About Us:

With a history dating back to 1869, The Nebraska Medical Center is known for excellence, innovation and quality patient care. As the teaching hospital for the University of Nebraska's health sciences programs, this 624 acute-care bed facility has an international reputation for providing solid organ and bone marrow transplantation services and is well known nationally and regionally for its oncology, neurology and cardiology programs.

The Nebraska Medical Center was created in 1997 by combining the operations of University Hospital, Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital, and their ambulatory care facilities. The Nebraska Medical Center is Nebraska's largest health care facility - with more than 4,900 employees and more than 1,000 physicians on staff. Its physicians practice in all major specialties and sub-specialties attracting patients from across the region and from around the world. As the primary teaching hospital for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, The Nebraska Medical Center hosts more than 350 medical and surgical residents and assists in the training and education of more than 1,000 students.

In fiscal year 2007, The Nebraska Medical Center treated more than 26,000 inpatients and had more than 445,000 encounters in outpatient settings including diagnostic testing, radiology and specialty clinics. The medical center has treated patients from all 50 states and the District of Columbia and 43 foreign countries.