College of Medicine

COM employee of the month

Lindsay Meyer is an admissions recruitment officer in the UNMC College of Medicine.

Aug 30, 2022

Lindsay Meyer

COM student of the month

Medical student Taoyuan (Tao) Beninato has a biochemistry degree and an adventurous palate.

Aug 30, 2022

Tao Beninato

Residency director of the month

William Thorell, MD, is director of the neurosurgery residency.

Aug 30, 2022

William Thorell, MD

White Coat Ceremony welcomes Class of 2026

College welcomes 134 new students at the annual event.

Aug 30, 2022

The UNMC College of Medicine welcomed 134 new students at the annual event.

Resident of the month

Brad Huff, MD, a Navy veteran, is in the emergency medicine residency program.

Aug 30, 2022

Brad Huff, his wife Whitnie, and their two hairless cats

White Coat Ceremonies mark a rite of passage

As UNMC’s new academic year begins, the events represent students’ first step into the health care professions.

Aug 29, 2022

The White Coat Ceremony for the UNMC College of Medicine was held Aug. 19 at the Orpheum Theater.

Robert Wigton, MD, and his UNMC legacy

Dr. Wigton, UNMC’s own Renaissance man, chronicled UNMC’s history even as he helped shape it.

Aug 24, 2022

Robert Wigton, MD

Neurocritical care unit is one of a kind in Nebraska

UNMC Division of Neurocritical Care aims to provide specialty care, cutting-edge education.

Aug 11, 2022

Neurocritical care team members include respiratory therapist Russ Sindelar, Darryl Gress, MD, nurse practitioners Tori Piercy and Kristi Jay and critical care nurse Emily Scahill.

New faculty spotlight: Ryan Jorgenson, MD

Dr. Jorgenson is an instructor and advanced emergency medicine ultrasonography fellow in the UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine.

Aug 10, 2022

Ryan Jorgenson, MD

Med students, Dr. Balasanova team to publish paper

The case study, published in The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders, an example of the positive effects of de-stigmatizing substance use disorder.

Aug 5, 2022

From left, Ben Johnson, Sean McDermott and Alëna Balasanova, MD
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