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Thirteen of America’s top doctors work at UNMC
Thirteen physicians at UNMC, and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, have been named among “America’s Top Doctors,” according to the latest edition of a national guide published annually by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. of New York City.
Oct 8, 2003
Rural, wilderness medicine similar
The medical world of Keith Brown, D.O., is similar, whether he’s blazing a trail through the rainforests of Belize or traveling a remote stretch of road in the Nebraska Panhandle.
Oct 7, 2003
UNMC employees Race for the Cure
With more than 150 team members dressed in matching red T-shirts, the UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center team showed strong support for the 2003 Komen Nebraska Race for the Cure on Sunday. The Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC Eppley Cancer Center also was a bronze sponsor of the event.
Oct 7, 2003
Pediatrician shares lessons with students
Terry Wooldridge, M.D., hopes third-year medical students who rotate through his pediatric clinic remember three primary lessons. Dr. Wooldridge is one of this year’s College of Medicine Volunteer Faculty of the Month award recipients.
Oct 7, 2003
Energy conservation project to begin Oct. 13
Beginning the week of Oct. 13, an energy conservation project will begin in the College of Nursing and will proceed at later dates in the College of Pharmacy and the Eppley Science Hall. The project will involve the replacement and/or repair of existing lighting fixtures.
Oct 6, 2003
UNMC kicks off its United Way campaign
Today, UNMC kicks off its United Way campaign with a goal of $125,000. Campaign contributions, which can be made through UNMC’s payroll deduction, help support more than 145 health and human service programs across the Omaha-Council Bluffs-Bellevue metropolitan areas.
Oct 6, 2003
Physician assistants honored nationally
UNMC’s physician assistant program was still in its infancy when Mark Christiansen joined nearly 30 years ago. Today — National PA Day — he and other PAs will be honored for the quality care they provide to millions of Americans.
Oct 6, 2003
Doing GREAT benefits students, youths with developmental disabilities
A growing number of students are participating in Doing GREAT – an acronym for Graduating with Resources, Education, Awareness and Training. The program allows high school students to assist children ages 3 to 21 with developmental disabilities.
Oct 3, 2003
Williams honored with Lifetime Achievement award
When Bud Shaw, M.D., came to UNMC in 1985 from Pittsburgh to establish the liver transplant program, he knew of no better person to bring along than Laurel Williams, R.N., M.S.N., manager of the Liver and Intestinal Coordinators Organ Transplantation Program. Earlier this year, Williams was given the Novartis Lifetime Achievement award from the North American Transplant Coordinator’s Organization.
Oct 3, 2003
Graduate training coordinator retires after 35 years
Mary Ann Casey will give a bittersweet farewell to friends and colleagues at UNMC — a place she has called her second home for the past 35 years. She retires today as coordinator of graduate training in UNMC’s family medicine department.
Oct 3, 2003