College of Medicine

SHARING board members attend national conference

Annual conference for the Society of Student Run Free Clinics was held in January.

Feb 22, 2016

UNMC students attending the conference included: Front row, left to right, Stephanie Nitz, Michael Visenio, Erika Fennen, Michael Blaha, Terrence Brown; back row, left to right, Derek Vogel, Austin Dudzinski. Not pictured: Molly Finn, Jacqueline Clark, Jennifer Shehan, Laura Miotke, Brian Coburn.

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