Inside UNMC

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

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

Innovation Design Unit wraps up first phase of planning

Architects, colleagues, physicians and faculty now are working together on a design for the new inpatient unit, which is scheduled to open at the end of 2024.

Aug 30, 2022

New faculty spotlight: Haley Phillips, MD

Haley Phillips, MD, is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences and epilepsy physician at Nebraska Medicine.

Aug 29, 2022