InterCOM
Time out with T.O. – A birthday to remember
Few names resonate more on the UNMC campus than the name Grissom. It began with Robert Grissom, M.D., who joined UNMC in 1953 as chairman of the internal medicine department and as one of four original full-time clinical faculty members.
Jul 28, 2014
News briefs
Howard Gendelman, M.D., pharmacology and experimental neuroscience, spoke July 29 to a group at Lakeside Village Retirement Community. He discussed his Parkinson’s disease research and clinical trials taking place at UNMC.
Jul 28, 2014
Update on clinical enterprise
Davidson named chief human capital officer; Istas tapped to lead Bellevue Medical Center; It was announced at the July 1 enterprise forums that Paulette Davidson, current COO, Bellevue Medical Center, will assume the new role of chief human capital officer for the clinical enterprise.
Jul 28, 2014
Coming events
August 1 – Deadline for College of Medicine’s formal submission of response to Liaison Committee on Medical Education concerning our plans for meeting accreditation standards. August 1 – Hospital begins 24/7 trauma coverage. August 5 – UneMed shareholders meeting, 5:30 p.m., TD Ameritrade Park. August 14-15 – International Student Orientations. Movie night on August 15 […]
Jul 28, 2014
A message from the dean
It’s more difficult than ever to successfully compete for research funding these days, making the research funding announcements in this month’s issue of InterCOM all the more remarkable. Medical center researchers in the College of Medicine garnered four major grants totaling more than $20 million in funding. Two of the grants will each bring $10 million to UNMC.
Jul 28, 2014
Research Highlights
The following 12 grants representing more than $5.6 million in new funding were awarded to UNMC College of Medicine faculty during May.
Jul 28, 2014
UNMC researchers receive $10 million grant to study staphylococcus
Researchers at UNMC have received a five-year grant for $10 million to continue work on a project to fight the growing threat of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Jul 28, 2014
Appendicitis: New Ways to Save the Game
He was a star quarterback for a high school team. The final game of the season was a chance for the state tournament at large. And he was seeing me for a peculiar right lower quadrant pain.
Jul 28, 2014
UNMC to collaborate on web-based dementia study
The University of California San Francisco and UNMC have been awarded a $10 million grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to create a new web-based model of dementia care. It will provide around the clock consultations for patients and their families, online education and, for a subset of patients, remote monitoring with smart phones and home sensors.
Jul 28, 2014
Division Profile: Internal Medicine – General Medicine
Chief: Thomas Tape, M.D., F.A.C.P. Number of people in the division: Faculty: 53 Midlevel practitioners: 5 Administrative personnel: 5 New faculty joining GIM in 2014: Kerry McDonald, M.D. – assistant professor, specializing in hospital medicine Deepak Singh, M.D. – assistant professor, specializing in hospital medicine Michael Ash, M.D. – assistant professor, chief transformation officer Daniel […]
Jul 28, 2014
