Press Release
Physician/Scientist Leader in Development of New Cancer Drugs to Speak at Carol Bell Lectureship at UNMC on Sept. 7
Bruce Chabner, M.D., will deliver the third Carol Bell Lectureship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center on Sept. 7. Dr. Chabner is director of the Clinical Cancer Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, the teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School, in Boston and chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Chabner was formerly the director […]
Sep 4, 2000
HHS grant will provide more than $4 million of support over next four years
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center Earns Clinical Cancer Center Designation The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Eppley Cancer Center has earned the clinical cancer center designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This designation recognizes that the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center has strong cancer research programs in both basic sciences as well as clinical research on […]
Aug 29, 2000
UNMC Researchers Involved in Studying Implantable Device That May Become the First New Type of Treatment for Depression in 50 Years
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychiatry are involved in a nationwide study that could become the first new treatment for depression in 50 years. Out of more than 100 sites that applied to participate in the study, UNMC was one of 20 centers selected to test the safety and effectiveness […]
Aug 29, 2000
Physician Office Compliance to be Discussed
UNMC, Kutak Rock Offer October Legal Seminar The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Kutak Rock is sponsoring its Ninth Annual Healthcare Law Institute titled “Physician Office Compliance in a Changing Environment,” Friday, Oct. 6. Physicians, risk mangers and health care administrators are invited to attend the one-day conference at the W.H. Thompson Alumni Center […]
Aug 29, 2000
Program Available Nationwide
UNMC/NHS Creates Medical Vocabulary for Computers, Clinicians Several years ago, clinicians and computers didn’t speak the same language. Today, they can because of a multi-year effort by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System to identify, clarify and code existing medical terminology into a language understood by man and machine. IDX Systems […]
Aug 29, 2000
Donation will go toward Research Center of Excellence:
UNMC Receives Second Major Gift from Durham; New Research Center To Be Named in his Honor Omaha philanthropist Charles (Chuck) Durham, chairman of the Durham Foundation, has made a major donation to the University of Nebraska Medical Center believed to be the largest single gift ever received by that institution. This marks the second major […]
Aug 26, 2000
Ralston Man Praises Procedure
UNMC Completes First Surgery Using Robotic Equipment The University of Nebraska Medical Center last week successfully completed its first abdominal surgery using its new robotic surgical equipment. Ranjan Sudan, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, and Debra Sudan, M.D., associate professor of surgery, were co-surgeons on the Aug. 18 bowel resection surgery at Nebraska Health System […]
Aug 22, 2000
Ralston Man Praises Procedure
UNMC/NHS Completes First Surgery Using Robotic Equipment The University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Health System last week successfully completed its first abdominal surgery using its new robotic surgical equipment. Ranjan Sudan, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, and Debra Sudan, M.D., associate professor of surgery, were co-surgeons on the Aug. 18 bowel resection […]
Aug 22, 2000
Ralston Man Praises Procedure
UNMC/NHS Complete First Surgery Using Robotic Equipment The University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Health System last week successfully completed its first abdominal surgery using its new robotic surgical equipment. Ranjan Sudan, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, and Debra Sudan, M.D., associate professor of surgery, were co-surgeons on the Aug. 18 bowel resection […]
Aug 22, 2000
Ralston Man Praises Procedure
UNMC Completes First Surgery Using Robotic Equipment The University of Nebraska Medical Center last week successfully completed its first abdominal surgery using its new robotic surgical equipment. Ranjan Sudan, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, and Debra Sudan, M.D., associate professor of surgery, were co-surgeons on the Aug. 18 bowel resection surgery at Nebraska Health System […]
Aug 22, 2000