Patient Care

OR staff crafts quilts to comfort pediatric patients

Change in OR cap policy sparks effort to cheer young transplant recipients.

May 31, 2013

Linda Marcum, left, and Kathy Donovan display quilts made for young medical center patients.

Surgeons repair complex aneurysm without major incision

“Fenestrated graft” procedure is the first ever done in Nebraska.

May 30, 2013

Jason MacTaggart, M.D., (left) and Matt Longo, M.D., perform a fenestrated graft.
James Edney, M.D.

Keeping an eye on eye patient pays big dividends

Follow-up after retinal surgery leads to life-saving referral for patient’s wife.

May 24, 2013

Vikas Gulati, M.D.

Truhlsen Eye Institute will revolutionize eye care in Nebraska

Tours offered at today’s grand opening; webcast of ceremony available.

May 22, 2013

Artist's rendering of the Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute.

UNMC physician offers insights on Jolie mastectomy decision

Hear Edibaldo Silva, M.D., Ph.D., speak on KFAB.

May 16, 2013

Edibaldo Silva, M.D., Ph.D.

Buffett gift will create Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Omaha, Neb – The University of Nebraska Medical Center and The Nebraska Medical Center announced today that their cancer center project in midtown Omaha has a name: the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. The cancer center will be named for Fred and Pamela Buffett in recognition of a gift from Pamela Buffett, through her […]

May 3, 2013

Fred and Pamela Buffett

Day in the Life: Power wheels to makeshift power wheelchairs

UNMC event tricks out toy trucks for children with disabilities.

May 2, 2013

Nurse practitioner still SHARING

Julie Nieveen volunteered at UNMC’s SHARING Clinics as a student and continues to volunteer as a faculty mentor.

Apr 18, 2013

Julie Nieveen