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Nebraska students earn place on UNMC College of Nursing dean’s list
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing were named to the deans list following the spring semester 2005. To qualify for the deans list, students must have a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The UNMC College of Nursing, based in Omaha, with divisions in Lincoln, Kearney and Scottsbluff, […]
Sep 13, 2005
Omaha, area women invited to Oct. 14 ‘Navigating the Hormone Highway’ conference, addresses the effect of hormones on women’s health
The eighth annual Omaha Women’s Health and Wellness Conference will be held Friday, Oct. 14, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the DC Centre in Omaha, 11830 Stonegate Circle, located three blocks south of 120th & Maple Streets. The conference, titled “Navigating the Hormone Highway” will feature talks about the effect of hormones during […]
Sep 12, 2005
UNMC physicians to provide free lung disease screenings, protective masks to farmers at Husker Harvest Days Sept. 13-15
Audio clips Susanna Von Essen, M.D., talks about The free lung screenings offered and their value A rare disorder called Farmer’s Lung Some of the problems found through the screenings What physicians will provide during Husker Harvest days. Amid the latest farm machinery, technology, information and education at Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island Sept. 13-15, […]
Sep 8, 2005
Record number of students attending the University of Nebraska Medical Center
A record number of students is attending the University of Nebraska Medical Center this fall, as UNMC’s enrollment topped 3,000 students for the first time. This fall, 3,002 students are enrolled at UNMC, an increase of 98 students (3.4 percent) from fall 2004. Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNMC, […]
Sep 8, 2005
UNMC, 16 communities across Nebraska invite public to 10th Anniversary Mini-Medical School; offers free health education series on genetics, cardiology and the brain
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and co-sponsors in 16 communities across Nebraska invite the public to participate in a free health educational series titled, “A Decade Makes a Difference.” The series will run three Thursdays, Oct. 6, 13 and 20, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (central time). This fall’s Mini-Medical School will celebrate […]
Sep 8, 2005
Transplant patients find safe haven at med center
Denise Breaux and her 3-year-old daughter Bailey were on the sixth floor of Tulane Hospital when Hurricane Katrina crashed ashore. The young girl, who received a liver, small bowel and pancreas transplant from UNMC in 2002, had been admitted to the hospital just two days before the devastating storm for tests. Initially, the hospital had […]
Sep 7, 2005
Maurers to be honored for their work in community
Since coming to Omaha in 1993, University of Nebraska Medical Center Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and his wife, Beverly, have made community outreach one of their top priorities. Their efforts have not gone unnoticed. On Sept. 14, the couple will be honored in a special recognition dinner by the Chabad of Nebraska. The […]
Sep 7, 2005
UNMC hospital accept Gulf Coast patients, students
UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, are welcoming patients and students evacuated from the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Late Thursday, a 3-year-old girl from New Orleans arrived, marking the first of an unknown number of patients who might be sent to the medical center. The young girl, who is doing […]
Sep 6, 2005
Dr. James Linder named associate vice chancellor for research for UNMC
James Linder, M.D., a key administrator and faculty member at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for nearly 20 years, is returning to Nebraska as associate vice chancellor for research with the goal of boosting UNMC’s clinical research enterprise to a record level. The appointment, which was effective Sept. 1, was announced today by Tom […]
Sep 6, 2005
UNMC recruits national, local researchers to attack problem of Staphylococcus, considered to become one of biggest health challenges in the next five years
Staphylococcus infections once associated with hospitalization, recent surgery, and residence in long-term-care facilities, now are striking healthy individuals. And the experts aren’t sure why. Complicating the rise of “staph” infections is the organism’s growing resistance to antibiotic treatment. Some physicians fear a return to the pre-antibiotic era when there were no medications to fight […]
Aug 29, 2005