Audio clips from news conference
Sept. 2, 2005

John Gollan, M.D., dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, on:

• The gravity of the situation that exists.
• Combined efforts with AAMC.
• Feelings of helplessness of those in the health care professions.
• What UNMC will do now that it is accepted in the NIH evacuation medical centers line-up.
• Helping medical students continue their studies.

Stephen Smith, M.D., chief medical officer, The Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC’s hospital partner) on:

• How the hospital will be involved in taking patients from the Gulf.
• Hospital bed availability.

Wendy Grant, M.D., UNMC assistant professor of surgery and transplant surgeon, on:

• Wanting UNMC patients in New Orleans to know we're here for them.
• Remembering the serious needs transplant patients are facing.

Rubens Pamies, M.D. UNMC vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for graduate studies, on the extended ramifications of the hurricane.