{"id":19683,"date":"2002-12-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-12-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2002\/12\/13\/senate-trio-tour-campus\/"},"modified":"2002-12-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2002-12-13T06:00:00","slug":"senate-trio-tour-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2002\/12\/13\/senate-trio-tour-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate trio tour campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/senators12112002b.jpg\" border=\"2\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<font face=\"arial\"><br \/>\nDmitry Oleynikov, M.D., far left, explains the daVinci Surgical System to Sens. Elaine Stuhr, Donald Pederson and Lowen Kruse.<br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><br \/>\nThree Nebraska state senators were on campus Wednesday to try their hand using UNMC&#8217;s computer-assisted surgical equipment, reading X-rays and diagnosing conditions through problem-based learning.<\/p>\n<p>The group included Sen. Lowen Kruse of Omaha District 13; Sen. Donald Pederson of North Platte District 42; and Sen. Elaine Stuhr of Bradshaw District 24, and her husband Boyd. <\/p>\n<p>The senators spent five hours touring various areas of the medical center including The Lied Transplant Center, the Islet Processing Lab (located on the ninth floor of the Lied Transplant Center), radiology reading room, and UNMC Eppley Cancer Center.<TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/senators12112002m.jpg\" border=\"2\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<font face=\"arial\"><br \/>\nSen. Lowen Kruse talks with Ann Kraft of UNMC Public Affairs who coordinated the tours. 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