Patient Care

Medical center contacted about possible use of Biocontainment Unit for Ebola

U.S. State Department Sends Representative To Learn Of Unit’s Capabilities

Aug 1, 2014

Health professionals train in the Biocontainment Unit with a simulated patient in an isopod.

James Armitage, M.D., receives national recognition for work in cancer

Dr. Armitage is globally recognized as a leading expert on non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Jun 10, 2014

James Armitage, M.D.

Harvard Medical School physician-scientist named to key UNMC cancer post

Dr. Sarah Thayer to lead cancer surgery for Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Mar 7, 2014

Sarah Thayer, M.D., Ph.D.

UNMC, Ferris State, Hy-Vee partner to offer rapid-diagnostic strep/flu test

Omaha-area Hy-Vee customers among first in U.S. to be offered test outside medical setting

Jan 31, 2014

Hy-Vee pharmacist, Tori McCarthy, performs a rapid strep test on Donald Klepser of UNMC.