InterCOM
A message from the dean
UNMC offers a great medical education.
That message came through loud and clear as I met with some of our College of Medicine alumni last week in Arizona as part of a series of events coordinated by the University of Nebraska Alumni Association and the University of Nebraska Foundation.
Feb 18, 2014
Search committee formed for internal medicine chair
The search committee for the new chair of the department of internal medicine has been announced by Bradley Britigan, M.D., dean of the College of Medicine.
Feb 18, 2014
Med student joins program to provide surgical care to poor countries
Eric Nagengast, a UNMC medical student, is working in the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) at Harvard Medical School. The program works to provide surgical care for low income countries.
Jan 24, 2014
News briefs
The Nebraska Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation raised nearly $1.14 million in 2013 thanks in large part to combined events, new donors and increased momentum for the organization.
Jan 24, 2014
Dr. Caverzagie named associate dean for educational strategy
New position created to seek better ways of educating medical students, residents
Kelly Caverzagie, M.D., associate vice chair for quality and physician competence in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, has been appointed associate dean for educational strategy for the College of Medicine.
Jan 23, 2014
New advisory board named for clinical enterprise
Will oversee The Nebraska Medical Center, UNMC Physicians, Bellevue Medical Center
Three connected but administratively separate organizations – The Nebraska Medical Center, UNMC Physicians and Bellevue Medical Center – are becoming one enterprise, and a new advisory board has been created to provide advice, support and eventually oversight.
Jan 23, 2014
New clinical enterprise leadership announced
Clinical enterprise president Bradley Britigan, M.D., and CEO Bill Dinsmoor announced the new executive leadership structure for the organization during a series of forums earlier this month. Both said the new leadership structure is built for the future of health care reform.
Jan 23, 2014
Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center – Construction update; style guide available
Excavation work is well under way and the footprint of the new Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center is starting to take shape.
The following notifications will be posted as changes occur, and we ask that you mention these updates to your colleagues.
Jan 23, 2014
Research highlights
Javeed Iqbal, Ph.D., pathology and microbiology, received a three-year, $600,000 grant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to study somatic mutations and epimutations in peripheral T-cell lymphoma
Jan 23, 2014
Industry-sponsored grants
Uriel Sandkovsky, M.D., internal medicine – infectious diseases, for a study comparing the safety and effectiveness of a new antiviral single dose combination given once daily with conventional antiviral combination therapies in HIV-1, ART naïve women. Dr. Sandkovsky will lead the sole Nebraska site for this study which is currently recruiting participants.
Jan 23, 2014
