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Sommer, Acute Pain PA, Awarded by Colleagues

Acute Pain Physician’s Assistant Lea Sommer was awarded Provider of the Quarter by her colleagues on the 4/5 Lied Quality Improvement Team.

Oct 5, 2018

Cattlemen’s Ball raises nearly $1.75 million

Amount raised is second highest in 21-year history

Oct 4, 2018

Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D. (third from left), director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, went to Hebron, Neb., on Sept. 6 to receive a proceeds check of more than $1.55 million from the planning committee for this year's Cattlemen's Ball of Nebraska. (Photo courtesy of Nancy McGill)
Image with caption: UNMC and Nebraska Medicine have responded to a request from an international agency to send a team of infectious diseases experts to Uganda to help prevent the spread of Ebola.

UNMC and Nebraska Medicine have responded to a request from an international agency to send a team of infectious diseases experts to Uganda to help prevent the spread of Ebola.

Drs. Fremming, Thompson, lecture in Abu Dhabi

Brad Fremming, M.D., Pharm.D., and Shaun Thompson, M.D., recently returned from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates where they were invited to present on Critical Care topics.

Oct 2, 2018

Dr. Shillcutt Earns Early Career Achievement Award during Alumni Weekend

Sasha Shillcutt, M.D., won the Early Career Achievement Award during UNMC’s Alumni Reunion Weekend on Sept. 21-22.

Sep 25, 2018

Chicago physician to lead pediatrics for UNMC, Children’s Hospital

Anna Spagnoli, M.D., comes from Rush University Children’s Hospital/Rush University Medical Center

Sep 19, 2018

Anna Spagnoli, M.D.

Renowned pediatric oncologist/cancer researcher joins UNMC/Children’s Hospital

Donald Durden, M.D., Ph.D., brings more than $9 million in NIH grant support

Sep 19, 2018

Donald Durden, M.D., Ph.D.

Peterson-Layne Inducted into IAE

Cathleen Peterson-Layne, M.D. and division chief of obstetric anesthesiology, was inducted into the Interprofessional Academy of Educators (IAE) at a ceremony Thursday, September 13, in Clarkson Tower.

Sep 19, 2018

Remembering: Bruce Buehler, M.D.

Visionary leader directed Munroe-Meyer Institute for 24 years and UNMC Department of Pediatrics for 16 years

Sep 19, 2018

Bruce Buehler, M.D.

New farm safety website to debut for National Farm Safety Week, Sept. 22-26

Features firsthand accounts by farmers of agriculture-related incidents

Sep 14, 2018

One of the stories in the Telling the Story Project includes a farm fatality caused by hydrogen sulfide gas at an open lagoon.  (Photo courtesy Stephanie Leonard, Telling the Story Project)