Press Release

Emergency medicine residency formed at UNMC

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has formed a residency program in emergency medicine, and the new program should benefit the emergency care of citizens across Nebraska and the region. The first six physicians of the UNMC Emergency Medicine Residency Program will begin their three-year residencies in July 2004. Physicians complete residencies, or advanced training […]

Jan 1, 1997

Lexington resident, Sarah Svoboda elected as UNMC Student Senate President/Student Regent

Sarah Svoboda of Lexington, Neb., has been elected Student Senate president/student regent at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Svoboda, a third-year medical student, will begin her one-year term in January. Svoboda is the daughter of Robert and Gwen Batcher of Lexington. She is married to Darrell Svoboda of Lexington, also a third-year […]

Dec 27, 1996

Byers W. Shaw, Jr., M.D. Named Chairman of UNMC Department of Surgery

A Kenyon College graduate (A.B., 1972), Byers W. Shaw Jr., M.D. has been named chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center department of surgery in Omaha. Dr. Shaw, 46, has served as chief of transplantation since joining the UNMC faculty in 1985. An Ohio native, Dr. Shaw earned his medical degree from Case Western […]

Dec 23, 1996

UNMC Receives Board of Regents Approval of Three-Story Genetics Lab Addition

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has received approval from the Board of Regents for a three-story, 35,000-square-foot addition that would centralize genetics research at UNMC. The addition will be built directly north of the existing Hattie B. Munroe Pavilion located at 45th and Dewey Avenue on the UNMC campus. Construction will be funded by […]

Nov 8, 1996