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Orthopaedic residency program celebrates 50 years

Weekend celebration featured former NFL player Victor Cruz, conservation photographer Michael Forsberg.

Nov 6, 2019

Former NFL wide receiver Victor Cruz, left, speaks to UNMC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery alumni and guests alongside Matthew Tao, M.D., assistant professor.

Matt Rizzo, M.D., named chair of organization to advance understanding of brain

Dr. Rizzo began serving a two-year term on Oct. 21.

Nov 6, 2019

Happy Veteran’s Day to our active and veteran military members

The Department of Anesthesiology honors the many current and former service members and their families.

Nov 6, 2019

Legislative staffers tour UNMC

Visitors met with campus leaders and attended presentations at UNMC and UNO.

Nov 5, 2019

Munroe-Meyer Institute Director Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D., speaks to a group of legislative staffers during last week's visit.

GenderWorks conference set for Friday

Registration still is open for event.

Nov 5, 2019

Jean Amoura, M.D.

LiveGreen: Plastic, recycling and China

Lots of things have changed in the recycling market. What does that mean for the rest of us?

Nov 5, 2019

Photo courtesy freeimages.com/ismaelFranco

Infusion pump a critical step forward in patient safety

Alaris pumps have been upgraded with software so electronic medical records can feed the medication order into the pump automatically.

Nov 5, 2019

A nurse representing each unit/procedural area met on Oct. 23 to learn more about how this technology works. This group will serve as the subject matter experts and super users to create nursing workflows.

Guidelines for use of OPAT in combination with MAT for people who inject drugs

Injection drug use (IDU) is a risk factor for severe infections including bacteremia and infective endocarditis.  Patients who develop these infections are treated with intravenous antibiotics in the hospital and continued on IV antibiotics via OPAT using a peripherally inserted central venous catheter (PICC) after discharge.  People who inject drugs (PWID) have traditionally been excluded […]

Nov 5, 2019

Two free forums will seek input from individuals, families with disabilities

Dealing with emergencies will be topic of forums in Columbus (Nov. 17) and Omaha (Nov. 18)

Nov 5, 2019

Retirement reception today for Rita Laire

Campus is invited to afternoon event.

Nov 4, 2019

Rita Laire