John Keenan UNMC strategic communications
Resident finds smooth transition as house officers arrive
The Office of Graduate Medical Education onboarded more than 200 house officers this summer.
Aug 16, 2023
![Chydubem Nwaiwu, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/NwaiwuCOM-900x600.jpg)
Dr. Gundry named chair of cellular and integrative physiology
Rebekah Gundry, PhD, also will be appointed the Stokes-Shackleford Professor of Physiology.
Aug 15, 2023
![Rebekah Gundry, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/RebekahGundry012423-900x600.jpg)
Dr. Are named first CEO of global cancer forum
Chandra Are, MBBS, helped create the Global Forum of Cancer Surgeons in 2017.
Aug 14, 2023
![Chandra Are, MBBS](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ChandraAre081423-900x600.jpg)
iEXCEL showcases advances as host of simulation conference
SimGHOSTS USA 2023 welcomed health care simulation specialists from around the nation and across the globe.
Aug 11, 2023
![Devin Marble of ImmersiveMedical speaks at the SimGHOSTS USA 2023 conference, held on the UNMC campus in Omaha earlier this month.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SimGHOSTS081123-900x600.jpg)
Goal: Path to new treatments for vision-destroying disease
Christopher Conrady, MD, PhD, received a National Institutes of Health grant to explore innate immune responses to acute retinal necrosis.
Aug 9, 2023
![Christopher Conrady, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ConradyLabCOM823-900x600.jpg)
Dr. Are named first CEO of global cancer forum
Chandra Are, MD, MBBS, helped create the Global Forum of Cancer Surgeons in 2017.
Aug 3, 2023
![Chandra Are, MBBS](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Chandra_Are_1771.jpg)
Chancellor Gold visits South Omaha to build connections
A wide-ranging discussion with community leaders gives the chancellor topics to explore.
Aug 3, 2023
![From left, Albert Varas, president and CEO of Latino Center of the Midlands, UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Emiliano Lerda, co-founder of co-warehousing and community space Elevator. Varas is a UNMC board of counselor member, and Lerda is board chair.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ChancellorGold080323-900x600.jpg)
‘Heart to Heart’ podcast talks with Kari Simonsen, MD
UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, hosts the chair of the UNMC Department of Pediatrics.
Aug 3, 2023
![Kari Simonsen, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/KariSimonsen3080323-900x600.jpg)
Resident finds smooth transition as house officers arrive
The Office of Graduate Medical Education onboarded more than 200 house officers this summer.
Aug 2, 2023
![Chydubem Nwaiwu, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/NwaiwuCOM-900x600.jpg)
UNMC extends partnerships in west central Nebraska
On a visit to North Platte, Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, signed a master affiliation agreement with GPHealth.
Aug 2, 2023
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, with Ivan Mitchell, Great Plains Health CEO](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Visit1082323-900x600.jpeg)