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Madonna to open new hospital in Omaha

New hospital will have close ties to UNMC, Nebraska Medicine.

Mar 8, 2016

Remembering: Michael Brattain, Ph.D.

Colleagues mourn passing of nationally recognized leader in cancer research.

Mar 8, 2016

Oman group explores collaboration with med center

Members of delegation will give presentation at noon today.

Mar 3, 2016

Virtual Incision mini-robots conduct first known human surgery

UNMC’s Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D., teams with UNL’s Shane Farritor, Ph.D., for miniaturized robotically assisted surgery.

Mar 1, 2016

New HSRA PhD Emphasis in Academic Family Medicine Approved

A new emphasis in Family Medicine has been approved. The emphasis is designed to train leaders in family medicine and health care administrators to aid with the development of the primary care system in China.

Feb 29, 2016

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.