Sarah Hankin UNMC strategic communications

Anesthesiology celebrates three endowed faculty positions

The department recognized the Lieberman Endowed Chair, the Lisco Distinguished Professorship and the Johnson Chair in Critical Care.

Jul 27, 2026

Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, and the Lieberman Chair, Andrew Patterson, MD, PhD, chair of the department of anesthesiology

Candidate Jess Goldoni visits UNMC

Goldoni toured the Training, Simulation and Quarantine Center housed at the Davis Global Center and the iEXCEL program.

Jul 27, 2026

Jess Goldoni toured the Davis Global Center with (at left) Jeff Kratz, UNMC's director of government relations, and the Training, Simulation and Quarantine Center with Dossy Felts, associate director of operations for the Global Center for Health Security.

25 years building a stronger rural health workforce

The Nebraska Area Health Education Center marks its 25th anniversary this year and its commitment to rural Nebraska.

Jul 17, 2026

Jeffrey Harrison, MD, chair of the UNMC Department of Family Medicine and director of the Nebraska AHEC program

Faculty promotions

The UNMC Department of Anesthesiology is proud to recognize the following promotions, effective July 1.

Jun 29, 2026

Maria Michaelis, MD

Anesthesiology celebrates class of 2026 graduates

The UNMC Department of Anesthesiology gathered the evening of Saturday, June 20, to honor its graduating residents and fellows at the department’s annual graduation celebration.

Jun 29, 2026

Eleven graduates from the anesthesiology graduation pose together in front of a fireplace at Omaha Country Club.

Cale Kassel, MD, named director of Nebraska Society of Anesthesiologists

Cale Kassel, MD, has been named director of the Nebraska Society of Anesthesiologists Board of Directors, and Lauren Costello, MD, will serve as alternate director.

Jun 29, 2026

Cale Kassel, MD, and Lauren Costello, MD, representing UNMC on the national stage.

UNMC Department of Anesthesiology joins national oxygen trial

UNMC is one of four sites nationwide participating in IntraOp Ox, a two-year, multicenter study examining whether intraoperative oxygen levels affect patient outcomes including organ injury and mortality.

Jun 29, 2026

Levi Zehr, MD, site principal investigator

Repurposing HIV drugs to fight Alzheimer’s

Anna Frie is awarded the Nancy and Ronald Reagan Alzheimer’s Scholarship Award for her project titled “Leveraging antiviral drug repurposing to inhibit NLRP3-mediated neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease.”

Jun 29, 2026

Anna Frie poses with Sowmya Yelamanchili, PhD, and Gurudutt Pendyala with her award certificate.

UNMC student brings Alzheimer’s research to national hackathon at Allen Institute

Foroughi-Nezhad, a second-year PhD student in the lab of Gurudutt Pendyala, PhD, was one of just 18 researchers selected from a global applicant pool to attend the hackathon-style workshop in Seattle this May.

Jun 29, 2026

Foroughi Nezhad headshot in dark vest and tie.

Study highlights Nebraska’s behavioral health workforce model

The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska published policy lessons from its experience distributing pandemic relief funds.

Jun 29, 2026

Jessica Buche