College of Medicine

Dr. Wigton to present history of University Hospital

Robert Wigton, M.D., will explore hospital’s 100-year history in Jan. 11 presentation.

Jan 2, 2018

Robert Wigton, M.D.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Dec 29, 2017

Anita Jaynes performs holiday songs for faculty and staff.

UNMC has history with Ryan White funding

UNMC Specialty Care Center Clinic has received funding from the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resource Emergency (CARE) Act since 1999.

Dec 27, 2017

Jasmine Marcelin, M.D.

CS-CASH Pilot Grant Program announces funding

UNMC investigator Bryant England, M.D., among award recipients.

Dec 26, 2017

Bryant England, M.D., assistant professor, UNMC Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, was one of the funded investigators.

App recognizes fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Omar Rahman, M.D., helped biotech company FDNA, Inc., train artificial intelligence software.

Dec 21, 2017

Omar Rahman, M.D.

Remembering Jack Matoole, M.D.

Colleagues pay tribute to “legendary medical educator.”

Dec 21, 2017

Robotic tech company receives Series B funding

Virtual Incision Corporation has raised $18 million to support its next-generation miniaturized robotically assisted surgical device.

Dec 20, 2017

From left, Shane Farritor, Ph.D., Virtual Incision's co-founder and chief technology officer, and Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D., chief of minimally invasive surgery at UNMC and co-founder and chief medical officer of Virtual Incision

FDA staff tours UNMC’s orthopaedic implant lab

Ten FDA implant reviewers visited Omaha earlier this month.

Dec 15, 2017

Hani Haider, Ph.D., professor and director of UNMC's Biomechanics and Advanced Surgical Technologies Laboratory, shows FDA visitors wear testing equipment.

Trace Adkins to perform at 2018 Cattlemen’s Ball

Event will be held in Hebron on June 2.

Dec 14, 2017

Trace Adkins

New faculty spotlight: Leah Cook, Ph.D.

Dr. Cook joins the UNMC Department of Pathology & Microbiology and the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Dec 13, 2017

Leah Cook, Ph.D.