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Fitness is important to former Husker football player who was paralyzed in 1990

Strength and fitness facility will continue to be named in honor of Tom Heiser, M.D., former Husker football player who suffered paralyzing injury in 1990

Oct 7, 2016

Tom Heiser, M.D.

Legislative candidate Jill Brown tours UNMC

Brown met with university leaders during tour.

Oct 7, 2016

Legislative candidate Jill Brown, left, visited with Tyler Scherr, Ph.D., at the 3-D printing lab at the McGoogan Library of Medicine.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Oct 7, 2016

Two huge supporters of UNMC, Omaha philanthropists Bill Scott, far left, and Ruth Scott, second from right, were honored Sept. 22 as the Omaha Press Club's 150th Face on the Barroom Floor. The Scotts are seen here with their Face caricature. Behind them are their roasters, from left: Terry Pettit, Judy Duffy, Dr. Randy Ferlic, Bruce Rasmussen, Dr. Michael Sorrell and Dr. Nick Stergiou. (Photo by Gary Willis)

Dr. Zetterman named chair of ACGME board

Rowen Zetterman, M.D., will lead the governing board of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Oct 7, 2016

Rowen Zetterman, M.D.

UNMC exceeds United Way goals

The UNMC community exceeded both of its goals for the 2016 United Way of the Midlands campaign.

Oct 7, 2016

Give65 Campaign Awards EngAge Wellness

In July UNMC’s EngAge Wellness program raised $6,097 and had 100 unique donors in the Give65: Hope for Seniors Fundraiser, an online fundraiser.

Oct 7, 2016

Left to right: Roger Baumgart, executive director of Home Instead Senior Care Foundation; Jeannie Hannan, manager of EngAge Wellness; Sara Huebert, wellness specialist at EngAge Wellness; Joe Nebel, EngAge Wellness participant; Pat Blankenship, EngAge Wellness participant; P.K. Moran, EngAge Wellness participant; Lori Hogan, vice president and secretary of the Home Instead Senior Care Foundation Board; Jim Nebel, EngAge Wellness participant; Chris Kocol, operations assistant for EngAge Wellness; Jane Potter, M.D., medical director of EngAge Wellness; and Heather Shafer, wellness specialist for EngAge Wellness

Woehrer Announced as the VA ACOS for Education

The VA Nebraska/Western Iowa Health Care System (NWIHCS) welcomed Renee Woehrer, MD, as the new Associate Chief of Staff for Education.

Oct 7, 2016

Renee Woehrer, M.D.

Faculty Promotion and Tenure

Congratulations to all who were promoted!

Oct 7, 2016

Correction to May Issue

In the May Internal Medicine Newsletter in the “Education Update” it was incorrectly stated that Christopher Smith, MD, Division of General Internal Medicine, had spent time over the past year mentoring residents, specifically in writing case reports and submissions for national meetings. Michael Smith, MD, in the Division of General Internal Medicine was the person who mentored the residents. The efforts of Dr. Michael Smith and the residents paid off with 10 cases being accepted at the National Society of General Internal Medicine conference and four poster presentations at a Society of Hospital Medicine national meeting.

Oct 7, 2016

Michael Smith, MD

NIH award spurs UNMC, UNO, Creighton collaboration

Newly awarded $1.5 million grant will fund collaborative research investigating how the hormone oxytocin affects social behavior.

Oct 6, 2016

From left, UNMC's Myron Toews, Ph.D., UNO's Jeff French, Ph.D., and Creighton's Tom Murray, Ph.D.