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About every two seconds, someone in the United States needs a blood transfusion. On Thursday, Sept. 23, employees at UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, will have the opportunity to give blood so that others may have the opportunity to live.

Sep 8, 2004

UNMC vice chancellor tapped for national committee

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has named Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for graduate studies at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, to a 19-member External Advisory Committee for the AAMC’s Institute for Improving Medical Education (IIME).

Sep 7, 2004

Valet parking helps ease congestion

The Nebraska Medical Center has taken a step toward improved customer service with the introduction of a valet parking program. The service, which began Sept. 1, is available to patients, families and visitors from 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Sep 7, 2004

Assistant professor, Dr. Michael Dalton, dies

Michael Dalton, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy died Wednesday, Sept. 1, following a long illness. He was 45.

Sep 3, 2004

Pinnacle Network ads highlight UNMC’s 500-mile campus

Two 30-second radio ads highlighting UNMC’s 500-mile campus will be played on the Pinnacle Sports Network this fall and winter during Nebraska Cornhusker football and basketball games.

Sep 3, 2004

Continuing education part of licensure renewal

As of Oct. 1, all licensed physicians must “attest” to having completed 50 hours of continuing medical education in order to renew their license. LB 1021, passed in 2002, requires all licensed physicians, osteopathic physicians and surgeons to complete 50 hours of Category 1 continuing medical education in a two-year period.

Sep 3, 2004

UNMC’s annual grant awards total historic $68 million

UNMC researchers ended the 2003-04 fiscal year with a record-setting annual total of $68 million in new research awards, bringing in $17.6 million in federal research grants during the fourth quarter (April, May, June).

Sep 2, 2004

UNMC launches updated Web design

UNMC is launching the first phase of a redesigned Web site that features a new graphic look, improved navigational features, and a home page that highlights UNMC’s mission of education, research and patient care. It also provides links to key campus areas and to its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center.

Sep 2, 2004

Emeritus professor, O. Max Jardon, dies

O. Max Jardon, M.D., a longtime friend and colorful colleague of the UNMC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, died Aug. 23 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was 72. Dr. Jardon graduated from the department’s residency program in 1972 and was the second resident to complete the modern program.

Sep 2, 2004

Oncology team shares August Gold ‘U’ Award

Twenty years before becoming a winning medical team, Mary Mailliard and Elizabeth Reed, M.D., teamed up on the softball field. Today, the former catcher (Mailliard) and outfielder (affectionately dubbed “I don’t do fly balls” Reed) are scoring runs in the treatment of breast cancer patients.

Sep 1, 2004