The following University of Nebraska Medical Center students have been chosen for induction into the Alpha Omega Alpha national honor medical society by the Nebraska chapter.
Grand Island – Alex Lesiak, Joseph Jay Vavricek
Holdrege – Mark Murdoch Smith
Lincoln – Steven Gogela, Kendra Lesiak, Kristin McGregor, Sara Brostrom West, Gina Leigh Morgan Weir
Omaha – Jason Patera, Jared Andrew Kvapil, Melissa A. Langdon, Benjamin Addison Teply, Sarah Elizabeth Wunder
Papillion – Melanie Ortleb, Lyndsay Dale Schwab
Chapel Hill, NC – Mark Joseph Stavas
Ontario, OR – Brian Craig Kitamura
Santa Cruz, CA – Eric John Meyer Reed
As the state’s only academic health science center, UNMC is on the leading edge of health care. Breakthroughs are possible because hard-working researchers, educators and clinicians are resolved to work together to fuel discovery. In 2009, UNMC’s extramural research support topped $100 million for the first time, resulting in the creation of 3,600 jobs in Nebraska. UNMC’s academic excellence is shown through its award-winning programs, and its educational programs are responsible for training more health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution. Through its 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 health care centers. UNMC’s physician practice group, UNMC Physicians, includes 550 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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