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A message from the dean

I’m pleased to report that things are moving forward nicely with our OneTeam clinical enterprise initiative.

The members of the leadership team and advisory board have been selected and are detailed in this newsletter. In a little over a week, the management team will convene in Nebraska City for a retreat and will further accelerate the process of moving the new enterprise forward.

Jan 23, 2014

Iowa physician tabbed as chairman of UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences

Will increase faculty, grow clinical and research programs

University of Iowa neurologist, Matthew Rizzo, M.D., has been selected as the Frances and Edgar Reynolds Professor and Chair of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Neurological Sciences. He also will be named the co-director of the Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance (NNA) joining Howard Gendelman, M.D., chair of the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, in that role.

Jan 23, 2014

Howard Gendelman, M.D. and Matthew Rizzo, M.D.

Dr. Caverzagie named associate dean for educational strategy

New position created to seek better ways of educating medical students, residents

Kelly Caverzagie, M.D., associate vice chair for quality and physician competence in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, has been appointed associate dean for educational strategy for the College of Medicine.

Jan 23, 2014

Kelly Caverzagie, M.D.

New advisory board named for clinical enterprise

Will oversee The Nebraska Medical Center, UNMC Physicians, Bellevue Medical Center

Three connected but administratively separate organizations – The Nebraska Medical Center, UNMC Physicians and Bellevue Medical Center – are becoming one enterprise, and a new advisory board has been created to provide advice, support and eventually oversight.

Jan 23, 2014

New clinical enterprise leadership announced

Clinical enterprise president Bradley Britigan, M.D., and CEO Bill Dinsmoor announced the new executive leadership structure for the organization during a series of forums earlier this month. Both said the new leadership structure is built for the future of health care reform.

Jan 23, 2014

UNMC part of international hepatitis C registry to improve treatment

Many of the estimated 3 million people in the U.S. who have the virus don’t know they are infected.

Jan 22, 2014

Transplant recipient’s essay nets visit with donor

Iowa woman wins a nationwide “Home for the Holidays” contest.

Jan 22, 2014

Michael Henkel, center, and Lori McFate, second from right, with friends during Henkel's visit.

UNO offering discounted hockey tickets to Jan. 31 game

Mavericks take on conference rival St. Cloud State.

Jan 22, 2014

Wellness Wednesday: Children’s healthy habits start with parents

Modeling healthy behaviors helps children.

Jan 22, 2014

Discounted tickets for Pulitzer winner ‘Next to Normal’

Preview show will be Feb. 6.

Jan 22, 2014