The University of Nebraska Medical Center
The Nebraska Medical Center’s
Office of International Healthcare Services

Guided by the principle that each and every life on this planet is of the utmost importance - regardless of who they are or where they live – guides The Nebraska Medical Center and The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s International Healthcare Services, Nancy Mamdani Cancer Care Foundation, USA 2nd opinion programs, and whiplash injury programs. Our education, research, and global partnerships enable healthcare professionals to provide dedicated compassionate patient care.

Serious Medicine. Extraordinary Care.

With the search for new and innovative treatments, our primary focus is people. International Healthcare Services has helped bring hundreds of patients from around the globe to Omaha for treatment. We assist in providing patients and their families obtain access to the world renowned services and expert medical and nursing care provided at The Nebraska Medical Center/The University of Nebraska Medical Center (“UNMC”).

Our healthcare providers and all of our employees put our patients and their families first — treating them with warmth and compassion — just like we'd want our own family members treated. Our specializations include stem cell, bone marrow, kidney, liver, lung, heart, small bowel, intestinal and other transplantations; cancer care; non-Hodgkin’s and Hodgkin’s lymphoma; leukemia; interventional radiology for oncology related procedures; minimally invasive surgery; whiplash related surgeries; epilepsy; stroke; prostate and urological procedures; ENT; orthopedics, pediatrics and pediatric oncology; neurology; pathology; clinical and genetics laboratory based evaluation and treatment recommendations; immunohistochemistry; flow cytometry; molecular hematology; cytogenetics and radiological rests and evaluations.

One of the foremost hospitals in the US for Cancer-care and Transplantation

The Nebraska Medical Center’s volume of experience in treating rare and complex cancers was a threshold necessary to be named as a Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare Cancers. Blue Distinction® is a designation awarded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality healthcare. The designation is based on rigorous, evidence-based selection criteria established in collaboration with leading clinicians, medical societies and professional organizations. We specialize in brain cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, head and neck cancers, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, rectal cancer, soft tissue sarcomas, thyroid cancer, bone cancer and acute leukemia.

UNMC’s address the full scope of challenges facing healthcare around the globe

Our best practices and patient-centered approach allows us to offer programs to accommodate patient referrals, on-site patient-centered care, international second opinion consulting services, no-cost clinical training for nurses, doctors and administrators.

The Nebraska Medical Center has a multidisciplinary team input including sub-specialty trained teams for complex and rare cancers and demonstrated depth of expertise across cancer disciplines in medicine, surgery, radiation oncology, pathology and radiology. Ongoing quality management and improvement programs for cancer care are in practice each and every day at The Nebraska Medical Center. Additionally, clinical data registries are used and access to appropriate clinical research for complex care of rare cancers is also available at all times.

International Collaborations

The International Healthcare Services of UNMC has international Collaborations with 118 prominent global institutions in 44 countries, including: Afghanistan, Argentina, (list the rest)

2008 US News & World Report rated UNMC as one of the “Best Hospitals” for Cancer Care, Neurology and Neurosurgery in the USA. It also rated UNMC for its Best Technology Recognition – giving it a 100% grade its medical technology advancements.


The Nebraska Medical Center also received the Extraordinary Nursing Care: Magnet Award, one of the highest levels of recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center

The Nebraska Medical Center has been named 2008 Stroke Center of Excellence from NeuStrategy 

The Nebraska Medical Center s commitment to excellence, quality and extraordinary patient care leads to a distinguished honor. For a fourth consecutive year, J.D. Power and Associates, a national research corporation, is recognizing the medical center for service excellence for inpatient services under its Distinguished Hospital Program J.D. Powers and Associates which judges hospitals by consumer preference, gave us its "Number 1 Consumer's Choice Award." We are always challenging ourselves to provide the best patient care. ‘It s a significant part of our journey to excellence,’ said Glenn Fosdick, FACHE, president and CEO of The Nebraska Medical Center. ‘We want every employee to take pride in the fact that we have earned this distinction four years in a row.’

