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UNMC PA grad receives high national honor
Army Capt. Patrick Williams is the recipient of the 2007 U.S. Army Surgeon General’s Annual Physician Assistant Recognition Award, which is given to a physician assistant who has made a significant contribution to military medicine.
Williams is a certified physician’s assistant with a degree from UNMC.
Jun 13, 2007
Medical center seeks input on quality reporting
(Editor’s note: The following is a note from The Nebraska Medical Center)The Nebraska Medical Center needs your input in reporting our quality performance information online.
Jun 13, 2007
Ford leaving UNMC to lead Center for Human Diversity
When Valda Boyd Ford was appointed director of the UNMC Community and Multicultural Affairs Department in 2001, she brought with her a small, little-known diversity planning entity called the Center for Human Diversity (CHD). …
Because of the increasing growth of the CHD and the recent realignment of the Community Partnership, Ford has decided to resign from her position at UNMC and work full-time for the CHD.
Jun 12, 2007
Sixty-three eighth-graders attend UNMC Health/Science Meet
Sixty-three eighth-grade students from 35 schools across Nebraska attended UNMC’s 15th annual Health/Science Meet, which ran Thursday through Saturday.
Jun 12, 2007
Funeral services held Monday for Dr. Wiltse
Funeral services were held Monday in Omaha for Hobart “Hobe” Wiltse, M.D., Ph.D., retired professor in the UNMC Department of Pediatrics, who died on June 6 from lung cancer.
Jun 12, 2007
UNMC College of Public Health hands out year-end awards
A champion for statewide public health, a scientist researching the use of asthma medication in schools and a student who transcended a traumatic experience to become a proponent for the disabled received this year’s College of Public Health awards for the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The awards were handed out at the college’s […]
Jun 12, 2007
American College of Physicians honors UNMC physician
Rowen Zetterman, M.D., professor of medicine and associate dean for veterans affairs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, recently received the prestigious Alfred Stengel Memorial Award for Outstanding Service for 2007 from the American College of Physicians (ACP). The award — given by the nation’s largest medical specialty organization and […]
Jun 12, 2007
Funeral services held for UNMC pediatrician, Dr. Hobart Wiltse
Funeral services were held Monday in Omaha for Hobart “Hobe” Wiltse, M.D., Ph.D., retired professor in the UNMC Department of Pediatrics, who died on June 6 from lung cancer. Dr. Wiltse, 75, retired in 2002 after 37 years on the faculty. He was well known for his caring demeanor and for giving his time […]
Jun 11, 2007
UNMC College of Medicine to increase class size in 2008
In the fall of 2008, the UNMC College of Medicine will — for the first time in 30 years — increase its class size. The 8 percent increase will boost UNMC’s first-year class from 120 to 130 students.
Jun 11, 2007
Tuesday final chance to register for animal research conference
Tuesday is the final day to register for IACUC 101 course, which will be held June 26 in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.
Jun 11, 2007