Press Release

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

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

96 Students Receive Diplomas At UNMC

  Diplomas will be conferred on 96 University of Nebraska Medical Center students this week.  The following is a list of graduates by college, degree and hometown: College of Nursing Post Masters Certificate in Nursing DES MOINES, IA — Catherine J. Reynolds Stevenson College of Pharmacy Doctor of Pharmacy LINCOLN — Ngoc Bich Chau School […]

Aug 8, 2000

Vaccine Against Viral Heart Disease Being Developed by UNMC Researchers

University of Nebraska Medical Center scientists have developed a prototype model for a vaccine against myocarditis, an often deadly form of heart disease, by genetically altering one of the very viruses that cause the disease. Myocarditis is an acute inflammation of the heart muscle that can be caused by specific viruses. The most common viruses […]

Aug 7, 2000

Effort Yields About $600,000 in 1999-2000

UNMC Makes Annual Commitment to Research Infrastructure The University of Nebraska Medical Center is assembling the building blocks that are essential to becoming a premier research institution. Most recently, the Chancellor’s Council approved a program to help develop and maintain an infrastructure that nurtures and enhances research activities. The innovative new approach calls for an […]

Aug 3, 2000

UNMC College of Dentistry Students First to Receive Forgivable Student Loans in Exchange for Rural Nebraska Practice Commitment

Nebraskans in 47 of 93 counties have limited access to dentists and those in 16 counties have no dentists in the county. In April, Gov. Mike Johanns signed into law LB 1115 that aims to reduce these shortages by providing financial incentives established by the Nebraska Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act. The bill […]

Aug 2, 2000

Volunteers Needed for UNMC Tour Program

Volunteers are needed to serve as docents for the University of Nebraska Medical Center Tour Program.  The position involves escorting groups to various locations on campus. From school-age children to state senators and foreign VIPs, more than 2,000 people visit UNMC each year to learn about its education, research, patient care and outreach programs.  Docents […]

Aug 1, 2000

Cultural Trip Included Lessons in Health Care, Spanish

UNMC Students Spent Summer in Latin America Nineteen University of Nebraska Medical Center students spent the summer studying community health care and Spanish in Guatemala. The four-week course, offered through UNMC’s International Studies and Programs, gave students the opportunity to learn about the delivery of health care in Central America by observing and shadowing at […]

Aug 1, 2000

UNMC College of Nursing Recognizes Gering Resident, Duane Schmutzer, for Nursing Teaching Excellence

The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing has selected Duane Schmutzer of Gering, as its 2000 recipient of the Rosalee C. Yeaworth Teaching Excellence Award. Schmutzer is an assistant professor of nursing at the UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff. Thirty-one nominations were received for this years award. Criteria for […]

Jul 31, 2000