Section Chief and Dental Director for the Department of Oral Medicine at Broadlawns Medical Center and Mid-Iowa Health Foundation Board Member
As Section Chief and Director of Dental Education at Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, Hayley L. Harvey, DDS, MS, has been a champion for increasing access to dental care and improving the oral health of underserved populations. Hayley earned her DDS and MS from the University of Iowa and served for a decade in the Army National Guard. Prior to her work at Broadlawns, she served as the state public health dental director for the Iowa Department of Public Health. At Broadlawns, Hayley has helped establish a new $24 million dental facility with 22 operatories—six of which are for extramural rotations of University of Iowa dental students to ensure that future generations of dentists will have a solid understanding of the dental and health disparities facing Iowa’s low-income populations. Hayley is active in many community organizations and serves on the Advisory Committee for the Oral Health Iowa Coalition, Children and Families of Iowa Board of Directors, and the University of Iowa Alumnae Leadership Council. In 2019, Hayley was awarded the University of Iowa Dental Alumni Service Recognition of the Year honor and the 2020 University of Iowa Distinguished Alumni Service Award. In 2022, she received the Iowa Dental Association President’s special award for Extraordinary Service and was recognized as one of the Business Record’s 2022 Women of Influence honorees.
