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Department Profile – Division of Geriatric Medicine, Internal Medicine

Division Chair: Jane Potter, M.D.

Number of people in the division:
•UNMC employees: 8 faculty + 1 fellow + 14 staff = 23 total
•UNMC Physicians employees: 6 staff

Jan 23, 2014

Jane Potter, M.D.

UNMC physician serves as advisor to TV program

Fans of the televised drama “Nashville” may have been affected by the pregnancy storyline that Kimberly Williams-Paisley’s character, Peggy Kenter, underwent earlier this year — but they may not have known that some of the medical nuts and bolts behind that storyline were supplied by UNMC’s Paul Paulman, M.D., family medicine.

Jan 23, 2014

Paul Paulman, M.D.

UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s raises about $20,000

Amazingly, four skaters skate all 24 hours

The 4th annual UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s was highlighted by four skaters making it through all 24 hours on the ice.

Jan 23, 2014

Industry-sponsored contracts

The following industry-sponsored contracts also were received. Here is more information on clinical trials enrolling patients at UNMC.

Lori Maness-Harris, M.D., internal medicine – oncology/hematology, is the UNMC lead for a study on the effectiveness of a new antibody-drug conjugate that targets a cell surface marker on B-cell malignancies. Dr. Maness Harris will serve as the sole Nebraska site for this study, which is currently recruiting participants.

Dec 19, 2013

College of Medicine Student of the Month – Jenn Harney, third-year student

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 involved in the community. After all, medical school should be much more than studying.

Dec 18, 2013

Jenn Harney

Coming events

Jan. 10-11 – UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s – a 24-hour ice skating fund raising event for Parkinson’s research at UNMC at the UNMC Ice Rink.

Jan. 20 – Expected date when the office of the vice chancellor for research expects to finalize its list of Distinguished Scientists.

Jan. 24 – Board of Regents meeting.

Dec 18, 2013

A message from the dean

With 2014 just around the corner, it’s a good time to pause and reflect on the many exciting things that will be happening in the College of Medicine and UNMC in the new year.

Dec 18, 2013

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.