Ryan Shaw

UNMC to collaborate on web-based dementia study

The University of California San Francisco and UNMC have been awarded a $10 million grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to create a new web-based model of dementia care. It will provide around the clock consultations for patients and their families, online education and, for a subset of patients, remote monitoring with smart phones and home sensors.

Jul 28, 2014

Steven Bonasera, M.D., Ph.D.

UNMC researcher plays key role in study featured Nature journal

By successfully creating a high quality genome of the rhesus macaque monkey, a University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher played a significant role in a study that appears in this week’s issue of the prestigious science journal Nature. The study in Nature determined that treating rhesus macaques that have SIV – the simian equivalent of HIV – with interventions that alter inflammatory responses can have dual effects on the development of disease.

Jul 28, 2014

UNMC, UNL receive $1.4 million U.S. Army grant to continue robotic surgery work

The University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have received a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Army to continue work on robotic telesurgery research.

Jul 28, 2014

Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D.

$10 million telehealth grant awarded to Med Center

For many patients, being diabetic can come with a laundry list of medical complications, many of which require repeated trips to the emergency room or extended stays in the hospital to remedy. And the cost of treating diabetes is staggering.

Jul 28, 2014

Anesthesiology department announces new divisions

To better focus its resources and ability to support the clinical enterprise, the acute care program and the cardiovascular program, the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology has formed two new divisions within the department, Chairman Steven Lisco, M.D., announced. The Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology will be led by Tara Brakke, M.D., and the Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care will be led by Daniel Johnson, M.D., Dr. Lisco said.

Jul 28, 2014

Regents appoint Med Center Development Board of Directors

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has approved the appointment of seven individuals to oversee development projects near UNMC.

Jul 28, 2014

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

Robert Sparks, M.D., the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s second chancellor (1972-1976), died Tuesday, July 1, in California following several months of declining health. He was 82. An accomplished speaker in the fields of internal medicine, gastroenterology, alcohol and drug addictions and health planning policy, Dr. Sparks also held the position of vice president of the University of Nebraska system.

Jul 28, 2014

Physician Leadership Academy graduates recognized

Twenty-two physicians recently completed the Physician Leadership Academy. It was established in 2004 to fulfill the need to develop physicians as leaders and to provide educational opportunities for subjects not offered in their medical curriculum.

Jul 28, 2014

St. Baldrick’s Foundation raises $6,500 for pediatric cancer research

“Shave-a-thon” veterans Drs. Don Coulter and Bruce Gordon strike a silly pose after having their heads shaved for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. This year’s event raised more than $6,500 for pediatric cancer research. In a lifetime, an average person will grow 590 miles of hair. We lose 40-100 hairs each day, so why not give it all up temporarily in the name of cancer research? That’s the message from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the country’s largest volunteer-supported fundraiser for pediatric cancer research.

Jul 28, 2014

Bruce Gordon, M.D. (left) and Don Coulter, M.D., both pediatric oncologists/hematologists, are all smiles with their newly-shaven heads alongside 5-year-old Matthew Dinslage, who received a bone marrow transplant on July 4.

Time out with T.O. – A birthday to remember

Few names resonate more on the UNMC campus than the name Grissom. It began with Robert Grissom, M.D., who joined UNMC in 1953 as chairman of the internal medicine department and as one of four original full-time clinical faculty members.

Jul 28, 2014