College of Medicine

Scott Cancer Research Tower sign shines brightly

Campus, community leaders gathered to mark event.

Dec 1, 2016

Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center gains international partner

Sister institution agreement with Hubei Cancer Hospital is 2nd one with Chinese hospital

Dec 1, 2016

Attendees at the Nov. 14 signing ceremony included: Front row (left-right) - UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D. and Shaozhong Wei, M.D., Ph.D., president of Hubei Cancer Hospital; Back row - Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center; Deb Thomas, vice chancellor for business and finance; Huiting Xu, M.D., Ph.D., Hubei Cancer Hospital; Jun-qui Yue, M.D., Ph.D., Hubei Cancer Hospital; Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, Ph.D., associate dean for academic programs, UNMC College of Nursing; Li-Wu Chen, Ph.D., professor and chair, UNMC College of Public Health Department of Health Services Research and Administration; Steven Hinrichs, M.D., professor and chair, UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology; and Kai Fu, M.D., Ph.D., director of UNMC Office of International Relations.

New faculty spotlight: Abdulrahman Morad, M.D.

Dr. Morad is an assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine.

Nov 30, 2016

Abdulrahman Morad, M.D.

New faculty spotlight: Megan Fuller, M.D.

Dr. Fuller: “I feel immensely privileged to do work I love that can impact the entire trajectory of a child’s life.”

Nov 28, 2016

Megan Fuller, M.D.

Dr. Varghese seeks to minimize ventilator usage

Joby Varghese, M.B.B.S., and team recently had a study published in the journal Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

Nov 28, 2016

Joby Varghese, M.B.B.S.

UNMC to partner on Air Force contract

UNMC’s Keely Buesing, M.D., will collaborate with researchers in Lincoln and Boulder, Colo.

Nov 23, 2016

Keely Buesing, M.D.

New faculty spotlight: Aishwarya Patil, M.D.

A visit to a veterans’ center led Dr. Patil to physical medicine and rehabilitation.

Nov 23, 2016

Aishwarya Patil, M.D.

Dr. Jane Meza to assume interim leadership role for global engagement

Will lead international efforts for UNMC, UNO, Nebraska Medicine

Nov 22, 2016

Jane Meza, Ph.D.

Welcome reception planned today for MMI’s Dr. Mirnics

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., will speak at event.

Nov 22, 2016

Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D.

UNMC scientists honored for neurovirology impact

Howard Gendelman, M.D., and Shilpa Buch, Ph.D., receive major awards at the International Symposium of Neurovirology.

Nov 21, 2016

From left, Kamel Khalili, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of neuroscience at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia, Dr. Gendelman, and Igor Koralnik, M.D., president of the International Society of NeuroVirology and chair of the department of neurological sciences at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Ill.