{"id":59929,"date":"2017-09-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/09\/14\/state-sen-lindstrom-visits-unmc\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:14:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T22:14:57","slug":"state-sen-lindstrom-visits-unmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/09\/14\/state-sen-lindstrom-visits-unmc\/","title":{"rendered":"State Sen. Lindstrom visits UNMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>State Sen. Brett Lindstrom, who represents District 18 in northwest Omaha, toured UNMC in September, meeting with university leaders, including Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., Vice Chancellor for External Relations Bob Bartee, and Associate Vice Chancellor for Basic Science Research Ken Bayles, M.D.<\/p>\n<p>He also toured the iEXCEL Visualization Hub, his first exposure to virtual medical education.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. 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