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University ranks among world’s top 100 at earning patents

A new report ranks the University of Nebraska among the top 100 universities worldwide in earning U.S. patents to protect innovative research and discoveries.

Jul 13, 2018

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. The University of Nebraska is among the top 100 universities univiersities worldwide in earning U.S. patents, including the patent for the robotic surgical device designed by Drs. Oleynikov and Farritor.

COM resident program director of the month

Residency program director for oncology/hematology loves making music, training physicians of the future.

Jul 13, 2018

COM resident of the month

Second-year resident enjoys variety of patients that he encounters in family medicine.

Jul 13, 2018

Coming events

The UNMC campus is invited to attend a ribbon cutting for the EON Reality Virtual Reality Innovation Academy from 3-4:30 p.m. on July 25.

Jul 13, 2018

The ribbon cutting for the EON Reality Virtual Reality Innovation Academy will be from 3-4:30 p.m. on July 25.

New faculty

A total of 46 new faculty members have joined the College of Medicine. They include one professor, two associate professors, 27 assistant professor and 16 instructors.

Jul 13, 2018

Douglas Niemann, M.D., is a new radiologist at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine.

Research highlights

April and May were excellent months for UNMC College of Medicine investigators, as faculty received 38 grant awards representing more than $7.2 million in new funding.

Jul 13, 2018

Keely Buesing, M.D., received a $2.1 million grant from the Department of Defense to transform the military's care system for injured soldiers being transported to the hospital.

News briefs

Dr. Marcelin to conduct online chat on July 18 to discuss issues surrounding minorities in medicine.

Jul 13, 2018

Jasmine Marcelin, M.D.

T cell engineering breakthrough could lead to new cancer therapies

UNMC researchers among group whose new method is featured in the journal Nature.

Jul 12, 2018

UNMC researchers, Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, D.V.M., Ph.D., and Rolen Quadros, were instrumental in developing a cancer therapeutic breakthrough.

COM employee spotlight

Palliative care physician is inspired by strengths she witnesses daily in her patients, family members.

Jul 11, 2018

Dr. Meaghann Weaver with her daughter, Bravery.

COM student of the month

Being outside, exploring Omaha are passions of MD/PhD student.

Jul 11, 2018