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Victoria Cerino

UNMC allergist/immunologist shares expertise on farm-related health issues

RFD-TV program provides insight into unique rural health issues

Jul 1, 2019

Jill Poole, M.D.

Regents approve UNMC heart, vascular disease research center

Center will bring together scientists from across University of Nebraska to collaborate on translational, clinical and population research

Jun 28, 2019

UNMC study finds higher doses of vitamin D don’t prevent type 2 diabetes

Vitamin D may be necessary to prevent diabetes in patients with low levels, but excessive amounts not helpful

Jun 26, 2019

Cyrus Desouza, M.B.B.S.

UNMC study: New heart pump improves on previous models

Will provide patients with important option for serious heart problems

Jun 12, 2019

Left: John Um, M.D., surgical director of cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support programs and Brian Lowes, M.D., Ph.D., Angle Presidential Chair of Cardiology

UNMC receives approval for fellowship in hospice, palliative medicine

Three physicians per year will participate in one-year fellowship

Jun 10, 2019

Al Fisher, M.D., Ph.D.

Allergies, asthma on the farm to be focus of June 13 program on RFD-TV

The broadcast begins at 9 p.m. CST and will welcome callers’ questions at 877-731-6733.

Jun 4, 2019

Jill Poole, M.D.

UNMC research study could help millions with common heart problems

Atrial fibrillation happens when the heart’s electrical system gets “short circuited,” reducing the expulsion of blood from a pocket in the heart called the left atrial appendage. Stagnant blood in the left atrial appendage can result in clots.

May 31, 2019

Andrew Goldsweig, M.D.

UNMC faculty, students honored by Kinman Oldfield Family Foundation awards

Foundation recognizes those who work with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease

May 22, 2019

UNMC to co-host a child agricultural injury prevention workshop in Des Moines

Workshop designed for those who work in or with the agriculture industry, and want to establish and enhance child injury prevention strategies for their organizations.

May 21, 2019

Zachary Meyer, M.D., of Grand Island receives 2019 Koefoot Award

The Koefoot Award was created in 2005 in memory of Theodore Koefoot, M.D. He was a charter preceptor for UNMC’s Rural Family Medicine Preceptorship.

May 13, 2019

From left: Jeff Harrison, M.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center rural residency director; Mindy Lacey, M.D., UNMC medical student education director; Zachary Meyer, M.D., Koefoot Award recipient, and Michael Sitorius, M.D., chair of the UNMC family medicine department.