Tom O'Connor

Former UNMC radiology professor, Glenn Dalrymple, M.D., dies at age 81

Praised as brilliant teacher/mentor, remembered for his love of symphonic music

Mar 16, 2016

Glenn Dalrymple, M.D.

Diabetes drug may prevent stroke/heart attacks in people with insulin resistance

UNMC study site enrolls 49 patients as part of international trial

Mar 8, 2016

Pierre Fayad, M.D.

Nebraska Science Festival to release tickets March 22 for LeVar Burton

Free tickets to be released online on first-come, first-served basis

Mar 7, 2016

LeVar Burton
Samuel Bierner, M.D.

Pathologist named director of UNMC Interprofessional Academy of Educators

Geoffrey Talmon, M.D., to lead program aimed at elevating teaching excellence

Feb 19, 2016

Geoffrey Talmon, M.D.

Former UNMC anesthesiology chair, John Tinker, M.D., dies at age 74

John Tinker, M.D., professor and chair of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology from 1997-2008, died Feb. 17 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. He was 74. A funeral service will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday at Rasmusson-Bacon Funeral Home, 1418 Fawcett Parkway, in Nevada, […]

Feb 19, 2016

John Tinker, M.D.

A message from the dean

Dr. Samuel Bierner will be the founding chair of the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Creation and future success of this new department is the result of a very strong collaboration with the nationally recognized rehabilitation program at Madonna, and it will utilize the new Madonna facility near 180th and Burt streets.

Feb 19, 2016

Architect's rendering of the 120-bed Madonna facility being built near 180th and Burt Streets in Omaha.

COM Student of the Month – Meet Sasha Kapil

Second-year medical student Sasha Kapil from Manhattan, Kan., is active in several groups, such the as Aging and Integrated Medicine program, and has a special connection to the song “Good Vibrations.”

Feb 18, 2016

COM employee spotlight

Helping others is a theme in both her professional and personal lives for Crystal Miller, who works as a department administrator in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy.

Feb 18, 2016

Research Highlights

UNMC College of Medicine faculty received 14 grant awards representing more than $2 million in new funding in December, including a $500,000 award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to Irving Zucker, Ph.D.

Feb 18, 2016

Irving Zucker, Ph.D.