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James M. Hammel, M.D.
Dr. Hammel is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor. He completed his residency in General Surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and in Cardiothoracic Surgery residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City; after which he completed a fellowship in Congenital Cardiac Surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He also accomplished research fellowships in Neonatal Cardiac Surgery and Transplant Surgery.
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A sampling of Dr. Hammel's publications
Dr. Hammel practices pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at both Children’s Hospital, Omaha and The Nebraska Medical Center. He is Board certified in both Surgery and Thoracic Surgery. His clinics are held at Children’s Hospital. Dr. Hammel is also assistant professor of Surgery, in the Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, at UNMC.
Dr. Hammel has authored more than a dozen manuscripts that have been published in peer-reviewed journals, and he has made numerous presentations in the United States and Canada. The previous recipient of two research awards, he is an active transplant researcher.
Dr. Hammel and his wife, Dawn, are the parents of two young children.