des Moines
2025 IHA Annual Meeting
Oct. 6-Oct. 8
Community Choice Convention Center, Des Moines
Officers and district chairs
David Schmitt, President
Facilities Director, Kossuth Regional Health Center, Algona
Brian Nelson, President-elect
Facilities Management Director, Dallas County Hospital, Perry
Christopher Phillips, Secretary
Executive Director of Facilities, Construction and Properties, UnityPoint Health – Des Moines
Chris Hanson, Past-president
Director of Facility Operations, UnityPoint Health – Trinity Regional Medical Center, Fort Dodge
Chris Hanson, District A Chair
Director of Facility Operations, UnityPoint Health – Trinity Regional Medical Center, Fort Dodge
Chad Darter, District B Chair
Director of Facilities and Property Management, MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
Darrin Hamilton, District C Chair
Plant Operations Manager, Davis County Hospital and Clinics, Bloomfield
Peter Wemhoff, District D Chair
Facilities Manager, Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, Red Oak
Christopher Phillips, District E Chair
Executive Director of Facilities, Construction and Properties, UnityPoint Health – Des Moines
Society membership is available to people active in hospital engineering and related disciplines with administrative or supervisory responsibility and employed by an Iowa Hospital Association member hospital. Hospital engineering is the art and science of efficiently planning, managing and maintaining the physical environment, equipment and telecommunications systems for health care. IHA will not compensate members for services rendered for the Iowa Society for Healthcare Engineering.
For more information
John Richardson, Staff Liaison, 515-288-1955
