InterCOM
Dr. Berg named director of maternal-fetal medicine
Teresa Berg, M.D., has been named the director for the division of maternal-fetal medicine in the department of obstetrics and gynecology. She takes over for Paul Tomich, M.D., who held the position for 11 years. “The division of maternal and fetal medicine is fortunate to have Dr. Berg as its new director,” said Carl Smith, […]
Sep 4, 2013
News Briefs
Ernest Prentice, Ph.D. Ernest Prentice, Ph.D., genetics, cell biology & anatomy and associate vice chancellor of academic affairs, was elected chair of the University of Miami (UM) Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Executive Advisory Board (EAB). The CITI Program provides online research ethics education to UNMC and 2,000 other institutions, including 230 international sites in 42 […]
Sep 4, 2013
UNMC designated as endoscopic surgery testing center
UNMC is one of the first three centers in the country to be designated as a testing center for the Fundamentals of Endoscopic SurgeryTM (FES) program, a comprehensive educational and assessment tool designed to teach and evaluate the fundamental knowledge, clinical judgment and technical skills required in the performance of basic gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopic surgery (endoscopy).
Sep 4, 2013
Dr. Liu receives award for academic innovation
Howard Liu, M.D., psychiatry, has been recognized with the 2013 Innovations Award from the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP). Dr. Liu and his collaborator, Martin Klapheke, M.D., professor of psychiatry at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, received the award for their Clinical Simulation Initiative, a project that […]
Sep 4, 2013
New faculty
Nineteen new faculty have joined the College of Medicine. The new additions include one associate professor, 16 assistant professors and two instructors. Here’s a list of new appointments by position and department: Carlos Villanueva, M.D., assistant professor, surgery-urologic surgery Amy Cutright, M.D., assistant professor, emergency medicine Kishor Bhakat, Ph.D., associate professor, genetics, cell biology & […]
Sep 4, 2013
Construction Update – Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Swanson Hall demolition nears completion, design development continues The interior demolition of Swanson Hall is now complete and exterior demolition is underway. With an estimated 12,000 tons of material, it will take more than 1,100 truckloads to haul the debris away. During this phase, excavators carefully separate materials such as concrete and steel for recycling. […]
Sep 4, 2013
UNMC coordinating $12.2 million study on abdominal aortic aneurysms
Will investigate low-cost antibiotic to determine if it can inhibit enzymes that cause aneurysms When diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm, all most people can do is worry, watch and wait. Timothy Baxter, M.D., professor of surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has compared it to being forced to live with the ticking […]
Sep 4, 2013
OneTeam initiative – Setting the foundation for effective enterprise leadership
Editor’s Note: The medical center has hired Deloitte to provide consulting services in an effort to better integrate and coordinate the activities and planning of our clinical enterprise. Each week, the group leading this effort, deemed OneTeam, will send out a newsletter updating progress on the initiative. Here is the July 15 update. In the […]
Jul 12, 2013
Research highlights
Several new research awards representing more than $2.2 million in new funding were received by College of Medicine faculty during the month of May. They included: Cyrus Desouza, M.D., internal medicine-diabetes, endocrinology & metabolism, will be the UNMC lead for a National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) funded […]
Jul 12, 2013
A message from the dean
UNMC takes great pride in its 500-mile wide campus which spans the state of Nebraska from Omaha to Scottsbluff. But, given UNMC’s growing international presence, it might not be too long before we start calling it our 25,000-mile wide campus. It’s no secret that the world has become a smaller place. Thanks to the Internet […]
Jul 12, 2013
