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Sep 25, 1997
Cancer is one those words that can make a person’s blood run cold at the moment it is spoken. It is even more unsettling when the disease strikes a child. The two largest grants received by the University of Nebraska Medical Center during the second quarter of 1997 will help fund research into a form […]
Sep 18, 1997
UNMC Opens First Primary Care Health Center in Iowa
University Medical Associates, the physician group for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has opened its first primary care health center in Iowa. UMA at Council Bluffs is located at 1751 Madison Ave. and provides internal and family medicine services. The facility opened Sept. 2. The public is invited to attend a free open house, […]
Sep 11, 1997
Three Nebraska universities are launching an all-out attack on diseases of the brain with the creation of a Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders. The purpose of the center, which was approved by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Sept. 5, is to combine clinical and basic research efforts in diseases of the […]
Sep 10, 1997
First UNMC Clinic Run By Students To Provide Care for Needy South Omaha Families
Needy South Omaha families now have a new option for their health-care needs, as medical and nursing students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center have started a clinic in South Omaha to provide quality, low-cost health care to families in need. The clinic, located in the South Omaha Neighborhood Association building at 5211 S. […]
Sep 9, 1997
Director of National Cancer Institute to Deliver Keynote Address at UNMC Cancer Symposium
Richard D. Klausner, M.D., director of the National Cancer Institute, will deliver the keynote address at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics Symposium in Omaha Friday, Sept. 12. The symposium will address new research and treatment in cancer and will be held on campus at the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater. The […]
Sep 8, 1997
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will hold free educational sessions on diabetes at four Nebraska sites during September, in conjunction with support group meetings of the American Diabetes Association. Open to the public, the sessions will be held in Grand Island, Gothenburg, Hastings and Kearney. “Diabetes Mellitus: An educational Update,” will be presented for […]
Sep 8, 1997
Richard D. Klausner, M.D., director of the National Cancer Institute, will deliver the keynote address at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics Symposium in Omaha Friday, Sept. 12. The symposium will address new research and treatment in cancer and will be held on campus at the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater. The […]
Sep 8, 1997
Perry J. Johnson, M.D., Joins UNMC as Plastic, Reconstructive Surgeon
Perry J. Johnson, M.D., a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, has joined the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s faculty as assistant professor in the department of surgery. He also has a faculty appointment with the Veterans Administration Medical Center. Dr. Johnson will perform a full range of plastic and reconstructive surgery, including correction of facial nerve […]
Aug 25, 1997
Thomas Cockayne, Ph.D., Assumes Post as Director Of the UNMC Center for Continuing Education
Thomas Cockayne Jr., Ph.D., has been appointed director of the Center for Continuing Education at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Prior to joining UNMC, Dr. Cockayne was the director of medical education for Aurora HealthCare, an integrated health-care delivery system headquartered in Milwaukee. Dr. Cockayne was responsible for fiscal and administrative management of graduate […]
Aug 25, 1997