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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

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

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

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
