General Surgery

Video tour: Lauritzen Outpatient Center & Fritch Surgery Center

Video tour offers look inside new facility.

Feb 11, 2016

Lauritzen Outpatient Center & Fritch Surgery Center

Students receive grants for e-learning projects

Number of approved projects show interest is rising among faculty, staff.

Nov 10, 2015

Students who attended the E-Learning Awards ceremony last week.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Nov 6, 2015

New faculty spotlight: Tiffany Tanner, M.D.

New surgery faculty member loves making a difference in patients’ lives.

Oct 30, 2015

Tiffany Tanner, M.D.

UNMC, UNL research duo wins major award for surgical robot

Prestigious Game Changer Award goes to Drs. Oleynikov, Farritor

Oct 1, 2015

Shane Farritor, Ph.D. (left) and Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D.

Researchers present at military health symposium

Seven UNMC investigators presented on topics related to combat casualty care and rehabilitation of warfighters.

Sep 21, 2015

From left to right: Dong Wang, Ph.D; Marsha Morien; Yulong Li, M.D., Ph.D.; Valeriya Kettelhut, M.D., M.P.H.; Keely Buesing, M.D.; Marilynn Larson, M.D.; Joseph Siu, Ph.D.

WANTED Stents that work well for peripheral artery disease

a $3.5 million grant will help researchers understand why stents don’t work well for treating peripheral artery disease.

Aug 20, 2015

Stents of different designs used in peripheral artery disease are under study at UNMC.

Conference explores transgender care in the heartland

September’s GenderWorks conference will feature national speakers, local experts.

Aug 3, 2015

UNMC's Jean Amoura, M.D., associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, will be one of the speakers at the GenderWorks conference.

Team studying stents for peripheral artery disease with $3.5 million grant

Stents may work for many patients, but there is significant room for improvement as many patients require repeat procedures in as little as one or two years

Jul 13, 2015

Part of the research team at work: Right to left: Jason MacTaggart, M.D., Alexey Kamenskiy, Ph.D., and Paul Deegan, research associate and mechanical engineer.

Meet Outstanding Teacher Jon Thompson, M.D.

Professor enjoys watching students become confident surgeons.

Apr 15, 2015

Jon Thompson, M.D.