Family Medicine

Decade-long partnership brings UAV student cohort to UNMC

Four students from Universidad Anáhuac Veracruz participated at a one-month immersion program in family medicine on the Omaha campus.

Oct 8, 2026

From left, UAV students Verónica Dinora Duarte Ruíz, Cristhian Rafael Jácome Parada, Andrea Sánchez Yáñez and Dulce María Sangabriel Galindo pose at the stethoscope sculpture in front of the Sorrell Center in Omaha.

Search committee set for new college of medicine dean

James Armitage, MD, will chair a committee featuring university and community leaders.

Oct 8, 2026

James Armitage, MD

UNMC for the record, Sept. 25, 2026

Dr. DeAlba recognized; Dean Kugel featured on podcast; MyCCE Accounts help track continuing education credits.

Sep 25, 2026

Armando De Alba, MD, PhD

Scott Ehresman, MD, honored as 2026 Koefoot Award recipient

Dr. Ehresman was the inaugural recipient in 2005 and has continued to have a strong influence as an educator and mentor.

May 13, 2026

UNMC Department of Family Medicine Chair Dr. Jeff Harrison, Koefoot Award Winner Dr. Scott Ehresman and UNMC Department of Family Medicine Medical Student Education Director Dr. Mindy Lacey pose for a photo.

New faculty spotlight: Elizabeth Gibson, MD

Dr. Gibson is an assistant professor with the UNMC Department of Family Medicine.

Oct 20, 2025

Elizabeth Gibson, MD

Medical research highlights, October 2025

The UNMC College of Medicine recently received grants and awards representing more than $10 million in new funding.

Oct 9, 2025

Kuan-Hua Chen, PhD

New faculty spotlight: Janelle Leuschen, MD

Dr. Leuschen is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Family Medicine.

Oct 8, 2025

Janelle Leuschen, MD

International family medicine partnership marks ninth year

UNMC and the University of Anahuac expanded their collaboration to launch an academic observership in family medicine.

Oct 7, 2025

From left, Armando De Alba, MD, PhD, associate professor of family medicine at UNMC; Jeffrey Harrison, MD, chair of the UNMC Department of Family Medicine; Tito Abiud Castro Candia; David Gabriel Delgado Castillo; UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD; Rommina Durante San Román; Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine; and Ana Carolina Herrera Velázquez

UNMC’s ‘Operation Immunization’ clinics return

The award-winning collaboration, led by the UNMC College of Pharmacy, has delivered more than 15,000 flu shots since 2017.

Sep 8, 2025

A student administers a flu shot into a patient's arm

New faculty spotlight: Jeffrey Daniels, MD

Dr. Daniels is an assistant professor with the UNMC Department of Family Medicine.

Aug 28, 2025

Jeffrey Daniels, MD