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Five individuals will receive recognition for extraordinary service to UNMC and health care in the state of Nebraska during UNMC’s commencement ceremony Saturday at the Ralston Arena.<\/p>\n


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Former U.S. senators and former Nebraska governors Ben Nelson and Mike Johanns will be among five individuals honored for their extraordinary service.<\/p>\n

Both Sens. Nelson and Johanns will receive the UNMC Chancellor’s Distinguished Service Award for their longtime support of UNMC and commitment to patient care, education and research in Nebraska.<\/p>\n

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Ralston Arena is offering a free shuttle from Hillcrest Landing, 7559 Main St., Ralston, to the arena from 8 a.m.-noon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Marty Fattig will be honored with the J.G. Elliott Award for nearly four decades of service to rural Nebraska and for his unceasing dedication to the improvement of health care in Nebraska.
\nFattig is administrator and chief executive officer at Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn, Neb. There, he’s led remodels and additions, the implementation of an electronic health record, the effort to create a culture of patient safety and quality and the development and implementation of a patient care program called “Personalized Patient Centered Care.”<\/p>\n


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He has been a strong partner with UNMC in the establishment of the Rural Health Education Network, and in recent years, to bringing the Rural Health Opportunities Program to Peru State College.<\/p>\n

The J.G. Elliott Award is given annually in the memory of Jack Elliott, a former Scottsbluff resident who served on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents for 20 years.<\/p>\n

Janet Gilsdorf, M.D., and Thomas Novotny, M.D., alumni of the UNMC College of Medicine, each will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science degree for high distinction in science, service research, education and mentorship.<\/p>\n


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\n<\/TABLE>Dr. Gilsdorf, the Robert P. Kelch Research Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Michigan Medical School, and professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, is a world expert on Haemophilus influenzae infections, the organisms responsible for numerous infections in children, including ear, sinus and invasive infections. <\/p>\n

Dr. Novotny is a national expert in public health. During a 23-year career in the U.S. Public Health Service, he served as a family physician in Northern California; as a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Service officer in Denver; as an epidemiologist in the Office on Smoking and Health, as CDC liaison and assistant dean for public health practice at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health; and as CDC liaison to the World Bank. He is a former assistant surgeon general.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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