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UNMC physician receives prestigious national award

Rowen Zetterman, M.D., professor of internal medicine and the associate dean for veterans affairs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has received the American College of Gastroenterology’s (ACG) highest award. Dr. Zetterman received the 2008 Berk/Fise Clinical Achievement Award, formerly the ACG Clinical Achievement Award, during last month’s 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting in Orlando, […]

Nov 14, 2008

UNMC students to hold free health fair Nov. 16

News releases are archived on the UNMC Web site at: https://app1.unmc.edu/publicaffairs/newsarchive/releases.cfm   Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center will hold a community health fair on Sunday, Nov. 16, from 1 to 4 p.m., at the Campfire USA headquarters, 2566 St. Mary’s Ave.    The health fair will focus on nutrition and fitness, with […]

Nov 7, 2008

Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute welcomes 20 new scholars, graduates 17

The Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute welcomed its fourth class of scholars recently – a class of 13 Nebraskans and seven Iowans. It also graduated 17 from the class of 2007-08. The Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute is one of 14 institutes funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The […]

Nov 6, 2008

UNMC affiliation agreement with western Nebraska hospitals expands cancer clinical trials

News releases are archived on the UNMC Web site at: https://app1.unmc.edu/publicaffairs/newsarchive/releases.cfm     A formal affiliation agreement with hospitals in Grand Island, North Platte and Scottsbluff will expand all cancer clinical trials at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center to people in those communities.     St. Francis Medical Center in Grand […]

Nov 6, 2008

UNMC remembers Dr. Miles Skultety

F. Miles Skultety, M.D., Ph.D., one of the key physicians who helped begin the transformation of the University of Nebraska Medical Center from a hospital primarily providing indigent care into a major academic health science center during the 1970s and 1980s, died Monday at his home in Omaha after a battle with prostate cancer. Funeral […]

Nov 6, 2008

A message from UNMC’s Chancellor regarding Initiative 424

I’m deeply disappointed by the passage of Initiative 424. While the University of Nebraska Medical Center will continue to comply with all federal and state requirements, our campus remains strongly committed to diversity within the law. Having a diverse health care workforce is essential to solving our nation’s health care crisis. When we have faculty, […]

Nov 5, 2008

Dr. Romberger honored by ACP for VA work

Three Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Omaha Medical Center physicians, including UNMC’s Debra Romberger, M.D., were recognized recently with outstanding achievement awards by the Nebraska Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP).

Nov 4, 2008

UNMC delegation shares favorite memories of China

A delegation of UNMC faculty and staff members recently returned from a trip to China that saw the medical center forge and strengthen relationships with several institutions in that country. Members of the UNMC contingent share some memories from China.

Oct 29, 2008

Pulmonary hypertension event set for Nov. 1

Nebraska’s First Lady, Sally Ganem, will serve as honorary chairperson at the third annual “Phenomenal Hope for a Cure” fund-raising event on Nov. 1 at the DC Centre, 11830 Stonegate Drive in Omaha. The event is held to raise awareness of and funds for helping to find a cure for the rare and sometimes fatal […]

Oct 28, 2008

UNMC researchers awarded $10.6 million federal grant from National Institutes of Health

News releases are archived on the UNMC Web site at: https://app1.unmc.edu/publicaffairs/newsarchive/releases.cfm   The University of Nebraska Medical Center received $10.6 million from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to research nanomedicine, drug delivery, therapeutics and diagnostics.   UNMC researcher Alexander Kabanov, Ph.D., is the principal […]

Oct 23, 2008