Sophia Ibrahimi

Swanson Hall’s swan song

Swanson Hall was created as a place to save lives. Its demise will lay the groundwork to save even more.

Sep 17, 2013

Swanson Hall was originally constructed as Children’s Memorial Hospital in 1948.

Holland Regenerative Medicine Program promotes innovative research

Regenerative medicine – a research area that will dramatically impact health and change disease outcomes – got a big boost at UNMC with a gift from Mary and Dick Holland.

Sep 17, 2013

Beverly Maurer, left, and Nora Sarvetnick, Ph.D.,
congratulate Dick Holland following the ribbon-cutting
ceremony of the regenerative medicine program.

Health policy expert is in the house

A minimalist by nature, Jim Stimpson, Ph.D., occupies an office with no papers on the desk, no pictures on the walls.

Sep 17, 2013

Jim Stimpson, Ph.D.

Fulfilling a dream

UNMC’s emergency department research director, who died in 2012, planned to return to his native Vietnam to teach the U.S. approach to graduate medical education. He was going to improve patient care through better education in the region where he was born. He was going to make a difference.

Sep 17, 2013

Dr. Paul Tran visiting a patient in an emergency room in Vietnam.

See one, do one, teach one? Not anymore.

Instruction of the next generation of surgeons just became more high-tech with the June opening of the Dr. Wayne and Eileen Ryan Surgical Simulation Suite.

Sep 17, 2013

James Sullivan, M.D., assistant professor, anesthesiology; Jennifer Adams, M.D., assistant professor, anesthesiology; and Chandra Are, M.B.B.S., associate professor, surgical oncology, demonstrate the surgical simulation suite capabilities during the dedication ceremony.

Antidepressants reduce depression in head and neck cancer patients

UNMC study could change guidelines for treating these cancers.

Sep 17, 2013

William Lydiatt, M.D., William Burke, M.D.

Medical student has roots in Nebraska soil

Over hours on a tractor, the stress and strife of med school seem to melt away. Some have their bubble bath. He has his alfalfa patch.

Sep 17, 2013

Wes Whitten, M.D., with wife Kari and son Winston, sticks to his roots.

Innovative eye treatments the goal at new institute

The new Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute will be the center of translational research and clinical trials for eye diseases.

Sep 17, 2013

Quan Dong Nguyen, M.D., and his wife, Diana Do, M.D. Dr. Nguyen is the chairman of ophthalmology and visual sciences and director of the Truhlsen Eye Institute. Dr. Do
is vice chairwoman for education, director of residency training and director of the Carl Camras Center for Innovative Clinical Trials in Ophthalmology.

Power Wheels to Makeshift Power Wheelchairs

The idea to modify cars is not new. Just look at reality shows like “Trick My Truck.”

But the concept of adapting toy cars for children with disabilities? Now, that’s novel.

Sep 17, 2013

National early mobility expert Cole Galloway, Ph.D., from the University of Delaware, instructed 50 physical therapists on how to adapt toy cars for children with disabilities at a recent workshop at UNMC.

Industry-sponsored contracts

The following industry-sponsored contracts have been received. Here is more information on clinical trials enrolling patients at UNMC. James Gigantelli, M.D., ophthalmology and visual sciences, is the UNMC lead for a multi-center Phase III clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a novel protein therapy for the treatment of thyroid eye disease (TED). […]

Sep 5, 2013

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