InterCOM
Open forums set for two candidates for internal medicine chair
The search committee for the chair of the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine continues to be active and has advanced two candidates for consideration.
Nov 21, 2014
26 research awards bring in $8.2 million in new research funding, focus includes prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, heart failure, liver disease
Nov 21, 2014
Nov. 28 – Jan. 31 – UNMC Ice Rink will be open. Dec. 6 – Freezin’ for a Reason ice skating fund raiser for the Ronald McDonald House, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., UNMC Ice Rink. Dec. 8 – Science Café Lincoln, 7 p.m., Vega, 350 Canopy St., Suite 220, Kristin Rooney, M.D., obstetrics/gynecology, will […]
Nov 21, 2014
Hani Haider, Ph.D., professor in the department of orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation and director of the Biomechanics and Advanced Surgical Technology Laboratory, was presented the International Standards Organization (ISO) Committee Chairman’s Award at the 2014 ISO Annual Meeting in Seoul, South Korea. The award was given by John Goode of the United States Food and […]
Nov 21, 2014
UNMC develops clinical/academic affiliation with Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and its clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine, have entered into an agreement with Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital to provide physician and academic services at the new Madonna rehabilitation and long-term care hospital being built west of Village Pointe in Omaha.
Nov 21, 2014
Groundbreaking ceremony for new ambulatory center
The Lauritzen Outpatient Center & Fritch Surgery Center will become a “game changer” in providing a new standard of care for patients.
Nov 21, 2014
Heroic efforts couldn’t alter Ebola outcome
Martin Salia, M.D., passed away early Monday morning despite what UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., described as “truly heroic efforts” on the part of his health care team at Nebraska Medicine-Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC.
Nov 21, 2014
Researchers to tackle barriers of electronic health records with $2.5 grant
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a $2.5 million grant to make the electronic health record (EHR) more useful for health professionals and safer for patients.
Nov 21, 2014
UNMC studying new drug for people with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease
The University of Nebraska Medical Center is participating in a new, national, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) clinical research study evaluating the potential benefits of an investigational medicine when taken by people with mild-to-moderate AD who are already being treated with donepezil (Aricept).
Nov 21, 2014
Fred Paustian, M.D., pioneering gastroenterologist at UNMC, dies at age 87
Fred Paustian, M.D., a pioneering physician in gastroenterology who helped build UNMC into the powerhouse that it is today, died Nov. 5 in Omaha after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 87.
Nov 21, 2014