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Sounds of Joy
Heidi Joy performs a wide variety of genres from jazz, gospel, inspirational and spiritual to funk, blues, rock and classical. On Thursday, she lit up the Durham Outpatient Center Atrium for approximately 130 people who shared their lunch hour with the Omaha native.
Mar 16, 2007
Breakthrough Therapy for Prostate Cancer Available at The Nebraska Medical Center
A new kind of radiation therapy is targeting cancer the same way a Global Positioning System, or GPS, pinpoints the location of your car. The Calypso 4D Localization System is now being offered to prostate cancer patients at The Nebraska Medical Center, one of only five medical centers worldwide to attain the Calypso technology. […]
Mar 16, 2007
UNMC alumni gather in the ‘Valley of the Sun’
Nearly 70 UNMC alumni and friends gathered in Scottsdale, Ariz., recently to celebrate their alma mater.
Mar 15, 2007
Internists doing fewer procedures Dr. Wigton’s survey shows
A national survey by a UNMC internist reported in a recent issue of Annals of Internal Medicine shows a dramatic decline in the number and variety of medical procedures performed by general internists.
Mar 15, 2007
Joy brings versatile voice to ‘Music as Medicine’
Heidi Joy will display what some call the “most versatile voice in the region” today at noon in the Durham Outpatient Center’s West Atrium.
Mar 15, 2007
Pro baseball’s Mesa uses his foundation to save Dominican child
For the past 18 years, Jose Mesa has been one of the leading relief pitchers in major league baseball. Now, through the Jose Mesa Foundation in his native Dominican Republic, Mesa is providing a different kind of relief.`Thanks to Mesa’s longtime friendship with Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies at UNMC, a 5-year-old boy from the Dominican Republic is in Omaha this week and received a life-saving heart operation at Children’s Hospital on Tuesday.
Mar 15, 2007
Campus blood drive next Thursday
The next UNMC campus blood drive is scheduled for Thursday, March 22 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Student Life Center in the Center for Healthy Living.
Mar 15, 2007
119 UNMC medical students receive residency assignments through Match Day Program
A total of 119 senior medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have received their residency assignments through the National Resident Matching Program. The program, a private, not-for-profit corporation, was established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to residency positions, which last from three to five years and allow newly-graduated physicians […]
Mar 15, 2007
UNMC Off The Clock — Dr. Sorrell into heavy lifting
In his office and on his weekly radio show, James Sorrell, M.D., helps people tackle heavy issues. In the gym, the UNMC assistant professor of psychiatry tackles heavy weights.
Mar 14, 2007
James Redford: Star filled night a way to thank UNMC
Fourteen years ago this past weekend, James Redford, son of Hollywood icon, Robert Redford, underwent the first of two liver transplants he would receive at The Nebraska Medical Center. On Saturday night, both Redfords got to say thank you.
Mar 14, 2007