College of Medicine

For the Greater Good attracts record-setting 2,062 gifts

The second annual giving day raised $767,919 to support UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.

Mar 29, 2024

The second annual For the Greater Good March 27-28, 2024, was a phenomenal success, with 2,062 gifts raising $767,919 to support UNMC and Nebraska Medicine and events around campus, including this one for students at the Sorrell Center that drew UNMC Student Senate President and Student Regent Katie Schultis.

Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD, to deliver 35th Latta Lecture

Dr. Richards-Kortum is director of the Rice 360 Institute for Global Health at Rice University.

Mar 28, 2024

Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD

Harman Lectureship features Aimee Kao, MD, PhD

Dr. Kao, whose lecture is April 12, is an associate professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco.

Mar 27, 2024

Aimee Kao, MD, PhD

iEXCEL awards honor excellence in clinical simulation

The award winners cross faculty, students and staff, both clinical and administrative at the med center.

Mar 27, 2024

Kelli Jones Schneegass, UNMC Office of Rural Health Initiatives, accepts the Collaborative Interprofessional Education Award along with (at center) Nicole Carritt, assistant vice chancellor for health workforce education relations and director of rural health initiatives. At left is Pam Boyers, PhD, associate vice chancellor of clinical simulation for iEXCEL.

Anesthesiology joins nationwide MPOG consortium

The collaboration opens new avenues for departments in research and quality improvement.

Mar 26, 2024

Kyle Ringenberg, MD, and Troy Wildes, MD

UNMC, Regional West Health Services sign affiliation agreement

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Regional West Health Services CEO Mel McNea met Tuesday.

Mar 22, 2024

Mel McNea, Regional West CEO, and Jeffrey P. Gold, University of Nebraska Medical Center chancellor, finalize the agreement between Regional West and UNMC.

Dr. Goeller named new pediatric anesthesiology division chief

Jessica Goeller, DO, joined the faculty at the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology in 2014.

Mar 20, 2024

Jessica Goeller, DO

Dr. Mannon awarded Medal of Excellence from AAKP

The honor recognizes Roslyn Mannon, MD, for being at the forefront in kidney care and patient empowerment.

Mar 20, 2024

Roslyn Mannon, MD

On Match Day, UNMC medical students celebrate their next step

The UNMC College of Medicine students learned their residency assignments. See images and a video from the event and a list of results.

Mar 19, 2024

As is tradition, UNMC medical students pinned the location of their residencies on a map of the United States, with a cluster here in Omaha.

Two receive Leonard Tow Humanism Award

Alëna Balasanova, MD, associate professor in the department of psychiatry, and medical student Laura Flores, PhD, were honored.

Mar 19, 2024

Alëna Balasanova, MD, associate professor in the department of psychiatry, and graduating medical student Laura Flores, PhD