Press Release
Walk & Roll for Disabilities set for March 1 at Oak View Mall
Event supports recreation program for adults with developmental disabilities
Feb 16, 2015
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Debra Romberger, M.D., named internal medicine chair for UNMC
25-year UNMC physician selected to manage largest department in College of Medicine
Feb 13, 2015
![Debra Romberger, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/romberger1.jpg)
UNMC, Nebraska Medicine leaders invited to White House for Ebola recognition
Event will highlight how U.S. worked to support international response to the virus
Feb 10, 2015
![From left-right – Phil Smith, M.D., Angela Hewlett, M.D., and Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/SmithHewlettGold.jpg)
Funeral service for Warren Sanger, Ph.D., set for today
Dr. Sanger was born and raised in Franklin, Neb., and was a resident of Ashland.
Feb 9, 2015
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UNMC, UNL receive additional $2.8 million from U.S. Army for robotic telesurgery
The robots could enable a surgeon in a remote battlefield area to perform complex, lifesaving surgery with the aid of an expert surgeon potentially thousands of miles away.
Feb 6, 2015
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‘Revolutionary’ model addresses funding shortfall for training physicians
An algorithmic model helps determine where best to distribute GME funds
Feb 5, 2015
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Nebraska Science Festival to release free tickets Feb. 18 for storm chaser
Free tickets to be released online on first-come, first-served basis
Feb 4, 2015
![Reed Timmer](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Reed_Timmer_photo.jpg)
UNMC partners with other organizations to show how Medicaid helps families
Narrative photo series highlights five families helped by Medicaid
Feb 3, 2015
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UNMC, Cass County partner to form new paramedic response program
Across Nebraska, approximately 430 licensed ambulance services provide life-saving emergency medical care at a moment's notice. In most rural communities it is volunteers, who are trained in basic life support, that fill the role of emergency responders. And it’s those first responders who have the biggest impact on a person in crisis, said Eric Ernest, M.D., assistant […]
Feb 2, 2015
![Eric Ernest, M.D., EMT-P](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Eric_Ernest_0007_1.jpg)
Biofuels is topic of Feb. 10 Omaha Science Cafe
Scott Williams, Ph.D., managing director of the Omaha Biofuels Cooperative, will present “Biofuels: From Used Cooking Oil to our Fuel Tanks and Beyond,” at the next Omaha Science Café to be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 10 at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. Dr. Williams co-founded Omaha Biofuels Cooperative with his twin brother, […]
Feb 2, 2015