Chuck Brown
Teaching family medicine in a rural setting
For more than 20 years, Steven Senseney, M.D., has been teaching UNMC medical students at all levels at the Cherry County Clinic and Hospital in Valentine, Neb. Dr. Senseney is a Volunteer Faculty of the Month award recipient.
Jan 28, 2003
New version of LastWord computer system to go live
The LastWord information system will be upgraded in March. The new system is named Carecast. Final plans are underway to implement this new version, which is currently used by NHS, UNMC and UMA.
Jan 13, 2003
Brace Place offers services in Council Bluffs
The Munroe-Meyer Institute, an affiliate of UNMC, has opened The Brace Place, an orthotics and prosthetics office in Council Bluffs. The Brace Place, located at 1705 McPherson Ave., Suite GL400, is a satellite of the main office at the Omaha medical center campus.
Jan 3, 2003
Three generations of medical books donated to library
Charles F. Ashby, M.D., of Geneva has donated more than 300 books — spanning three generations of Fillmore County physicians — to the UNMC McGoogan Library of Medicine. Dr. Ashby, a 1942 graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, is a third-generation physician in Fillmore County.
Dec 30, 2002
Distance education enables nursing student to help underserved
Going to college while working a full-time job is challenge enough, says Nancy Fahrenwald. But, living in South Dakota didn’t give the UNMC College of Nursing doctoral student many choices for doctoral nursing programs.
The answer: UNMC’s distance education program.
Dec 26, 2002
UNMC recruits expert in gastrointestinal cancer and cancer drug development
Jean Grem, M.D., the head gastrointestinal cancer researcher/clinician at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., will be joining the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center this spring to direct the Gastrointestinal Oncology Program and the Oncology Drug Development Program.
Dec 17, 2002
Holiday greetings atop the Durham Research Center
Hawkins Construction Co. has erected a nearly 20 foot Christmas tree — complete with holiday lights — on the eighth floor of the Durham Research Center. Click for photo.
Dec 17, 2002
NU campuses to establish Center for Biosecurity at UNMC
In an effort to capitalize on its growing expertise in the area of bioterrorism preparedness, the University of Nebraska will establish a university-wide Center for Biosecurity to be administered at UNMC.
Dec 16, 2002
UNMC surgeon receives new medical fellowship
Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D., an expert in the field of minimally invasive surgery at UNMC, is the first recipient of the Joseph and Richard Still Faculty Fellowship in Medicine.
Dec 10, 2002
Employees discuss accessing UMA services
Accessing University Medical Associates (UMA) Services was the topic of the first Employee Roundtable sponsored Oct. 22 by Human Resources and Public Affairs. UMA leaders heard employee’s concerns and suggestions.
Dec 9, 2002