The Nebraska Medical Center also received the J.D. Powers and Associates’ Cardiovascular Hospital of Distinction – 2 years in a row

Each year the ‘Best Doctors’ organization publishes its list of top physicians. UNMC had 182 physicians, representing 34 specialties, named to the 2005 - 2008 Best Doctors list.

Best Doctors was founded in 1989 by physicians affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Their goal was to provide greater access to dependable, high quality medical information and care for individuals with serious illness or injury. Today, Best Doctors is the world’s leading resource for patients, families and physicians seeking expert medical information and guidance to treat illnesses and injuries of all kinds.

The United States has become the destination of choice for thousands of international patients. An increasing number of people are selecting services of the University of Nebraska Medical Center/The Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC/TNMC) in Omaha, Nebraska, a friendly, accessible community in the center of the U.S. Patients enjoy personal attention from professional staff, and their families appreciate reasonably priced accommodations and welcoming surroundings.

At this nationally respected institution, a staff of more than 1,000 faculty physicians and scientists, 1,550 nurses, and more than 3,000 therapists, technicians, and other highly trained professionals deliver comprehensive and innovative medical treatment.

In an effort of outreach to other countries and to assist patients who are unable to come to Omaha for either financial or cultural considerations the International Strategic Partnership Program provides Scholarships for Clinical Excellence for physicians, and No-Cost training for nurses and allied health professionals.

In addition to outstanding, individualized patient care, physicians and scientists are involved in innovative research, which is attracting an increasing amount of external and international funding and acclaim. Nebraska researchers present their results at prestigious national and international scientific and academic conferences.

The Nebraska Medical Center operates more than 300 outpatient clinics in 100 communities in 5 US states, and has 118 international collaborative partnerships in 44 countries. There are 689 licensed in-patient beds and 29 operating rooms with comprehensive treatment centers for oncology/hematology, general oncology, radiation oncology, stem cell transplantation, solid organ transplantation, cardiology, orthopedics, neurology, geriatric medicine, diabetes, women’s health, neurological sciences, vascular center for all circulatory disorders, intestinal rehabilitation, executive physicals, Novalis shaped beam surgery, donate life services, pharmacy, minimally invasive surgery, physical and occupational therapy and swallowing center. The magnetoencephalograph (MEG) scanner provides doctors the ability to look inside the brain with greater vision that’s never been possible before, giving patients in need of brain surgery the assurance of a safer and more effective surgery and allowing doctors to identify the region of the brain giving rise to epileptic seizures.

International and National Recognitions:

-US News & World Report rated UNMC as one of the “Best Hospitals” for Cancer Care, Neurology and Neurosurgery in the USA. It also rated UNMC for its Best Technology Recognition – giving it a 100% grade its medical technology advancements.

-UNMC is the only Center in the United States with two physicians on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s (NCCN) board of directors and the only National Cancer Center (NCI) designated cancer center in this region of the country.

-UNMC’s Eppley Center is one of the only 20 NCCN (National Comprehensive Cancer Network) designated distinguished centers in USA.

-UNMC’s team leads the World Health Organization’s New Lymphoma Classification Group.

-UNMC is one of the three busiest transplant centers in the USA. Over 12,000 transplants completed, with over 3,800 bone marrow/stem cell transplants.

-UNMC is ranked among the top 10 “Best Places to work for Postdocs” by the Scientist Magazine.

America's Top Doctors 
 

Full-time faculty at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and physicians affiliated with its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, made the fifth edition of “America’s Top Doctors.” Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. publishes the books to help consumers find good physicians.

Physicians are nominated by their peers in a Castle Connolly survey process each year. Physicians then are screened by a Castle Connolly physician-led research team who rank among the best in their specialties and in their communities.

UNMC is located in Omaha, Nebraska, (link to about Omaha)