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Welcome to the University of Nebraska Medical Center/The Nebraska Medical Center’s office of International Healthcare Services (IHS).
With the search for new and innovative treatments, our primary focus is people. International Healthcare Services has helped bring hundreds of patients from around the globe to Omaha for treatment. We assist in providing patients and their families obtain access to the world renowned services and expert medical and nursing care provided at the Medical Center.
Our healthcare providers and all of our employees put our patients and their families first — treating them with warmth and compassion — just like we'd want our own family members treated. Our specializations include stem cell, bone marrow, kidney, liver, lung, heart, small bowel, intestinal and other transplantations; cancer care; non-Hodgkin’s and Hodgkin’s lymphoma; leukemia; interventional radiology for oncology related procedures; minimally invasive surgery; whiplash related surgeries; epilepsy; stroke; prostate and urological procedures; ENT; orthopedics, pediatrics and pediatric oncology; neurology; pathology; clinical and genetics laboratory based evaluation and treatment recommendations; immunohistochemistry; flow cytometry; molectular hematology; cytogenetics and radiological rests and evaluations.
The Nebraska Medical Center s commitment to excellence, quality and extraordinary patient care leads to a distinguished honor. For a second consecutive year, J.D. Power and Associates, a national research corporation, is recognizing the medical center for service excellence for inpatient services under its Distinguished Hospital Program J.D. Powers and Associates which judges hospitals by consumer preference, gave us its "Number 1 Consumer's Choice Award." We are always challenging ourselves to provide the best patient care. ‘It s a significant part of our journey to excellence,’ said Glenn Fosdick, FACHE, president and CEO of The Nebraska Medical Center. ‘We want every employee to take pride in the fact that we have earned this distinction two years in a row.’
The recognition is based on a telephone survey of recently discharged patients. These individuals were asked to share their perceptions regarding five key areas of their overall hospital experience: dignity and respect; speed and efficiency; comfort; information and communication; and emotional support. The medical center received particularly high ratings compared to the national study in the area of speed and efficiency with which the staff delivered care to patients. It also performed well in providing information and communicating with patients, according to J.D. Power and Associates, especially for its clear explanation of how the patient should manage his or her care after leaving the hospital. The University of Nebraska Medical Center and The Nebraska Medical Center offer the ideal environment for faster recovery. Situated on 79 acres of land, the medical and hospital complex consists of 23 buildings with a total of 835 beds and 23 clinics.
Each year the ‘Best Doctors’ organization publishes its list of top physicians. UNMC had 182 physicians, representing 34 specialties, named to the “2005 Best Doctors” list* (see below). Best Doctors was founded in 1989 by two physicians affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Their goal was to provide greater access to dependable, high quality medical information and care for individuals with serious illness or injury. Today, Best Doctors is the world’s leading resource for patients, families and physicians seeking expert medical information and guidance to treat illnesses and injuries of all kinds.
Names include such world-renowned specialists as Dr. James Armitage, the most recognized international lymphoma specialist in the world, Dr. Anne Kessinger, the pioneer in peripheral stem cell transplantation, Dr. Julie Vose, Chair of UNMC’s Oncology/Hematology Section and an internationally renowned researcher and cancer care specialist, and Dr. Dennis Wiesenberger, one of the most renowned international pathologists.
Serious Medicine, Extraordinary Care…
The United States has become the destination of choice for thousands of international patients. An increasing number of people are selecting services of the University of Nebraska Medical Center/The Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC/TNMC) in Omaha, Nebraska, a friendly, accessible community in the center of the U.S. Patients enjoy personal attention from professional staff, and their families appreciate reasonably priced accommodations and welcoming surroundings.
At this nationally respected institution, a staff of more than 1,000 faculty physicians and scientists, 1,550 nurses, and more than 3,000 therapists, technicians, and other highly trained professionals deliver comprehensive and innovative medical treatment.
In an effort of outreach to other countries and to assist patients who are unable to come to Omaha for either financial or cultural considerations the International Strategic Partnership Program provides Scholarships for Clinical Excellence for physicians, and No-Cost training for nurses and allied health professionals.
In addition to outstanding, individualized patient care, physicians and scientists are involved in innovative research, which is attracting an increasing amount of external and international funding and acclaim. Nebraska researchers present their results at prestigious national and international scientific and academic conferences.
International and National Recognitions:
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 US News & World Report rated UNMC as one of the “Best Hospitals” for Cancer Care and Rheumatology in the USA. It also rated UNMC for its Best Technology Recognition – giving it a 100% grade its medical technology advancements.
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UNMC is one of the three busiest transplant centers in the USA. Over 10,500 transplants completed, with over 3,600 bone marrow/stem cell transplants.
