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2005 Kiewit, Scott Entrepreneurial awards announced
HKS Medical Information Systems is the 2005 winner of the Walter Scott Entrepreneurial Business Award, University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken announced Tuesday. Byers “Bud” Shaw Jr., M.D., professor and chairman of UNMC’s Department of Surgery, founded HKS Medical Information Systems in 1993 with Hubert Hickman and Paul Kenyon. The company develops, sells and implements software for hospitals to track solid organ transplant data. A four-student team from the University of Nebraska at Kearney won the Peter Kiewit Student Entrepreneurial Award.
Mar 3, 2005
Inappropriate use of computer resources leads to arrest
On Tuesday, a workstation in the McGoogan Library of Medicine computing cluster was being used to view objectionable material, which is prohibited by federal law. Following established procedures, UNMC Campus Security contacted the Omaha Police Department and an arrest was made. The individual arrested was not affiliated with UNMC.
Mar 3, 2005
Omaha orthopedic surgeon Edward V. Fehringer, M.D., inducted as fellow into the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Edward V. Fehringer, M.D., orthopedic surgeon at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, was inducted recently as a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons during ceremonies at the Academy’s 72nd annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Dr. Fehringer was one of 549 new fellows inducted. The Academy has 27,959 members worldwide. An assistant […]
Mar 3, 2005
UNMC neurologist to share stroke expertise
Since joining UNMC, Pierre Fayad, M.D., has built a new department and recruited neurology specialists. He has built programs that greatly enhanced the capabilities of UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, to help patients suffering from strokes, seizures, muscle and nerve disorders, brain cancer and degenerative disorders of the brain such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and dementia.
Mar 2, 2005
Breakthrough treatment for kidney, skin cancer
UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, a leading provider of cancer care in the Midwest region, is the only medical center in Nebraska and Iowa to offer PROLEUKIN® IL-2 therapy, a recombinant human Interleukin-2 (rhIL-2) for the treatment of metastatic melanoma (a type of skin cancer) and metastatic renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer).
Mar 1, 2005
UNMC neurologist to share stroke expertise with groups in Holdrege and Kearney
Pierre Fayad, M.D., Reynolds Centennial professor and chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Neurological Sciences and an expert in stroke and neurovascular disease, will speak in Holdrege on March 3 and in Kearney on March 4. On March 3, Dr. Fayad will speak to the Holdrege Rotary Club at noon […]
Mar 1, 2005
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center to sell ‘Hope’ bracelets
In the fight against cancer, Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., has always had hope. Now, the director of the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, would like to share that hope on the wrist of every Nebraskan. As a result, the Friends of the UNMC Eppley Cancer Cener are selling Nebraska-red “Hope” bracelets to raise awareness […]
Mar 1, 2005
UNMC receives $1.5 million grant to study aortic aneurysms
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a $1.5 million renewal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to continue its research into the regulation of aortic aneurysms. An aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the aorta, which may burst from the weakening of vessel walls. Currently, the only way […]
Mar 1, 2005
UNMC receives grant to study aortic aneurysms
UNMC has received a $1.5 million renewal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to continue its research into the regulation of aortic aneurysms.
Feb 28, 2005
UNMC College of Nursing holds induction ceremony for 144 new nursing students in Scottsbluff, Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing held induction ceremonies across Nebraska Feb. 27 to recognize 144 new nursing students as they commit to academic integrity and begin assimilating the values and behaviors of the professional nurse. The ceremony also reiterated some the most important values for the professional nurse and for the […]
Feb 28, 2005