InterCOM
We were pleased this month when the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the establishment of a department of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) within the College of Medicine. Our next step in the process of creating the new department will come on August 20 when we will seek approval of the Coordinating Commission […]
Jun 29, 2015
Kristen Baus, M.D., assistant professor, psychiatry Ronald Zolty, M.D., Ph.D., professor, internal medicine-cardiology
Jun 29, 2015
UNMC College of Medicine faculty received 10 grant awards representing $1.9 million in new funding during the month of April.
Jun 26, 2015
COM student of the month | Meet Jose Morales
Editor’s Note: Each month, InterCOM will highlight a “Student of the Month” from the College of Medicine. Students will be featured for their participation in activities outside of medical school and for making a difference in the community. The goal is to recognize students for what they are doing and to encourage other students to get […]
Jun 25, 2015
Profile: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chair — Carl V. Smith, M.D., The Distinguished Chris J. and Marie A. Olson Professor of Clinical Investigation in Obstetrics and Gynecology; president, Olson Center for Women’s Health Advisory Committee Department Leadership: Teresa Berg, M.D. – The McGoogan Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; director, maternal-fetal medicine; medical director – Prenatal Diagnostic Center; medical director, obstetrics […]
Jun 25, 2015
Smoking hookah like kissing someone with the flu?
By Michael Huckabee, Ph.D., professor and director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Physician Assistant Education. Dr. Huckabee has more than 30 years’ experience as a physician assistant, mostly in rural Nebraska. It's not just another craze. The hookah pipe is becoming mainstream among college students and young adults. Some older adults […]
Jun 25, 2015
July 1 – School of Allied Health Professions becomes the College of Allied Health Professions. July 11 – Owl Ride, Omaha's nighttime urban cycling adventure, starts at 10 p.m. at Lewis and Clark Landing on Omaha's riverfront and follows a 17-mile course through downtown, Midtown, Dundee, Aksarben, Field Club and the Old Market, with […]
Jun 25, 2015
UNMC graduate receives Jacobson Innovation Award A 1974 graduate of the UNMC College of Medicine, Joseph Vacanti, M.D., received the 21st Jacobson Innovation Award from the American College of Surgeons at a June 5 dinner in Chicago. Dr. Vacanti was recognized for his groundbreaking work in the field of tissue engineering over the past 30 […]
Jun 25, 2015
Name/title: Selaba Travis/office associate II Hometown: Aurora/Denver, Colo. Talk about your job and what you like best about it: I have a "working title" of research program associate that was given to me to be a little more descriptive of my area of work. The job has turned out to be a job with a […]
Jun 25, 2015
It’s said to be what makes a man but also what disgusts a woman. In the last century, spitting was as common as waving to a friend, now it’s as repulsive to some (and illegal) as urinating in public. Its popularity has ridden the wave of culture, a wave that’s now crashing into the rocks.
May 28, 2015