College football player Shan Acharya worked with the Nebraska Medicine skull-base surgery team to manage a pituitary tumor that was causing unusually high human growth hormone levels.
Mike Burg never expected to spend two months in Nebraska. So, when the television producer found himself recovering from an autologous stem cell transplant, he did what he felt he had to do.
For nearly two decades, Erin Solheim struggled with persistent redness and irritation in her eyes. Visits to other eye care providers provided little help. Then she went to Truhlsen Eye Institute.
Cindy Petersen received a successful kidney and liver transplant from Nebraska Medicine three years ago. Transplant patients face an over 70% higher skin cancer risk. Cindy has had an estimated 30 skin cancers treated, despite her rural location.
When Kristen Vlasak chose to participate in the Genetic Insights Project, a research study by Nebraska Medicine, she didn’t think much of it. What Vlasak didn’t realize at the time was that her result would trigger a series of tests that uncovered vital information for her entire family.
Michelle Chastain shares her experience with anterior hip replacement surgery at Nebraska Medicine. At three weeks post-surgery, she was walking three miles regularly.
Colin Gholson lives in Rapid City, South Dakota, where he receives care with Monument Health. When a transplant became the only option, his care team referred him to Nebraska Medicine – and the process moved faster than his family expected.
By the time she was approaching 40, daily pain had stolen Sarah McHenry’s ability to walk to the park with her kids. Hip replacement surgery with orthopaedic surgeon Beau Kildow, MD, changed everything.
Knowing the signs of a stroke and taking immediate action can be life-saving. For 54-year-old Fulton Washington of Chicago, Illinois, swift coordination by many people is why he is alive today.
With one in eight women receiving a diagnosis in their lifetime, annual mammograms remain an essential, life-saving screening tool. Early detection offers patients more options with better outcomes, as it did for Michelle in December 2024.
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