Tom O'Connor

Featured videos

Alena Balasanova, M.D., psychiatry, “How does substance use disorder lead to an addiction to drugs or alcohol?” Watch Ask UNMC Nebraska Medicine:  Husband donates kidney to stranger.

Jan 26, 2018

COM student of the month

Second-year med student uses daily self-care time and wide range of hobbies to stay balanced

Jan 26, 2018

COM employee spotlight

Pharmacist for HIV patients enjoys developing relationships with patients and helping them navigate medical care challenges

Jan 26, 2018

Resident program director of the month

Emergency medicine residency director takes pride in program providing extraordinary clinical experience

Jan 26, 2018

New faculty

Three new faculty have joined the College of Medicine. They include a cardiologist, a pediatric endocrinologist and a urologic surgeon.

Jan 26, 2018

Richard Gumina, MD, is a new cardiologist for UNMC/Nebraska Medicine.

News briefs

Sasha Shillcut, MD, will speak during the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s YP Summit

Jan 26, 2018

Research highlights

CDC provides $900,000 in funding for bioterrorism preparedness research for Nebraska Public Health Laboratory

Jan 25, 2018

Peter Iwen, PhD, heads the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory at UNMC. The lab received $900,000 in funding from the CDC.

Coming events

The UNMC Ice Rink will close Feb. 4, while Carnival of Contagion exhibition runs through April 27.

Jan 25, 2018

UNMC, UNL collaborating in search for new drugs to counteract radiation exposure

Two-year Department of Defense contract could provide nearly $8 million in funding

Jan 22, 2018

Ken Bayles, Ph.D

UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s set for Jan. 26-27

24-hour ice skating event – now in its 8th year at UNMC – has raised more than $170,000

Jan 17, 2018

Six skaters skated all 24 hours at the 2017 UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson's. They celebrated their accomplishment by chilling out on the ice at the end of the event.