Medical Professionals

Cardiac MRI is a very powerful diagnostic tool and one of the most valuable techniques available to image the heart, says Samer Sayyed, MD, cardiologist at The Nebraska Medical Center and assistant professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). “Cardiac MRI goes beyond just analyzing the structure of the heart, [...]

Early diagnosis and evaluation is key for patients with kidney disease who are candidates for hemodialysis. “Our goal is to evaluate patients well before they need dialysis so we can provide them the proper access and determine if they are candidates for transplant,” says Michael Morris, MD, who heads the Vascular Access Clinic at The [...]

Doctors at The Nebraska Medical Center have added a new high-speed cardiac nuclear imaging camera that can improve doctors’ ability to evaluate a patient’s risk of having a heart attack to their arsenal of cardiac diagnostic tools. Compared to older nuclear imaging cameras, the new technology offers a solid state technology that results in images [...]

by John Keenan, UNMC public relations   UNMC remains the sixth-ranked primary care medical program in the United States, according to the 2014 U.S. News & World Report rankings of the nation’s top graduate schools. “To be recognized as a leader in primary care is a testament to the tremendous work of all our faculty, [...]

Effective treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) begins with early and proper diagnosis. However, the episodic nature of the disease as well as the fact that no two cases are alike can make it difficult to diagnose even in the best hands, notes Mac McLaughlin, MD , an MS-trained neurologist who works at the Multiple Sclerosis [...]

The Nebraska Medical Center is the first in the region to offer LARIAT   Marc Leger lived under the constant threat of having a stroke. His heart has atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat. Because of another medical condition, the 62-year-old Plattsmouth, Neb man cannot take blood thinners, which is how doctors typically deal with the [...]

New guidelines published in the Journal of National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommend that certain high-risk groups can benefit from lung cancer screening with low-dose CAT scan. The guidelines were developed after a study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicated that screening can reduce lung [...]

Carcinoid tumors are rare and can be difficult to diagnose. Getting proper treatment for patients with these types of tumors can be even more challenging. The Nebraska Medical Center offers a Neuroendocrine Tumor Clinic to treat these difficult cases – one of a few in the country. Luciano Vargas, MD , an abdominal transplant surgeon [...]

New Pancreas Disease Clinic Gives Patients New Hope The only clinic of its kind in the region. Katie Eastman was afraid her pain was just part of living. For five years, the young mother suffered with crippling pain in her midsection. “Horrible pain, debilitating pain, severe nausea,” she says. “It was constant all day long. [...]

-Rudy P. Lackner, MD, thoracic surgical oncologist Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in the United States and is the most preventable.  It causes more deaths in women than breast, cervical, uterine and ovarian cancers combined. Rudy P. Lackner, MD, thoracic surgical oncologist, is hopeful that [...]