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Any Facility With Satellite Downlink Can Receive the Mini-Med Series Live;
UNMC Sponsors Free Mini-Medical School Series on Brain Disease in Omaha, Lincoln, Norfolk, Grand Island, Kearney, North Platte and Scottsbluff Within this century, brain disease and injuries of the brain such as Alzheimers disease, stroke, epilepsy, Parkinsons disease and others — will rival heart disease as the leading cause of disability and death in the […]
Sep 16, 2000
Women Invited to Omaha Women’s Health and Wellness Conference Scheduled Friday, Oct. 20, at Omaha Marriott Regency
Women are invited to attend the third annual Omaha Womens Health and Wellness Conference — Empowering Women for Healthy Living — on Friday, Oct. 20, from 8:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Omaha Marriott Regency, 10220 Regency Circle. The conference will include about 25 educational health and wellness exhibits and screenings, continental breakfast and […]
Sep 14, 2000
U.S. Air Force Creates the Jesse Edwards Award for Top Physician Assistants
In 1946, Jesse Edwards, a fresh-faced kid from Mineral Wells, Tex., stood on the parade ground at his U.S. Air Force boot camp and wondered what he would be assigned for specialized training. The top sergeant called out Edwards name and 74 others and said, Congratulations, gentlemen, youre all going to be medics. By simple […]
Sep 11, 2000
Will handle up to 500 surgeries in his first year;
Dr. Imran Alam Brings Advanced Surgical Monitoring System to UNMC/NHS All surgeons rely upon complex systems to monitor what is beyond the structures and tissues immediately in front of them, and physicians who operate on the brain and spinal cord are especially meticulous when monitoring a patient. Imran Alam, M.D., a new physician at the […]
Sep 11, 2000
Physician/Scientist Leader in Development of New Cancer Drugs to Speak at Carol Bell Lectureship at UNMC on Sept. 7
Bruce Chabner, M.D., will deliver the third Carol Bell Lectureship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center on Sept. 7. Dr. Chabner is director of the Clinical Cancer Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, the teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School, in Boston and chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Chabner was formerly the director […]
Sep 4, 2000
HHS grant will provide more than $4 million of support over next four years
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center Earns Clinical Cancer Center Designation The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Eppley Cancer Center has earned the clinical cancer center designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This designation recognizes that the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center has strong cancer research programs in both basic sciences as well as clinical research on […]
Aug 29, 2000
Physician Office Compliance to be Discussed
UNMC, Kutak Rock Offer October Legal Seminar The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Kutak Rock is sponsoring its Ninth Annual Healthcare Law Institute titled “Physician Office Compliance in a Changing Environment,” Friday, Oct. 6. Physicians, risk mangers and health care administrators are invited to attend the one-day conference at the W.H. Thompson Alumni Center […]
Aug 29, 2000
Program Available Nationwide
UNMC/NHS Creates Medical Vocabulary for Computers, Clinicians Several years ago, clinicians and computers didn’t speak the same language. Today, they can because of a multi-year effort by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System to identify, clarify and code existing medical terminology into a language understood by man and machine. IDX Systems […]
Aug 29, 2000
UNMC Researchers Involved in Studying Implantable Device That May Become the First New Type of Treatment for Depression in 50 Years
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychiatry are involved in a nationwide study that could become the first new treatment for depression in 50 years. Out of more than 100 sites that applied to participate in the study, UNMC was one of 20 centers selected to test the safety and effectiveness […]
Aug 29, 2000
Donation will go toward Research Center of Excellence:
UNMC Receives Second Major Gift from Durham; New Research Center To Be Named in his Honor Omaha philanthropist Charles (Chuck) Durham, chairman of the Durham Foundation, has made a major donation to the University of Nebraska Medical Center believed to be the largest single gift ever received by that institution. This marks the second major […]
Aug 26, 2000