Uncategorized

Community invited to med center Martin Luther King Jr. Day event

Registration open for Jan. 20 event for in-person, virtual attendance.

Jan 10, 2025

Christopher McCroy, executive director of 100 Black Men of Omaha Inc.

Partnership Spotlight – University of Anahuac Veracruz

Since initiating the partnership in 2016 by the UNMC College of Public Health, this important partnership continues to evolve in ways that will enhance the benefits to both UNMC and the University Anahuac Veracruz (UAV) faculty and students, as well as the communities that we serve. In recent years, the UNMC Department of Family Medicine, […]

Jan 10, 2025

Some members of the UNMC delegation to the University of Anahuac Veracruz, Mexico this past October: Armando De Alba, MD, MPH, PhD, associate professor and assistant dean, department of family medicine; Harnoor Dhaliwal, associate co-executive director, Scott Scholars Program, college of medicine; Ken Bayles, PhD, vice chancellor of research; Jane Meza, PhD, interim vice chancellor for academic affairs; and Matt Rizzo, MD, FAAN, FANA, chair of the department of neurological sciences.

KIOS Omaha on Jan. 10

Research shows playing board games can protect against Alzheimer’s

Jan 10, 2025

Kaleb Michaud, PhD.

Kim Scarsi, PharmD, appointed new chair of pharmacy practice

Dr. Scarsi is the Lewis E. and Antonia E. Harris Professor and Chair, UNMC Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science.

Jan 10, 2025

Kim Scarsi, PharmD

Thank you snow much: Employee event set for Jan. 16

The quarterly employee appreciation event, hosted by UNMC Human Resources, will be held in the Wigton Heritage Center.

Jan 10, 2025

A quarterly employee appreciation pop-up was held Thursday, October 24, 2024, at the Center for Healthy Living. There were food trucks, carnival games, line dancing, and prizes available.

Sustainability survey: How the med center sees sustainability

The med center’s 2024 Sustainability Engagement Survey garnered almost 1,000 more responses from across the campus.

Jan 10, 2025

The LiveGreen Ambassadors participate in sustainability efforts around the med center, including campus clean-ups.

Nebraska Medical Orchestra winter concert is Jan. 29

The concert, to be held at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, was rescheduled from its earlier date in December.

Jan 10, 2025

The Nebraska Medical Orchestra

Resident spotlight: Alexander Scheiber, MD

Alexander Scheiber, MD, joins the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology as a resident physician. Why did you choose the medical field? In the summer following my 8th grade year, I had the opportunity to shadow some nurses at the Omaha Children’s Hospital. I had the distinct pleasure of being in the room for an open-heart procedure on […]

Jan 8, 2025

Alexander Scheiber, MD

Seeing double: CRNAs Jason and Nathan Cromer

For Jason and Nathan Cromer, the identical twin bond has always been strong and although they never planned to follow the same path through life, Jason said it happened more often than not. “We have always strived to be successful in life, we just didn’t know it was going to be in health care.”

Jan 8, 2025

Identical twins, Nathan (left) and Jason (right) Cromer are CRNAs with the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology.

Nebraska Public Media on Jan. 4

Consider this with Cathy Wyatt

Jan 8, 2025

Courtney Aken