Renowned Native American doctor, Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D., will present “The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: Combining Western Medicine and Traditional Navajo Ceremonies to Create Healing Environments” on Monday, April 13 at 7 p.m. at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will take place in room 1002 of the Durham Research Center, on the northwest corner of Emile Street and Durham Research Plaza (formerly 45th Street).
Dr. Alvord was the first Navajo woman to be board certified in surgery. A graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine, she serves as the associate dean of student and multicultural affairs at Dartmouth Medical School and as a general surgeon at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction, Vt.
Parking is available in the patient-visitor parking garage to the east of the Durham Research Center.
UNMC is the only public health science center in the state. Its educational programs are responsible for training more health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution. Through their commitment to education, research, patient care and outreach, UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, have established themselves as one of the country’s leading centers in cancer, transplantation biology, bioterrorism preparedness, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, genetics, biomedical technology and ophthalmology. UNMC’s research funding from external sources now exceeds $82 million annually and has resulted in the creation of more than 2,600 highly skilled jobs in the state. UNMC’s physician practice group, UNMC Physicians, includes 513 physicians in 50 specialties and subspecialties who practice primarily in The Nebraska Medical Center. For more information, go to UNMC’s Web site at www.unmc.edu.
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