InterCOM

Ebola team shines in prestigious medical journal

Angela Hewlett, M.D., among authors of New England Journal of Medicine article on Ebola.

Feb 25, 2016

Dr. Langnas honored for mentorship by ASTS

Alan Langnas, D.O., recognized by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Feb 24, 2016

Alan Langnas, D.O.

Water damage results from DRC fire on Feb. 11

Fire results in limited damage on some floors.

Feb 19, 2016

A message from the dean

Dr. Samuel Bierner will be the founding chair of the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Creation and future success of this new department is the result of a very strong collaboration with the nationally recognized rehabilitation program at Madonna, and it will utilize the new Madonna facility near 180th and Burt streets.

Feb 19, 2016

Architect's rendering of the 120-bed Madonna facility being built near 180th and Burt Streets in Omaha.

Former UNMC anesthesiology chair, John Tinker, M.D., dies at age 74

John Tinker, M.D., professor and chair of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology from 1997-2008, died Feb. 17 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. He was 74. A funeral service will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday at Rasmusson-Bacon Funeral Home, 1418 Fawcett Parkway, in Nevada, […]

Feb 19, 2016

John Tinker, M.D.

Dr. Ernest named state EMS medical director

Emergency Medicine’s Eric Ernest, M.D., a former paramedic, will work with stakeholders throughout the state to improve services.

Feb 18, 2016

News briefs

UNMC students, residents, fellows and faculty gain access to continuing education content from BoardVitals.

Feb 18, 2016

Department Profile — Orthopaedic Surgery

The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, chaired by Kevin L. Garvin, M.D., includes 85 employees and four collaborative research programs.

Feb 18, 2016

Coming events

The next month brings exciting changes and events, including the Emile Street skywalk opening Feb. 29; a presentation by Thomas Nasca, M.D., CEO of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, on competency-based education on March 10; and Match Day on March 18.

Feb 18, 2016

Research Highlights

UNMC College of Medicine faculty received 14 grant awards representing more than $2 million in new funding in December, including a $500,000 award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to Irving Zucker, Ph.D.

Feb 18, 2016

Irving Zucker, Ph.D.