Ryan Shaw
Appendicitis: New Ways to Save the Game
He was a star quarterback for a high school team. The final game of the season was a chance for the state tournament at large. And he was seeing me for a peculiar right lower quadrant pain.
Jul 28, 2014
Division Profile: Internal Medicine – General Medicine
Chief: Thomas Tape, M.D., F.A.C.P. Number of people in the division: Faculty: 53 Midlevel practitioners: 5 Administrative personnel: 5 New faculty joining GIM in 2014: Kerry McDonald, M.D. – assistant professor, specializing in hospital medicine Deepak Singh, M.D. – assistant professor, specializing in hospital medicine Michael Ash, M.D. – assistant professor, chief transformation officer Daniel […]
Jul 28, 2014
COM Student of the Month – Larisa Akah, second-year medical student
I am a second-year medical student born and raised in Cameroon, Africa and moved to the USA in 2008. I attended Benson High School and obtained my undergraduate degree at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. UNO gave me the best four years an undergrad could ask for and I look forward to greater things here at UNMC. However, if I could do college over again, I’d probably go back and major in bioinformatics rather than general science which was my major.
Jul 28, 2014
UNMC to collaborate on web-based dementia study
The University of California San Francisco and UNMC have been awarded a $10 million grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to create a new web-based model of dementia care. It will provide around the clock consultations for patients and their families, online education and, for a subset of patients, remote monitoring with smart phones and home sensors.
Jul 28, 2014
News briefs
Howard Gendelman, M.D., pharmacology and experimental neuroscience, spoke July 29 to a group at Lakeside Village Retirement Community. He discussed his Parkinson’s disease research and clinical trials taking place at UNMC.
Jul 28, 2014
Time out with T.O. – A birthday to remember
Few names resonate more on the UNMC campus than the name Grissom. It began with Robert Grissom, M.D., who joined UNMC in 1953 as chairman of the internal medicine department and as one of four original full-time clinical faculty members.
Jul 28, 2014
Coming events
August 1 – Deadline for College of Medicine’s formal submission of response to Liaison Committee on Medical Education concerning our plans for meeting accreditation standards. August 1 – Hospital begins 24/7 trauma coverage. August 5 – UneMed shareholders meeting, 5:30 p.m., TD Ameritrade Park. August 14-15 – International Student Orientations. Movie night on August 15 […]
Jul 28, 2014
Physician Leadership Academy graduates recognized
Twenty-two physicians recently completed the Physician Leadership Academy. It was established in 2004 to fulfill the need to develop physicians as leaders and to provide educational opportunities for subjects not offered in their medical curriculum.
Jul 28, 2014
Former UNMC Chancellor Robert Sparks, M.D., dies
Robert Sparks, M.D., the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s second chancellor (1972-1976), died Tuesday, July 1, in California following several months of declining health. He was 82. An accomplished speaker in the fields of internal medicine, gastroenterology, alcohol and drug addictions and health planning policy, Dr. Sparks also held the position of vice president of the University of Nebraska system.
Jul 28, 2014
Research Highlights
The following 12 grants representing more than $5.6 million in new funding were awarded to UNMC College of Medicine faculty during May.
Jul 28, 2014