College of Medicine

Former UNMC anesthesiology chair, John Tinker, M.D., dies at age 74

John Tinker, M.D., professor and chair of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology from 1997-2008, died Feb. 17 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. He was 74. A funeral service will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday at Rasmusson-Bacon Funeral Home, 1418 Fawcett Parkway, in Nevada, […]

Feb 19, 2016

John Tinker, M.D.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Feb 19, 2016

Dr. Ernest named state EMS medical director

Emergency Medicine’s Eric Ernest, M.D., a former paramedic, will work with stakeholders throughout the state to improve services.

Feb 18, 2016

Eric Ernest, M.D.

Guild announces grants to MMI

Grant total is largest in the Munroe-Meyer Guild’s 48-year history.

Feb 17, 2016

Nebraska Medicine performs first lung transplant

Operation is the first since launching the program in late 2015.

Feb 16, 2016

Lung transplant patient Phil Sauvageau, center, with Aleem Siddique, M.D., left, and Heather Strah, M.D.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Feb 12, 2016

New NSSNA board members are West Nebraska Division's (left to right) Marion Techentien, Calene Mulcahy, Niesha Ginn and Valerie Beraun.

Student spotlight – Meet Margaret Taylor

Cancer research graduate student enjoys the thrill of discovery.

Feb 12, 2016

Margaret Taylor

New faculty spotlight: Sung-Ho Huh, Ph.D.

Butterfly’s transformation spurred Dr. Huh’s research ambitions.

Feb 12, 2016

Sung-Ho Huh, Ph.D.

Video tour: Lauritzen Outpatient Center & Fritch Surgery Center

Video tour offers look inside new facility.

Feb 11, 2016

Lauritzen Outpatient Center & Fritch Surgery Center

Shilpa Buch, Ph.D., is UNMC’s 10th Scientist Laureate

Dr. Buch will be recognized at a 4 p.m. ceremony today at the Durham Research Center Auditorium.

Feb 11, 2016

Shilpa Buch, Ph.D.