Surgery
New Investigator: Keely Buesing, M.D.
Dr. Buesing’s research deals with oxygenated microbubbles.
Jan 24, 2018
![Keely Buesing, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Buesing0124.jpg)
New Investigator: Jason MacTaggart, M.D.
Dr. MacTaggart’s research focus is on vascular disease and bleeding.
Jan 17, 2018
![Jason MacTaggart, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Mactaggart0117.jpg)
Med center verified as only Level 1 trauma center in state
Nebraska Medical Center started process more than three years ago to achieve gold standard of care.
Nov 29, 2017
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Dr. Suh named emerging inventor at Innovation Awards
Technology developed by co-inventors Mark Carlson, M.D., Jingwei Xie, Ph.D., and Shixuan Chen, Ph.D., named Most Promising New Invention.
Nov 15, 2017
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Nanofiber sutures may prevent surgical site infections
Jingwei Xie, Ph.D., has been awarded $1.3 million NIH grant to determine if vitamin D can produce infection-fighting peptide.
Oct 27, 2017
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Youth violence prevention program to expand
A $315,000 grant enables the innovative program to expand to eight weeks.
Oct 25, 2017
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Exhibit on African American surgeons opens today
Hassan Tetteh, M.D., will speak on campus later this month in conjunction with McGoogan Library’s presentation of “Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons.”
Sep 14, 2017
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New inpatient trauma unit now open
Renovation work has finished on Clarkson Tower’s 9th floor and the new 9Trauma unit there is now open.
Aug 22, 2017
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New faculty spotlight: Nitin Garg, M.B.B.S.
Dr. Garg joins surgery as an associate professor.
Aug 11, 2017
![Nitin Garg, M.B.B.S.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Garg0807.jpg)
Fourteen retirements announced between May and September, including Sherry Cherek of the College of Public Health.
Jun 30, 2017
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