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Ryan Shaw

UNMC, Orbis partner on unique fellowship to prevent global blindness

By July of 2015, one lucky ophthalmologist will embark on a unique two-year fellowship that will take him or her around the world.

Sep 17, 2014

Orbis provided surgical assistance to a young boy to remove a congenital cataract.

Meeting the behavioral health needs of rural communities

In order to finish her master’s degree in community counseling at Doane College, the Bruning, Neb., native needed to complete 1,000 hours of internship training to realize her goal of becoming a licensed mental health professional.

Sep 17, 2014

Darcy Dawson

Eric Nagengast preferred global surgical experience to graduation

In the middle of his third year of medical school, Eric Nagengast realized he wasn’t ready to graduate just yet.

Sep 17, 2014

Eric Nagengast, left, in India operating with William Magee, M.D., D.D.S., the founder of Operation Smile.

Brothers in nursing fulfill mom’s dream

Cramer brothers Paul, 27, and Dan, 25, both graduates of the UNMC College of Nursing’s bachelor’s degree program, are nurses and both enrolled in the college’s family nurse practitioner program.

Sep 17, 2014

Nancy Cramer out for a stroll in Lincoln with her family: from left, younger son Daniel, husband Paul, Nancy, daughter-in-law Ashlyn, and older son Paul Andrew.

Key CDC leader selected as public health dean

Ali Khan, M.D., M.P.H., looks forward to nurturing the next generation of public health innovators and leaders.

Sep 17, 2014

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

Cancer research conducted in homeland

Salomon Compaore, M.D., spent the summer in his homeland, Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, conducting research on cervical cancer.

Sep 17, 2014

Salomon Compaore, M.D., works with a midwife to screen women for cervical cancer in Burkina Faso.

Alumni gift establishes first nephrology endowed chair

Troy Plumb, M.D., director of the UNMC Division of Nephrology, was named as the Dr. Dennis Ross Chair of Nephrology.

Sep 17, 2014

Dennis Ross, M.D., and his wife Ann (left) present the Circle of Distinction medallion to Troy Plumb,M.D., who was named the first Dr. Dennis Ross Chair of Nephrology.

Holi Festival of Colors

Pink, purple, orange, blue, green and yellow powder covered everyone and everything at the Hindu celebration of spring.

Sep 17, 2014

Colors flew everywhere at the Holi festival celebrated on the Ruth and Bill Scott Student Plaza.

Preventing global blindness in Omaha

Patients at the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska’s health and wellness center in South Omaha received free eye exams for a week in June.

Sep 17, 2014

During a screening, Conceta Zephier was pleased to discover her eyes remain healthy and she only needs to use her reading glasses.

Dr. Thayer is triple threat to pancreatic cancer

Sarah Thayer, M.D., Ph.D., the new chief of surgical oncology at UNMC, excels in all three areas of academic medicine: education, research and clinical practice.

Sep 17, 2014

Sarah Thayer, M.D., Ph.D.