Tom O'Connor

Patient with Ebola virus being brought to med center

Expected to arrive Friday morning; will be treated in Biocontainment Patient Care Unit

Sep 4, 2014

From left, Mark Rupp, M.D., Phil Smith, M.D., and Angela Hewlett, M.D., discuss The Nebraska Medical Center's readiness to safely treat a U.S. citizen who has been diagnosed with Ebola.

Conference to address role of PAs in solving rural health care challenges

Sept. 11-12 conference sponsored by UNMC, 5 other regional PA programs

Aug 14, 2014

Michael Huckabee, Ph.D., lecturer in this photo, is one of the key coordinators of the Sept. 10-11 conference looking at the evolving role of physician assistants.

Neck manipulation may be associated with stroke

UNMC stroke specialist co-authors scientific statement in prestigious national journal

Aug 7, 2014

Pierre Fayad, M.D.

2014 Cattlemen’s Ball raises $1.3 million for cancer research

Tops $1 million mark for fifth consecutive year

Jul 31, 2014

Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D. (right), director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, with University of Nebraska Interim President  James Linder, M.D., and his wife Karen.

UNMC researcher plays key role in study in this week’s Nature journal

Dr. Robert Norgren creates high quality genome of rhesus macaque monkey

Jul 9, 2014

This diagram represents the location and structure of the ATM gene on chromosome 11 of the rhesus macaque genome.

UNMC College of Public Health dean writes Lancet article on U.S. health security

Explores how U.S. is building national capabilities to meet growing health threats

Jul 8, 2014

Ali Khan, M.D., M.P.H.

Not too late to register for July 12 late night bike ride

Nearly 2,000 riders expected for fifth annual Owl Ride

Jul 7, 2014

Former UNMC Chancellor Robert Sparks, M.D., dies

Served as UNMC’s second chancellor from 1972-1976

Jul 2, 2014

Robert Sparks, M.D., stands outside a conference room named in his honor inside the Harold M. and Beverly Maurer Center for Public Health at UNMC.

Gift from Fremont Alzheimer’s group benefits promising research at UNMC

Will help in recruiting patients for future research studies

Jun 24, 2014

Daniel Murman, M.D.