About 720 students will receive diplomas this week and two distinguished physicians will be honored by the medical center as another school year comes to a close at UNMC.
Graduation ceremonies will be held at UNMC campuses in Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha and Scottsbluff and at the Omaha commencement ceremony on Saturday, Louis Sullivan, M.D., and Gary Conell, M.D., will be honored for special contributions to health care.
Tireless advocate honored
Louis Sullivan |
Dr. Sullivan’s work extended to UNMC where he and the late Rubens Pamies, M.D., forged an academic and research partnership between the medical center, five Historically Black Colleges/Universities in Virginia, as well as:
- The University of Richmond;
- The University of Virginia;
- Eastern Virginia Medical School; and
- Virginia Technical University.
Dr. Conell receives Elliot award
Dr. Conell, a family practice physician in North Platte for the past 40 years and program director for the UNMC Rural Family Practice Residency Training Program in North Platte, will receive the J.G. “Jack” Elliott Award for his mentorship of hundreds of students and work throughout greater Nebraska.
Gary Conell, M.D. |
The J.G. Elliott Award is given annually in memory of Elliott, a former Scottsbluff resident who served on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents for 20 years.