Karen Burbach

NUFLEX 2006 enrollment is just around the corner

Your NUFlex 2006 re-enrollment packets will begin arriving in your departmental mail on Monday, Nov. 14. The enrollment period is from Nov. 14 through Dec. 2, only; changes will be effective on Jan. 1. Click for more details.

Nov 8, 2005

Allied Health celebrates professions week

The UNMC School of Allied Health Professions is celebrating Allied Health Professions Week, which runs through Saturday. A display table will be set up in the central atrium on Tuesday, Nov. 8, with allied health information.

Nov 7, 2005

UNMC participates in emergency response exercise

UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center were among those involved in Thursday’s statewide exercise to test Nebraska’s readiness to respond to a public health emergency.

Nov 7, 2005

Inside the Newborn Intensive Care Unit

Ava Saunders was supposed to become a big sister last month. Her brother had other plans. Griffin was born in July — 13 weeks early and weighing only 2 lbs. 2 oz. He spent 79 days in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) at The Nebraska Medical Center before going home. On Nov. 16, the hospital’s tiniest patients will move into the new NICU in the Hixson-Lied Center for Clinical Excellence.

Nov 4, 2005

Inside the radiology department

It takes only five heartbeats to capture an image of a beating heart, one second to capture the image of an organ and only 10 seconds for a full body trauma. Such state-of-the-art imaging capabilities exist in the Hixson-Lied Center for Clinical Excellence’s new radiology unit.

Nov 3, 2005

Influenza vaccination information

Mark Rupp, M.D., medical director, Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, shares information to help health care workers decide whether or not to accept vaccination against influenza.

Nov 3, 2005

Families spend autumn day at Joslyn

More than 100 UNMC, UMA and The Nebraska Medical Center employees, students and their families recently visited the Joslyn Art Museum on a near-perfect autumn day.

Nov 2, 2005

Inside the operating rooms

The new surgical suites inside the Hixson-Lied Center for Clinical Excellence are designed for any kind of procedure from large, open transplant surgery to minimally invasive operations. The operating rooms will open in three stages, with the first 15 rooms coming on line in January.

Nov 2, 2005

Senators tour UNMC buildings up for renovation

Several state senators on Monday toured some of UNMC’s oldest buildings, in advance of next session’s debate on a bill that would allocate money to renovate them for research and other uses.

Nov 2, 2005

UNMC sponsors Restore Omaha conference Nov. 5-6

Historic property owners seeking information on restoration and preservation techniques can choose from an extensive menu of programs at the Restore Omaha Conference, Exhibition and Tour Nov. 5-6, at the Mutual of Omaha Dome.

Nov 1, 2005