Roger Harned, MD, who was recognized for both his teaching and scholarship in radiology during his nearly 30-year career at UNMC, died Oct. 12 in Omaha at age 92.
Dr. Harned joined UNMC in 1969 and worked as a professor in the UNMC Department of Radiology until his retirement in 1996.
“He was just a superb teacher and an excellent gastrointestinal radiologist,” said Craig Walker, MD, professor of radiology and former chairman of the department.
Read Dr. Harned’s online obituary.
Dr. Harned is one of six UNMC radiologists to have received the Silver Medal Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Nebraska Radiological Society, which he was awarded in 2001. The Silver Medal reflects exceptional quality, service and excellence and emphasizes both professional and personal attributes and has been awarded nine times since it was established in 1982.
Dr. Harned also was a fellow in the American College of Radiology and held a year’s appointment as the distinguished scientist to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C., as it was known at the time. Dr. Walker said he believes Dr. Harned was the first to hold the role. One visiting professor at a time taught residents who came from across the country.
Dr. Harned also volunteered his services with multiple national medical organizations. A highlight was his year as president of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists in 1987.
He tallied more than 60 scientific publications and mentored countless students during his career, receiving the Outstanding Teacher Award in radiology three times.
Dr. Harned earned a bachelor of science in 1956 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed his medical degree in 1961 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He worked in private practice in Wisconsin for a time but found what his family, in his online obituary, called his “true calling” in academic medicine after completing additional training in radiology.