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Poison center celebrates 50 years of service
Fifty years and more than one million phone calls — this year marks a half-century of service for the Nebraska Regional Poison Center. Born under the leadership of two visionary physicians, Dr. Matilda McIntire and Dr. Carol Angle, the poison center has become a reliable resource and a mainstay for families across the region and beyond.
Apr 4, 2007
Medical center receives national nursing recognition
UNMC’s hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, is honored to receive the esteemed Magnet designation for extraordinary nursing care. The achievement, as determined by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®, is widely viewed as the “gold standard” in the nursing profession. It is also one of the highest levels of recognition a medical center can achieve.
Apr 3, 2007
Dr. Ingram suggests dietary approach to ease seasonal allergies
Runny nose? Itchy, watery eyes? Spring is in the air, literally. And while many turn to over-the-counter and prescription medications for relief, William Ingram, M.D., suggests trying a different approach to ease allergy symptoms.
Apr 3, 2007
Pharmacy student wins national patient counseling competition
Rebecca Seeba, a second-year pharmacy student at UNMC, recently won the American Pharmacists Association (APhA)-Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) National Patient Counseling Competition.
Apr 3, 2007
Avian flu education — antivirals
What role would antivirals have should pandemic strike?
Apr 3, 2007
Goetzinger-Comer to lead UNMC’s use of emerging communications technologies
Sandy Goetzinger-Comer, director of public affairs, will pursue a new assignment at UNMC to strategically position the campus in a leadership role nationally in the field of emerging communications technologies. She will leave her current position July 1 to focus on this new opportunity.
Apr 3, 2007
Geriatric medicine pioneer to present Harman Lecture
Robert Neil Butler, M.D., gerontologist, psychiatrist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, will be the guest speaker for the 2007 Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D., Lectureship in Biomedical Gerontology at UNMC on Thursday, April 12.
Apr 2, 2007
UNMC continues its climb in 2008 rankings
UNMC’s push for quality academics is reflected in the latest U.S.News & World Report’s ranking of the country’s graduate schools, which show UNMC programs are making a steady climb among the nation’s top programs. (EDITOR’S NOTE: The number of institutions surveyed has been revised. More institutions were surveyed than originally reported in UNMC Today.)
Apr 2, 2007
New measures to enhance diversity, international medicine programs
In an effort to strengthen and better utilize its resources in diversity and international medicine, UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., has announced a realignment of the Community Partnership Department as well as a change in the medical center’s international medicine initiative.
Apr 2, 2007
Dr. Maurer reaching out
The South Omaha Community Care Council does invaluable work and UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D. — for one — is proud the group is associated with the medical center.
Mar 30, 2007