College of Medicine
Dr. Lomneth discusses UNMC’s lightly embalmed cadavers
It’s a story that makes Carol Lomneth, Ph.D., smile. LifeNet technicians were able to save a life during an emergency with a new intubation technique they had recently learned and practiced on lightly embalmed cadavers in the UNMC Advanced Anatomy Lab.
Dec 7, 2011
Faculty needed to facilitate PBL
The College of Medicine again seeks faculty to serve as Problem-Based Learning (PBL) facilitators for the Spring 2012 semester.
Dec 7, 2011
Dr. Gordon, Alex Stowe and the Porsche
Alex Stowe was your typical teenager. He loved to watch sports, hang out with friends and attend school at Creighton Prep. But the summer before Alex’s senior year everything changed.
Dec 5, 2011
Dr. Britigan part of landmark antibiotic resistance study
College of Medicine Dean Bradley Britigan, M.D., was an author on a landmark study that has determined why bacteria are antibiotic resistant and how disrupting key bacterial functions could lead to more effective antibiotics.
Nov 30, 2011
UNMC team provides orthopaedic relief in Guatemala
As a UNMC team and other groups from North America performed 73 joint replacement surgeries during a recent health care mission in Guatemala, Kevin Garvin, M.D., was struck by the sheer toughness of the patients he encountered.
Nov 29, 2011
Clinical trial examines protein’s role in Alzheimer’s
UNMC is one of 20 sites across the country participating in a clinical research trial to determine whether an investigational medication reduces the amount of amyloid in the brain of those with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
Nov 21, 2011
UNMC dean part of landmark study looking at antibiotic resistant bacteria
Results could provide foundation for making antibiotics more effective A University of Nebraska Medical Center physician-scientist, Bradley Britigan, M.D., was one of the authors on a landmark study that has determined why bacteria are antibiotic resistant and how disrupting key bacterial functions could result in making antibiotics more effective. The study, which appears in […]
Nov 18, 2011
James O’Dell, M.D., named 2012 president of American College of Rheumatology
The American College of Rheumatology is an international professional medical society representing more than 8,000.
Nov 14, 2011
Dr. Zheng inspired by grandfather
Jialin Zheng, M.D., went to medical school at the behest of his grandfather, a famous local practitioner of Chinese traditional medicine.
“He said I could do great things particularly if I combined Chinese medicine with western medicine,” Dr. Zheng said.
Nov 11, 2011
UNMC helps bring family medicine to China
Traditionally, hospital receptionists — not primary care professionals — triage ailing patients in Chinese medical centers.
Nov 11, 2011
