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Board of Regents approves appointment of Dr. Jeffrey Gold as new UNMC chancellor

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has approved the appointment of Dr. Jeffrey Gold as the new chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Dec 18, 2013

Dr. Jeffrey Gold

OneTeam forums to be held in early January

Editor's note: Here's a OneTeam update from Dr. Brad Britigan, clinical enterprise president, and William Dinsmoor, clinical enterprise CEO. We wanted to share a short message to keep you posted on everything that’s happening with OneTeam. As you may remember, we had hoped to hold  employee and physician forums for everyone across the enterprise this […]

Dec 18, 2013

Dr. Vose elected president of ASCO

UNMC’s Julie Vose, M.D., has been elected president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) for a one-year term beginning in June 2015. Dr. Vose will take office as president-elect during the ASCO annual meeting in Chicago in June 2014.

Dec 18, 2013

Julie Vose, M.D.

UNMC Eye Institute unveils two-story wall mural celebrating ‘Gift of Sight’

UNMC faculty and staff are encouraged to stop by the Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute and check out the “The Gift of Sight,” a roughly 13′ x 21′ mural designed to recognize vision-saving efforts throughout the world.

Dec 18, 2013

Division Profile: Internal Medicine Rheumatology

Chief: James O’Dell, M.D.

Administrator: Lisa Hinson, M.P.A.

Division Personnel:

Faculty: 10 (8 M.D., 2 Ph.D.)
Staff: 14
Fellows: 4

Dec 18, 2013

James O'Dell, M.D.

A message from the dean

It’s a problem that nearly every medical school in the country is facing – the growth of the number of residency slots has not kept pace with the increasing number of students graduating from the nation’s medical and osteopathic schools.

Nov 14, 2013

UNMC skating event to help support Ronald McDonald House

The University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Ronald McDonald House Charities in Omaha will present Freezin’ for a Reason on Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the UNMC Ice Rink, 42nd Street between Emile and Dewey.

Nov 13, 2013

Division Profile: Internal Medicine – Infectious Diseases

Chief: Mark E. Rupp, M.D.

Personnel:
Faculty-12, fellows-2, mid-level practitioners-6, research & administrative personnel-19

Nov 13, 2013

Mark E. Rupp, M.D.

Crews begin excavation on Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Excavation work is underway and expected to last through the end of December on the future site of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Nov 13, 2013

Photo by Pete Iwen, Ph.D.

Global relations director hired for Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Although there are no bricks and mortar as yet, plenty is happening on the new Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Mike Boyer has been hired as director of global relations.

Nov 13, 2013

Mike Boyer
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