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Dr. Gold to speak at Omaha Press Club

Thursday lunch event accepting reservations.

May 28, 2014

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.

Healthy diet linked with better lung function in COPD patients

Study looked at lung function within 24 hours of eating grapefruit, bananas, fish and cheese

May 28, 2014

Corrine Hanson, Ph.D.

Intersection of art, science is focus of Science Cafe

The June 3 Omaha event will explore analysis of painting using X-ray technology.

May 28, 2014

Fremont physician receives Koefoot Award

Monty Sellon, M.D., called a “great mentor and teacher.”

May 28, 2014

Monty Sellon, M.D.

Wellness Wednesday: Fitness Fridays return

Walk and run set for May 30 to kick off new season of events.

May 28, 2014

Division Profile: Internal Medicine – Oncology/Hematology

Chief:  Julie Vose, M.D., MBA Administrator: Lisa Muschall Division Personnel: Faculty: 17 (16 clinical M.D.s and 1 research M.D.) Fellows: 6 Staff: 57 New Faculty: Matthew Lunning, D.O., assistant professor, started July 1, 2013.  Dr. Lunning specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of rare lymphoid malignancies, multiple myeloma and benign hematologic conditions. He sees patients […]

May 27, 2014

A message from the dean

With the academic year coming to a close, it’s a perfect time to salute the faculty who help educate future generations of health professionals. As detailed in this newsletter, one faculty member – Geoffrey Talmon, M.D. – earned his seventh consecutive Golden Apple Award and will move into the Golden Apple Hall of Fame. He’ll be only the seventh faculty member to receive this recognition.

May 27, 2014

Bradley Britigan, M.D.

Hymns, Hip-hop, Henry and your Health

There’s more to music than meets the ears. If you’re anxious, depressed, fatigued or in pain, you might consider a dose of tunes to ease you back to health. Music does something beyond our understanding. We can call it an endorphin release or a distraction, but it goes much deeper than that. Somehow music just does us good. And the good it does was just proven to be even better.

May 27, 2014

Dr. Talmon moves into Golden Apple Hall of Fame

Geoffrey Talmon, M.D., will never win another Golden Apple Award. No, the associate professor of pathology and microbiology hasn’t lost his teaching mojo.

May 27, 2014

Geoffrey Talmon, M.D.

Construction update – Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

You may have noticed a new addition to the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center project site. It can be seen over the rooftops of the campus’ tallest buildings and spotted all the way from West Omaha. It is a tower crane that will help to construct the new Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center facility. At 300 feet tall with a wing span of 255 feet, it’s hard to miss. It’s also bright yellow.

May 27, 2014

The tower crane that will help to construct the new Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center facility is 300 feet tall.