Newly-appointed chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center,
Harold M. Maurer, M.D., is scheduled to visit five Nebraska communities
Jan. 27 and 28, to meet with community health care leaders and talk about
UNMC and its future.
Dr. Maurer will visit Lexington, North Platte, Scottsbluff, Chadron
and McCook. He is scheduled to visit six more communities in February.
Dr. Maurer began his appointment as chancellor on Dec. 1, 1998. Since
1993, he had served as dean of the UNMC College of Medicine. Dr. Maurer
replaced William O. Berndt, Ph.D., as chancellor. Dr. Berndt had served
as chancellor since 1996 and had served as interim chancellor from 1991-92.
Dr. Maurer holds academic appointments in the department of pediatrics
and in the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
at UNMC.
From 1968 to 1993, Dr. Maurer was on the faculty of the Children Medical
Center at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, serving as the Jessie
Ball duPont Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics during
his last nine years there. Prior to this, he served two years as chief
of pediatrics for the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Norfolk, Va.,
and did a two-year fellowship in pediatric cancer at Babies Hospital at
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York.
A native of New York City, Dr. Maurer earned his bachelors degree from
New York University and his medical degree from the State University of
New York Downstate Medical Center at Brooklyn. He serves on the board of
directors of Nebraska Health System and chairs the UNMC Faculty Council.
UNMC is the only public academic health science center in the state.
Through its commitment to research, education and patient care, UNMC has
established itself as one of the country’s leading centers for cancer research
and treatment and solid organ transplantation. More than $34 million in
research grants and contracts are awarded to UNMC scientists annually.
In addition, UNMC’s educational programs are responsible for training more
health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution.