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CRNA Week Spotlight: Mike Hamilton

As a former police officer, a Navy reservist and a CRNA, Michael Hamilton has only ever chosen careers with great societal responsibility.

Jan 24, 2019

CRNA Week Spotlight: Kris Rohde

CRNA Kris Rohde is currently the president of the Nebraska Association of Nurse Anesthetists, but she almost pursued exercise science.

Jan 23, 2019

Howard Liu, M.D., named chair of UNMC Department of Psychiatry

Has been campus leader on several initiatives over past decade

Jan 23, 2019

From left, Nebraska Medicine CEO James Linder, M.D., Howard Liu, M.D., chair of the department of psychiatry, and Bradley Britigan, M.D., dean of the UNMC College of Medicine.

CRNA Week Spotlight: Alessandro Preto

Twenty years ago, CRNA Alessandro Preto, moved to the United States from Brazil with $200 in his pocket. Now he’s an American citizen with a family and an advanced medical degree.

Jan 22, 2019

CRNA Week Spotlight: Judy Lane

Nearing the 40-year mark in her healthcare career, Judy Lane now works long hours on weekends–a shift she’s happy to take so her younger colleagues can stay home with their young families.

Jan 21, 2019

CRNA Week Spotlight: Tiffany Olson

Once Tiffany Olson discovered nurse anesthesia, her career path completely changed.

Jan 20, 2019

World-renowned UNMC pathologist, Sonny Johansson, M.D., Ph.D., dies at age 76

His expertise included kidney, thyroid disease as well as head and neck cancer

Jan 15, 2019

Sonny Johansson, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Nebraska partners with Dept. of Defense to develop drug therapies

Goal is to protect military service members from effects of radiation exposure

Jan 14, 2019

Rebecca Oberley Deegan, Ph.D., UNMC, Kenneth Bayles, Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for basic science research at UNMC, and David Berkowitz, Ph.D., professor of chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, are three of the key NU scientists involved in a project with the U.S. Department of Defense to develop drugs that would protect U.S. troops from radiation exposure.

UNMC boosts research stature by adding most advanced MRI scanner in Nebraska

Allows UNMC to compete with elite institutions, better understand complexities of brain

Jan 9, 2019

The new research-dedicated MRI will allow UNMC to compete with elite research institutions around the country and should help the medical center bring in millions of more dollars in research funding.

American to be monitored at Medical Center after possible Ebola exposure

Monitoring at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine could last up to two weeks.

Dec 29, 2018