{"id":51105,"date":"2014-11-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/11\/26\/sen-johanns-applauds-med-center-during-visit\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:43:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:43:34","slug":"sen-johanns-applauds-med-center-during-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/11\/26\/sen-johanns-applauds-med-center-during-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Johanns applauds med center during visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Nebraska Sen. Mike Johanns visited UNMC shortly before Election Day, touring the emergency department, discussing the Biocontainment Unit and meeting with UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Johanns met with Robert Muelleman, M.D., and Wes Zeger, D.O., in the emergency department and also spoke with Philip Smith, M.D., professor of internal medicine, division of infectious diseases, and medical director of the Biocontainment Unit, and Shelley Schwedhelm, director, emergency department, trauma &amp; preparedness services for Nebraska Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>He then met with Chancellor Gold.<\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"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\/Johanns31125.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em;line-height:150%\">Sen. Mike Johanns, left, with UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>&#8220;We have always recognized that what happens here is so cutting edge, and it&#8217;s just been remarkable what we&#8217;ve seen here at the Med Center,&#8221; Sen. 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