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James Armitage, M.D., receives national recognition

James Armitage, M.D., has received the 2014 American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Special Recognition Award for major accomplishments in the fields of oncology and hematology, as well as his many years of ASCO service.

Jun 24, 2014

UNMC celebrates a decade of success in China

For Jialin Zheng, M.D., it’s all about friendships. This week, Dr. Zheng will see the Asia Pacific Rim Development Program, the institutional collaboration he helped develop in 2004 between UNMC and universities in China, celebrate its 10th anniversary.

Jun 24, 2014

Fitness center redevelopment approved

On Friday, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved a $6 million redevelopment and expansion of UNMC’s campus fitness facility. Construction likely will begin in December and be completed by December 2015.

Jun 24, 2014

App is another tool against antimicrobial resistance

Clinicians now have a new weapon in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. The UNMC Infectious Diseases Division in the Department of Internal Medicine has created a mobile app that puts the university’s clinical guidelines, protocols and dosing adjustments for antimicrobial use into a clinician’s hands.

Jun 24, 2014

Division Profile: Internal Medicine – Oncology/Hematology

Chief:  Julie Vose, M.D., MBA Administrator: Lisa Muschall Division Personnel: Faculty: 17 (16 clinical M.D.s and 1 research M.D.) Fellows: 6 Staff: 57 New Faculty: Matthew Lunning, D.O., assistant professor, started July 1, 2013.  Dr. Lunning specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of rare lymphoid malignancies, multiple myeloma and benign hematologic conditions. He sees patients […]

May 27, 2014

A message from the dean

With the academic year coming to a close, it’s a perfect time to salute the faculty who help educate future generations of health professionals. As detailed in this newsletter, one faculty member – Geoffrey Talmon, M.D. – earned his seventh consecutive Golden Apple Award and will move into the Golden Apple Hall of Fame. He’ll be only the seventh faculty member to receive this recognition.

May 27, 2014

Bradley Britigan, M.D.

Hymns, Hip-hop, Henry and your Health

There’s more to music than meets the ears. If you’re anxious, depressed, fatigued or in pain, you might consider a dose of tunes to ease you back to health. Music does something beyond our understanding. We can call it an endorphin release or a distraction, but it goes much deeper than that. Somehow music just does us good. And the good it does was just proven to be even better.

May 27, 2014

Dr. Talmon moves into Golden Apple Hall of Fame

Geoffrey Talmon, M.D., will never win another Golden Apple Award. No, the associate professor of pathology and microbiology hasn’t lost his teaching mojo.

May 27, 2014

Geoffrey Talmon, M.D.

Construction update – Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

You may have noticed a new addition to the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center project site. It can be seen over the rooftops of the campus’ tallest buildings and spotted all the way from West Omaha. It is a tower crane that will help to construct the new Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center facility. At 300 feet tall with a wing span of 255 feet, it’s hard to miss. It’s also bright yellow.

May 27, 2014

The tower crane that will help to construct the new Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center facility is 300 feet tall.

Dr. Oleynikov receives IDEA award

UNMC’s Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D., and his collaborator Shane Farritor, Ph.D., of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, received the University of Nebraska’s Innovation, Development and Engagement (IDEA) Award Wednesday. Dr. Oleynikov, the Joseph and Richard Still Endowed Professor of Surgery, director of the Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, and director of the Center for Advanced Surgical Technology at UNMC, is one of UNMC’s most internationally recognized scientists.

May 27, 2014