College of Medicine

UNMC history: Railroad surgery

“Railroad and Clinical Surgery” course was introduced at the Omaha Medical College in 1888.

Sep 17, 2020

Donald Macrae, Sr., MD

New faculty spotlight: Thoetchai (Bee) Peeraphatdit, MD

Dr. Peeraphatdit is an assistant professor, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Sep 17, 2020

Thoetchai (Bee) Peeraphatdit, MD

UNMC collaborating on $2.2 million grant to improve mental health in teens

Researchers plan to enroll 80 youths in Nebraska and Iowa between the ages of 14 and 18 to study the impact of different doses of oxytocin on the brain.

Sep 17, 2020

Dr. Soonjo Hwang

Pediatric cancer research receives $200,000 from Hyundai Hope on Wheels

Funding to test a novel therapy for treating osteosarcoma.

Sep 16, 2020

From left, DJ Murry, PharmD, Sarah Holstein, MD, PhD, and James Ford, DO.

NSRI to continue to lead national security research

New $92 million contract will expand University of Nebraska national defense research.

Sep 16, 2020

Ted Carter, president of the University of Nebraska

New faculty spotlight: Nickolas Nahm, MD

Dr. Nahm is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

Sep 16, 2020

UNMC to collaborate on biomarker discovery, characterization

Thermo Fisher Scientific, AstraZeneca will partner on new workflows to improve the clinical biomarker analysis.

Sep 15, 2020

Timothy Baxter, MD

Infectious diseases class part of global outreach

Taught on Rwandan time, weeklong virtual course created long, but rewarding days.

Sep 14, 2020

From left, David Brett-Major, MD, and Jana Broadhurst, MD

New faculty spotlight: Ryan Koehler, MD

Dr. Koelher is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

Sep 14, 2020

Time out with T.O. – That’s what friends are for

Friends of Ted Mikuls, MD, reach out to help med center during COVID-19 crisis.

Sep 14, 2020

Ted Mikuls, MD
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