College of Medicine

Physicians soon will complete their medical training in Kearney

UNK student Cordelia Harbison shows the excitement behind the planned Rural Health Education Building.

Jul 5, 2023

Cordelia Harbison, far left, a freshman at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, has witnessed the impact physicians can have on their patients in rural areas. It drove her to pursue a career in medicine.

Dean’s message: Leadership changes

Welcoming new leaders to campus, and expanding the leadership voice of UNMC College of Medicine faculty members.

Jun 30, 2023

Bradley Britigan, MD

Med students named to prestigious Gold Fellowship

William Miklavcic and Safwan Elkhatib, PhD, among only 13 students nationally selected for program.

Jun 30, 2023

From left, William Miklavcic and Safwan Elkhatib, PhD

Changes made to COM governance policies

Moves will aid in accreditation and provide greater opportunity for general faculty to have a voice in day-to-day college governance.

Jun 30, 2023

Kelly Caverzagie, MD, associate dean for educational strategy and learning environment for the UNMC College of Medicine

Pediatric Spanish immersion program graduates first student

Fellow Brooklyn Leitch, MD, is first graduate of the COM pediatric department’s innovative longitudinal individualized Spanish program

Jun 30, 2023

Brooklyn Leitch, MD, second from right, celebrates her completion of the ¡SÍ! program with, from left, Katherine MacKrell, MD, peds hospitalist; Brooke Seaton, pediatric hospital medicine fellowship program coordinator; Aleisha Nabower, MD, associate program director; Sheilah Snyder, MD, the program director for pediatric hospital medicine; and Shirley Delair, MD, UNMC College of Medicine associate dean of DEI.

Resident director of the month, July 2023

Laura Cudzilo, MD, is director of the OB/GYN residency.

Jun 30, 2023

Laura Cudzilo, MD

Resident of the month, July 2023

Ashley Hein, MD, is a resident in the UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology.

Jun 30, 2023

Ashley Hein, MD

COM employee of the month, July 2023

A finance and business operations administrator, Daniel Gomez works with the department of surgery.

Jun 30, 2023

Daniel Gomez

COM student of the month, July 2023

M4 Jacob Klein is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and Omaha’s Burke High School.

Jun 30, 2023

Jacob Klein

Accreditation, awards for Nebraska Public Health Laboratory

Following recognition by the College of American Pathologists, the lab took two awards at the APHL annual conference.

Jun 30, 2023

Staff of the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory