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Department Profile: Surgery

Chair & senior vice president of clinical programs, Nebraska Medicine:  David W. Mercer, M.D. No. of people in the department (faculty/staff): 239 total 80 faculty         69 house officers 81 staff  8 Postdoctoral research associates 1 graduate assistant 128 volunteer faculty New Faculty: (12 new faculty hires since July 1, 2014)  Lisa Schlitzkus, M.D., assistant […]

Sep 28, 2015

Research Highlights

UNMC College of Medicine faculty received 30 grant awards representing more than $10 million in new funding during the month of July. Highlights included: Continued support for UNMC’s INBRE Program James Turpen, Ph.D., genetics, cell biology & anatomy, has received a National Institutes of Health award for $3.5 million from the National Institute of General Medical […]

Sep 28, 2015

Free art classes begin in October

Class sizes are limited, so reserve your space now.

Sep 28, 2015

Instructor Ron Sykes, at right, will lead the art classes on campus this fall.

Dr. Vose to deliver keynote address at Patient-Centered Oncology Care Conference

Julie Vose, MD., professor and chief of UNMC's hematology/oncology division in the department of internal medicine, will deliver the keynote address on Nov. 19 at the Patient-Centered Oncology Care Conference in Baltimore for the American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC).   Patient-Centered Oncology Care, now in its fourth year, highlights current issues that cut across […]

Sep 28, 2015

New faculty spotlight: Jim Padussis, M.D.

Dr. Padussis joins the division of surgical oncology.

Sep 28, 2015

Jim Padussis, M.D.

NSRI awarded $3.5 million USSTRATCOM contract to explore nuclear proliferation

NSRI will investigate how an increase in the capabilities of existing nuclear powers and the number of states that possess nuclear weapons.

Sep 28, 2015

Annual campus security/crime report published

Report is made available to employees and students.

Sep 28, 2015

Berggren Lectureship Series debuts Wednesday

Gretchen Berggren, M.D., will give the inaugural presentation of the first endowed lectureship for the College of Public Health.

Sep 28, 2015

From left, Gretchen Berggren, M.D., and Warren Berggren, M.D.

United Way, Day 8: How NOT to sign up

Dr. Howard Fox learns the hard way about contributing to the United Way.

Sep 28, 2015

Educating world on Ebola care topic of Oct. 14 Panhandle Science Cafe

Two University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing staff – instructor, Elizabeth L. Beam, Ph.D., and instructional technologist, Stephen Smith – will discuss educating the world on Ebola care, at 6pm on Oct. 14 at the Steel Grill, 2800 10th St., in Gering, Neb. Dr. Beam and Smith were both heavily involved in creating […]

Sep 28, 2015