Press Release
UNMC Med Student Theresa Spitzer to be Coordinator of SHARING Clinic’s New STD/AIDS Program
The SHARING (Student Health Alliance Reaching Indigent Needy Groups) Clinic is one of few clinics nationally that combine service to the underserved with an opportunity for students to learn. In May, Theresa Spitzer, an African-American an arising second-year medical student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will become coordinator of volunteer services at a […]
Apr 17, 2001
Carol Pullen, Ed.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center assistant dean of rural nursing education, normally finds herself teaching in front of audiences of student nurses. On March 26, she presented at a forum before a group of her nursing peers and Congressional legislative aides in Washington, D.C. Dr. Pullen was one of four chosen nationally […]
Apr 5, 2001
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing invites nurses interested in earning bachelors or a masters degrees as a family nurse practitioner, to attend informational sessions in Beatrice, May 2. The sessions will include information about ways to earn a degree with greater flexibility through Internet-based and other distance education. Sessions will be […]
Apr 5, 2001
Four UNMC Faculty Members in Omaha, Lincoln Honored for Outstanding Teaching
Four University of Nebraska Medical Center faculty members recently were selected as UNMCs Outstanding Teachers for 2001. The four teachers are: Richard MacDonald, Ph.D. and Warren Stinson, Ph.D., both College of Medicine; Donald Cohen, D.M.D., College of Dentistry in Lincoln; and Eric Scholar, Ph.D., College of Pharmacy. Dr. MacDonald, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular […]
Apr 5, 2001
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center is part of network:
NCCN and ACS Release First-Ever Patient Guidelines for Cancer Pain Management About one-third of the cancer patients in the U.S. suffer from significant pain. Pain can affect a patient in many ways. It can cause a reduction in activity, prevent sleep and inhibit eating. Pain also can make a patient feel afraid and depressed. Today, […]
Apr 3, 2001
Salem Baptist Church Hosts 2001 Family Health Fair
Salem Baptist Church is the host location for the 2001 Family Health Fair. The fair is sponsored by a collaboration of physicians, nurses, medical students, human service agencies and community organizations, as well as the Salem Baptist Church health ministry. The health fair is Saturday, April 7, from 8:00 a.m. to noon, at the Salem […]
Apr 3, 2001
John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D., to lead UNMC Department of Internal Medicine
John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D., the individual who has led the department of internal medicine the past two years, has been named dean of the UNMC College of Medicine. The appointment, which is subject to approval of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, would be effective Dec. 15. The announcement was made today by UNMC […]
Apr 1, 2001
Child Development Therapy Enhanced by Indoor Playground Renovation at MMI
Childs play. The very phrase implies an image of innocence, safety, and joyful recreation — and for most children that is just the case. But childs play for developmentally challenged children is so much more its an analytical exercise and teaching opportunity between child and recreational specialist. A new high-tech safety floor in the Munroe-Meyer […]
Mar 29, 2001
Two faculty members at the University of Nebraska Medical Center recently were named to new positions. Gerald Groggel, M.D., associate professor in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, has been named section chief of nephrology. Nephrology focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of the kidney. Michael Hammeke, M.D., an associate professor in the UNMC Department […]
Mar 26, 2001
Pierre Fayad, M.D., will start April 1:
Stroke Expert from Yale University Named Chairman of UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences Pierre Fayad, M.D., an expert in stroke and neurovascular disease at Yale University, has been named Reynolds Centennial Professor and Chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Neurological Sciences. The appointment, which is effective April 1, is subject to […]
Mar 23, 2001