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Second heart transplant performed
A 69-year-old Kearney man is resting comfortably today after receiving a heart transplant Monday night at The Nebraska Medical Center. It is the second heart transplant here in just 18 days.
Oct 20, 2005
Melliger to join UNMC Business and Finance team
Don Leuenberger, vice chancellor for Business and Finance, today announced that David Melliger, administrator for the Department of Radiology, will join Business & Finance as interim assistant vice chancellor for Finance and Business Services on Nov. 1.
Oct 19, 2005
Nebraska contingent touts IT in health care
A group of prominent officials from Nebraska presented the state’s model for integrating information technology into health care Tuesday at a national conference organized by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Oct 19, 2005
International venomous snake symposium at UNMC
Most U.S. physicians aren’t experts in non-native snakebites. That’s why the development of a national Antivenom Index for poison control centers and zoos is big news for health care providers. The index is only one aspect of this weekend’s “Snakebites in the New Millennium” symposium at UNMC.
Oct 18, 2005
Spotlight on new faculty – meet Mary Snyder, M.D.
Mary Snyder, M.D., is among the many new faculty members on the UNMC campus. Dr. Snyder is an assistant professor with the Department of Surgery, in the section of plastic & reconstructive surgery.
Oct 18, 2005
Music as Medicine series returns for second year
Music as Medicine kicks off its second year of noon hour concerts on Thursday, Oct. 20 with jazz singer, Susie Thorne.
Oct 17, 2005
Chancellor Maurer named King of Ak-Sar-Ben
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., on Saturday was named the 109th King of Ak-Sar-Ben during the annual Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Coronation Ball at Qwest Center Omaha.
Oct 17, 2005
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben: Over 100 years of excellence
Click on the story headline for a history of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben organization.
Oct 17, 2005
Others with UNMC ties have been Ak-Sar-Ben royalty
Click on the headline to view the names of other individuals who had some association with the medical community in Omaha and/or UNMC.
Oct 17, 2005
Tiny in vivo robots to aid surgeons
Medical responders of the future may be three inches tall or less. But, these tiny-wheeled robots – slipped into the abdomen and controlled by surgeons hundreds of kilometers away – may be giants in saving the lives of roadside accident victims and soldiers injured on the battlefield.
Oct 14, 2005