In late July, PBS NewsHour filmed a story about Nebraska Medicine’s medical-legal partnership with Legal Aid of Nebraska and Iowa Legal Aid.
The program provides free legal services to patients at Nebraska Medicine so they can focus on their medical care rather than their legal issues. Currently, the service is being provided to oncology, solid organ transplant and perinatal patients.
PBS focused on two patients at Nebraska Medicine: 5-year-old Diego Salcido, who was diagnosed with leukemia and underwent two stem cell transplants; and Denise Lauritsen, who is a breast cancer survivor.
Several Nebraska Medicine staff members also were interviewed and/or taped for the segment, including:
- Kerry Rodabaugh, M.D. – gynecologic oncologist, professor of obstetrics/gynecology, UNMC College of Medicine
- Bruce Gordon, M.D. – pediatric oncologist/hematologist, professor, pediatrics hematology/oncology, UNMC College of Medicine
- Sarah Smith, M.D. – family medicine physician at Baker Place Clinic, assistant professor, internal medicine, UNMC College of Medicine
- William Hay, M.D. – family medicine physician at Baker Place Clinic, clinical associate professor, UNMC College of Medicine
- Theresa Franco – vice president, cancer center clinical operations
- Sue Kinney-Wieland – pediatric oncology social worker
- Rebecca Swanson – pediatric oncology nurse practitioner
To watch the story and learn more about the medical-legal partnership, click here.