Press Release

UNMC symposium examines adults who survived childhood heart defects

Years ago, children with congenital heart defects often didn’t survive into adulthood.   Now, with new pediatric surgical techniques perfected over the past 50 years, about 90 percent live to be adults.   Despite corrective surgery, it is important for adults with congenital heart defects to have regular follow-up care with cardiologists familiar with the […]

Jan 31, 2007

UNMC College of Nursing professor appointed to federal agency charged with improving health care quality in U.S.

Rita Snyder, Ph.D., associate professor, UNMC College of Nursing, has been appointed to a three-year term with the lead federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care in the United States.   Dr. Snyder, UNMC College of Nursing associate professor, was appointed to the Healthcare Quality and Effectiveness Research […]

Jan 31, 2007

UNMC College of Pharmacy students earn dean’s list honors for Fall 2006

Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy were named to the Fall 2006 dean’s list. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must place in the top 20 percent of their class and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The students that qualified for this distinction are listed […]

Jan 29, 2007

UNMC College of Dentistry to provide $100,000 in services during one-day Children’s Dental Day event Friday, Feb. 2

February is Children’s Dental Health Month The UNMC College of Dentistry celebrates with its annual Children’s Dental Day event expecting to draw 220 kids from seven Nebraska communities The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry plans to provide $100,000 in services to needy children at its 11th annual Children’s Dental Day on Friday, […]

Jan 29, 2007

Low Vision House to be constructed at UNMC to help visually impaired individuals

Construction will begin this spring on a $1.2 million Center for Visual Rehabilitation on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus. The center, which was approved earlier this month by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, will be the only non-profit provider of comprehensive visual rehabilitation services for children and adults in the region. […]

Jan 29, 2007

Dr. Muelleman to chair UNMC’s new emergency medicine department

Robert Muelleman, M.D., has been named chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s new emergency medicine department, which gained official designation as a new department on Jan. 1.   Dr. Muelleman, a 1984 UNMC College of Medicine graduate, has served as chief of the UNMC section of emergency medicine since 1998.   “Dr. Muelleman […]

Jan 26, 2007

Stephen Rennard, M.D., receives 2006 Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Pulmonology award

Stephen Rennard, M.D., one of the world’s leading experts in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is one of 10 recipients in the country to be selected for the 2006 Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Pulmonology Award. Dr. Rennard, Larson Professor of Medicine, UNMC Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, will travel in March to the University of […]

Jan 25, 2007

UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute Feb. 18 ‘Walk & Roll for Disabilities;’ to benefit adults with developmental disabilities

The University of Nebraska Medical Center Munroe-Meyer Institute and the C. Louis Meyer Foundation invite the public to participate in its third annual “Walk & Roll for Disabilities.” The event will be held inside Westroads Mall, on Sunday, Feb. 18.   Registration cost is $15 per person and includes a T-shirt, refreshments and entertainment. Door prizes […]

Jan 22, 2007

UNMC College of Public Health now fully operational with new faculty being recruited, programs being developed

 College of Public Health Web site: http://www.unmc.edu/publichealth Click here to watch the press conference. Less than six months after it was approved by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is now fully operational. The announcement was made today at a news conference […]

Jan 18, 2007

UNMC introduces first Web-based personal health record for students

The University of Nebraska Medical Center announced plans today for what is believed to be the first time an academic organization has established a Web-based Personal Health Record (PHR) program for all its students. In contrast with medical records that are owned by doctors or hospitals, a PHR is owned by the patient and is […]

Jan 12, 2007