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A message from the dean

Dr. Samuel Bierner will be the founding chair of the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Creation and future success of this new department is the result of a very strong collaboration with the nationally recognized rehabilitation program at Madonna, and it will utilize the new Madonna facility near 180th and Burt streets.

Feb 19, 2016

Architect's rendering of the 120-bed Madonna facility being built near 180th and Burt Streets in Omaha.

Pathologist named director of UNMC Interprofessional Academy of Educators

Geoffrey Talmon, M.D., to lead program aimed at elevating teaching excellence

Feb 19, 2016

Geoffrey Talmon, M.D.

Former UNMC anesthesiology chair, John Tinker, M.D., dies at age 74

John Tinker, M.D., professor and chair of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology from 1997-2008, died Feb. 17 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. He was 74. A funeral service will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday at Rasmusson-Bacon Funeral Home, 1418 Fawcett Parkway, in Nevada, […]

Feb 19, 2016

John Tinker, M.D.

COM employee spotlight

Helping others is a theme in both her professional and personal lives for Crystal Miller, who works as a department administrator in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy.

Feb 18, 2016

COM Student of the Month – Meet Sasha Kapil

Second-year medical student Sasha Kapil from Manhattan, Kan., is active in several groups, such the as Aging and Integrated Medicine program, and has a special connection to the song “Good Vibrations.”

Feb 18, 2016

Durham presentation probes Kennedy mystique

Speaker offers a behind-the-scenes look at traveling exhibit, “Creating Camelot: The Kennedy Photography of Jacques Lowe.”

Feb 18, 2016

Indira Williams Babic, director of photography and visual resources at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

Burt Street Individuals perform today

Jazz combo is latest “Music as Medicine” offering.

Feb 18, 2016

Dr. Ernest named state EMS medical director

Emergency Medicine’s Eric Ernest, M.D., a former paramedic, will work with stakeholders throughout the state to improve services.

Feb 18, 2016

Eric Ernest, M.D.

Dr. Tom Osborne to speak at UNMC on Feb. 25

Former Nebraska football coach will speak on mentoring and his TeamMates Mentoring Program.

Feb 18, 2016

Nancy and Tom Osbourne

Lookin’ at U – LuAnn Larson

Clinical Research Center manager works with many departments on campus.

Feb 18, 2016

LuAnn Larson