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Chancellor’s Holiday tea today in DOC west atrium
The Chancellor’s Holiday Tea will be held today from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium.
Dec 14, 2009
Study finds cancer patients with advance care plan have better coping skills
When it comes to cancer, it’s important for patients to have an advance care plan — a healthcare proxy or a living will or both. A proxy carries out healthcare choices in the event the patient cannot. Researchers from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle […]
Dec 14, 2009
UNMC Off the Clock – In the studio with Dr. Bociek
The rock and roll life was not for Greg Bociek, M.D. As a young man, he recorded and toured with a band in his native Canada. But after a couple of years, he quit and went to medical school. While he gave up the musician’s life, he didn’t give up music.
Dec 11, 2009
Dr. Hejkal named chairman of ophthalmology
Tom Hejkal, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the McGaw Memorial Chairman of the UNMC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.
Dec 11, 2009
UNMC in China – A quick look back
Links to a three-part series UNMC Today ran this week regarding recent medical center developments in China.
Dec 11, 2009
Dr. Abdalhamid certified as ABMM diplomate
Baha Abdalhamid, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor in the UNMC pathology and microbiology department, is now a certified Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology (ABMM).
Dec 11, 2009
376 UNMC students to receive diplomas during commencement ceremonies
Diplomas will be conferred on 376 University of Nebraska Medical Center students during ceremonies next week in Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha and Scottsbluff. In Kearney, a ceremony will be held for UNMC College of Nursing Kearney Division students on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m., at the University of Nebraska at Kearney Fine Arts Recital Hall. […]
Dec 11, 2009
UNMC in China – UNMC, Xi’an med school form family medicine center
UNMC and Xi’an Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (XJTUSM) recently agreed to establish a one-of-a-kind training center for family practice physicians in China.
Dec 10, 2009
Burger King campaign raises more than $142,000 for research
The “Burger King Help Beat Cancer for Kids” 2009 campaign raised $142,256 bringing the six-year total to over $800,000 for pediatric cancer research at the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center.
Dec 10, 2009
Music as Medicine canceled- UPDATED
The Music as Medicine concert scheduled for Thursday has been canceled because of the weather.
Dec 10, 2009