Press Release
UNMC Faculty, Students, Staff Receive Awards at Professionals’ Day
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry students, faculty and staff received honors and awards during the colleges 15th Annual Professionals Day on Friday, March 16. The event celebrates scholarly activities and provides students, faculty and the dental community an opportunity to share professional and academic activities. Student Honors Thirty-nine students were recognized for […]
Mar 23, 2001
117 UNMC Medical Students Receive Residency Training Assignments Through Match Day Program
A total of 117 senior medical school students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine have received their residency assignments through the National Senior Match Day program. Senior Match Day is an annual event held at the exact same time at UNMC and other U.S. medical schools. Residencies generally last from three […]
Mar 23, 2001
There are shortages of mental health practitioners in 87 of Nebraska’s 93 counties
Munroe-Meyer Institute Responds to Pediatric Mental Health Needs in Rural Nebraska If two adolescents in Nebraska are having mental health-related problems — for example, behavior disorders, anxiety disorders, adolescent depression, attention deficit disorders — and one youth is from Omaha, while the other from Greater Nebraska, which youth has the greater access to the professional […]
Mar 22, 2001
UNMC Medical Technology Division is University-wide Department of the Year
Virtually every conceivable bodily fluid or substance sent to a laboratory for analysis will be processed by a medical technologist. Whether looking for the AIDS virus, leukemia, blood type for a simple transfusion or tissue match for a transplant, the med techs run the tests, analyze the data and hover over the microscopes trying to […]
Mar 21, 2001
UNMC/NHS Receives Approval to Begin Performing Computer-Assisted Chest Surgery Using da Vinci Surgical System The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System will begin performing some chest surgeries using its computerized da Vinci Surgical System. Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of Intuitive Surgical, Inc.s da […]
Mar 19, 2001
Available to anyone in Nebraska with Satellite Downlink Capability
UNMC, Partners Across Nebraska Sponsor Free April Mini-Medical School Series; Genes & Chips: Combining New Science, New Technology for a Healthier Tomorrow The University of Nebraska Medical Center invites the public to its free April Mini-Medical School series titled, Genes & Chips: Combining New Science, New Technology for a Healthier Tomorrow. The series will show […]
Mar 19, 2001
Jeffrey Payne, D.D.S. Appointed to UNMC College of Dentistry’s First Endowed Chair
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry faculty member, Jeffrey B. Payne, D.D.S., of Lincoln, today was named the first recipient of the F. Gene and Rosemary Dixon Chair in Dentistry. The prestigious chair appointment was announced at the UNMC College of Dentistrys 15th Annual Professionals Day in Lincoln. The Dixons, long-time contributors to […]
Mar 16, 2001
A full-length reading of the play, Wit, by members of Omahas Blue Barn Theater, will be held Tuesday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the Omaha Community Playhouse. This performance is sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center Alumni Association, the UNMC Professionalism Committee and the Wit Education Initiative. Three UNMC faculty members will […]
Mar 16, 2001
Leading International Liver Expert Named Chairman of Department of Internal Medicine
John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D. an internationally acclaimed expert in liver disease has been named professor and chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine, the largest department of the UNMC College of Medicine. The appointment, which is subject to approval of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, would be effective July 1. The announcement was […]
Mar 14, 2001
Munroe-Meyer Institute Responds to Pediatric Mental Health Needs in Rural Nebraska
If two adolescents in Nebraska are having mental health-related problems — for example, behavior disorders, anxiety disorders, adolescent depression, attention deficit disorders — and one youth is from Omaha, while the other from outstate, which kid has the greater access to the professional resources necessary to handle such issues? Up to now, the answer would […]
Mar 14, 2001