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UNMC offers free CPR training April 28 to youths 11-18

The one-hour training will teach skills on how to recognize and respond to life threatening emergencies.

Apr 3, 2013

Vital Pin recipients announced

UNMC employees are noted in the categories of Leadership, Team, Excellence and Resource.

Apr 2, 2013

Employees who get six Vital Thank 'U' awards for a particular brand value receive the Vital Pin that corresponds with that value.

COM faculty capture prestigious awards

Drs. Vandenberg, Porter and Swindells win university-wide recognition.

Apr 2, 2013

Ed Vandenberg, M.D.

UNMC History 101 – The dean of deans

C.W.M. Poynter was known as a great teacher and leader.

Apr 2, 2013

C.W.M. Poynter's portrait (1944) currently hangs in the library on the eighth floor of Wittson Hall.

Briefs

Tom Tape, M.D., professor, internal medicine, chief of the division of general internal medicine, and vice chair of clinical affairs for internal medicine, has been elected to the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the national organization of internists. The Board of Regents manages the business and affairs of ACP and […]

Apr 2, 2013

Surgeons implant state’s first Total Artificial Heart

Weeping Water man now awaits second transplant.

Apr 2, 2013

(Left to right): Ioana Dumitru, M.D., John Um, M.D., and patient Greg Rathe spoke to local media at a news conference March 27. Rathe told reporters he’s looking forward to getting stronger to be there for his 4-year-old son.

UNMC is one of 69 sites participating in RESPECT stroke study

Research featured in New England Journal of Medicine.

Apr 2, 2013

Transplant voices

Program brings hope and a second chance at life to a young boy and his family.

Apr 2, 2013

Kipton Krumland and his mother, Erin, of Eagle, Neb.

UNMC, Invest Nebraska fuel new startup company

Has potential to transform how joint replacement surgeries are performed.

Apr 2, 2013

Q&A with: James Armitage, M.D.

Transplant pioneer discuss the genesis of UNMC’s program.

Apr 2, 2013

James Armitage, M.D.