How does a physician make the Best Doctors list?
In 2005, about 50,000 physicians who had been identified in previous years as “the best” in their specialties were asked, “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, and you could not treat them yourself, to whom you would refer them?” Every doctor contacted is given the opportunity to confidentially comment on the other physicians listed in his or her specialty, and to make additional nominations. The most recent survey involved more than one million individual evaluations. The Best Doctors database includes the top 3 to 5 percent of specialists in each country where Best Doctors is present. The physicians represent 40 specialties and over 400 subspecialties of medicine.
Best Doctors was founded in 1989 by two physicians affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Their goal was to provide greater access to dependable, high quality medical information and care for individuals with serious illness or injury. Today, Best Doctors is the world’s leading resource for patients, families and physicians seeking expert medical information and guidance to treat illnesses and injuries of all kinds.
America's Top Doctors
Full-time faculty at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and physicians affiliated with its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, made the fifth edition of “America’s Top Doctors.” Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., publishes the books to help consumers find good physicians.
The book includes the top 1 percent of specialists and sub-specialists for patients who can and will travel anywhere to find the best specialists for particularly difficult or complex problems. It also contains the top 10 percent of primary and specialty care physicians for patients seeking doctors near where they live and work.
How does a physician make the America’s Top Doctors list?
Physicians are nominated by their peers in a Castle Connolly survey process each year. Physicians then are screened by a Castle Connolly physician-led research team who rank among the best in their specialties and in their communities.
Physicians listed as specialists and sub-specialists included nine full-time faculty and four with adjunct or clinical appointments. The full-time faculty and their specialties are: James Armitage, M.D., bone marrow transplant/lymphoma; Jim Edney, M.D., cancer surgery/thyroid and parathyroid; Donald Leopold, M.D., olfactory and sinus disorders/surgery; Stephen Rennard, M.D., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema; Byers Shaw, Jr., M.D., liver transplantation; Michael Sorrell, M.D., hepatitis/transplant medicine-liver; Paul Tomich, M.D., high-risk pregnancy; Jon Vanderhoof, M.D., nutrition/probiotics, short bowel syndrome; and Dennis Weisenburger, M.D., hematopathology/lymphoma.
Adjunct or clinical faculty and their specialties are: Steven Denenberg, M.D., cosmetic surgery-face, rhinoplasty; Thomas Howard, M.D., aortic surgery, aneurysm-aortic, carotid artery surgery; Alan Thorson, M.D., colon and rectal cancer, incontinence-fecal, laparoscopic surgery; and Lee Krauth, M.D., aneurysm-cerebral.
Physicians listed as the top 10 percent of primary and specialty care physicians included 23 faculty, two with adjunct or clinical appointments and one private practice physician at The Nebraska Medical Center.
They are: Philip Bierman, M.D., medical oncology; Gay Canaris, M.D., internal medicine; Peter Coccia, M.D., pediatric hematology; Kenneth Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., medical oncology; Alison Freifeld, M.D., infectious disease; Bruce Gordon, M.D., pediatric hematology-oncology; Jean Grem, M.D., medical oncology; John Haas, M.D., cardiovascular disease; Kristie Hayes, M.D., dermatology; Leslie Hellbusch, M.D., neurological surgery; Lynell Klassen, M.D., rheumatology; Rudy Lackner, M.D., thoracic surgery; Jennifer Larsen, M.D., endocrinology; Daniel Lydiatt, M.D., D.D.S., otolaryngology; William Lydiatt, M.D., otolaryngology; Laeth Nasir, M.D., family medicine; Mark Niebauer, M.D., Ph.D., cardiac electrophysiology; James O'Dell, M.D., rheumatology; Jane Potter, M.D., geriatric medicine; Parviz Pour, M.D., pathology; Thomas Tape, M.D., internal medicine; Julie Vose, M.D., hematology; and Debra Romberger, M.D., pulmonary disease.
Adjunct or clinical faculty and their specialties are: Steven Black, M.D., plastic surgery; Thomas Langdon, M.D., thoracic surgery; and Joel Schlessinger, M.D., dermatology, a private practice physician affiliated with The Nebraska Medical Center.
* How does a physician make the Best Doctors list?
In 2005, about 50,000 physicians who had been identified in previous years as “the best” in their specialties were asked, “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, and you could not treat them yourself, to whom you would refer them?” Every doctor contacted is given the opportunity to confidentially comment on the other physicians listed in his or her specialty, and to make additional nominations. The most recent survey involved more than one million individual evaluations. The Best Doctors database includes the top 3 to 5 percent of specialists in each country where Best Doctors is present. The physicians represent 40 specialties and over 400 subspecialties of medicine.
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