Inside UNMC

Rick Contreras’ retirement reception is Sept. 7 

The celebration for the technician runs from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the Truhlsen Events Center in the Sorrell Center.

Aug 31, 2022

Director’s message: Passing a bright torch

The profession of medicine is a continuum, where the torch passes from one generation of physicians to the next. There was no better example of this than what occurred in August at UNMC — the passing of a legend and the arrival of the next generation of physicians. On Aug. 22, the faculty, staff and […]

Aug 30, 2022

Bradley Britigan, MD, dean, UNMC College of Medicine

Med center steps forward for Stop the Bleed training

More than 500 members of the med center community participated in the first of two training events.

Aug 30, 2022

Sara Bills, DPT, an assistant professor and associate director of the UNMC Division of Physical Therapy Education, trains with a tourniquet with UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Austin Brake, program coordinator for the UNMC HEROES Program, during Monday’s Stop the Bleed training.

New faculty spotlight: Hesham Ghonim, MD

Hesham Ghonim, MD, is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department Of Neurological Sciences and a neurology and epilepsy physician with Nebraska Medicine.

Aug 30, 2022

Research highlights

The UNMC College of Medicine received grantand funding awards representing more than $900,000 in new funding in July.

Aug 30, 2022

Jennifer Merickel, PhD

New faculty

Thirty-two new faculty members have joined the UNMC College of Medicine this month.

Aug 30, 2022

Rachel Quandahl, MD

COM employee of the month

Lindsay Meyer is an admissions recruitment officer in the UNMC College of Medicine.

Aug 30, 2022

Lindsay Meyer

Residency director of the month

William Thorell, MD, is director of the neurosurgery residency.

Aug 30, 2022

William Thorell, MD

White Coat Ceremony welcomes Class of 2026

College welcomes 134 new students at the annual event.

Aug 30, 2022

The UNMC College of Medicine welcomed 134 new students at the annual event.

Resident of the month

Brad Huff, MD, a Navy veteran, is in the emergency medicine residency program.

Aug 30, 2022

Brad Huff, his wife Whitnie, and their two hairless cats