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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Nebraska Newsletter for Sunday April 12, 2020 ( 4 items )  

Charity Evans, M.D. Named First Chief of New University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Acute Care Surgery
OMAHA, Nebraska, April 11 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: Charity Evans, M.D., has been named the inaugural chief of the newly created University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Acute Care Surgery. Her appointment is effective July 1, the date the division officially becomes active. Acute care surgery had been a section under general surgery, but due to its growth and the important role that it plays as it relates to trauma care, critical  more

Kari Simonsen, M.D., Named Chair of University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pediatrics
OMAHA, Nebraska, April 11 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: After a national search, Kari Simonsen, M.D., has been appointed chair of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Simonsen also will continue to serve as pediatrician-in-chief and senior vice president of pediatric services for Children's Hospital & Medical Center, a position she assumed last fall. Brad Britigan, M.D., dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, a  more

University of Nebraska Medical Center SIM-NE Hosts Training on Coronavirus for Rural Critical Access Hospitals
OMAHA, Nebraska, April 10 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: The University of Nebraska Medical Center's Simulation in Motion-Nebraska program recently provided free virtual training on the coronavirus to rural regional and critical access hospitals (CAH). More than 357 providers from critical access hospitals registered for the Facebook Live event, which focused on how to protect health care providers and others when treating patients who may have   more

University of Nebraska Medical Center: Shield Protects Health Care Workers From Coronavirus for Intubation Procedures
OMAHA, Nebraska, April 6 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: A new protective barrier invented at the University of Nebraska Medical Center shields and protects health care workers from contagions and other contaminants during intubation procedures. Inventors Thomas Schulte, MD, and Michael Ash, MD, in collaboration with Scott Nepper at Design Plastics, Inc. in Omaha--developed the device in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were looking for a   more