Governor visits UNMC booth at Husker Harvest Days
UNMC College of Nursing Kearney Division nursing student, Kaitlyn Augustyn of Ord, took Gov. Pete Ricketts’ blood pressure last week during Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island. Kearney nursing students attended the three-day farm show to provide blood pressure screenings for attendees.
Perry Outreach Program seeks women student applicants
The Perry Outreach Program, a free, one-day, hands-on experience for high school and college-aged women who are interested in pursuing careers in medicine and engineering, will be held on Nov. 12 at UNMC. Students will hear from women leaders in these fields and try it for themselves by performing mock orthopaedic surgeries and biomechanics experiments.
Applicants are currently being accepted for the program. Participants should be women in grades 10 and up with an expressed interest in science, medicine and/or engineering. The application deadline is Oct. 12. For more information on the program, click here or here. The application may be accessed directly here.
Conference room named after Dr. Yonkers
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents recently approved naming the Otolaryngology Department Conference Room (Room 3016) after Anthony Yonkers, M.D. Dr. Yonkers retired Dec. 31, 2013, after 43 years of service to UNMC, including serving as department chair for 25 years. He then continued in various roles in the department, including educational and career mentorship, fundraising and participation in courses, seminars and grand rounds. Pursuant to Regents Policy 6.2.7, facility namings for persons retired from the university less than five years must be approved by the board.
Family Medicine editing group has updated textbook published
UNMC’s Paul Paulman, M.D., and Audrey Paulman, M.D., with colleagues Robert Taylor, M.D., and Laeth Nasir, M.D., have collaborated to edit an updated textbook. The seventh edition of “Family Medicine: Principles and Practice” is published by Springer. According to the publisher, the classic reference book has been vastly updated from its previous edition to reflect the many changes in clinical medicine since 2003. The publisher calls “Family Medicine: Principles and Practice,” a must-have reference for medical students, residents and practicing physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants actively involved in patient care.
UNMC’s Dr. Raichlin published in essay collection
UNMC physician Eugenia Raichlin, M.D., associate professor, internal medicine division of cardiology, contributed an essay to a new book, “Miracles We Have Seen — America’s Leading Physicians Share Stories They Can’t Forget.” Edited by Harley A. Rotbart, M.D. and published by HCI Books, the famed publisher of the original Chicken Soup for the Soul series, the book is a collection of 85 extraordinary essays written by renowned specialists in virtually every field of medicine.
UNMC poster honored by Great Lakes International Imaging and Flow Cytometry Association
UNMC’s Victoria B. Smith and Philip Hexley, Ph.D., placed third at the Great Lakes International Imaging and Flow Cytometry Association meeting in September with their poster, “Creating A Resolution Impact Matrix: A Tool for High Content Flow Cytometry Panel Design.” The 2016 GLIIFCA meeting was held in Troy, Mich., from Sept. 16- 18. Smith, who presented the poster, is a flow cytometry research facility coordinator at UNMC. Dr. Hexley is the former research core facility director at the flow cytometry research facility at UNMC.