News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) yesterday announced a $5 million gift commitment from the Mohiba and Basir Tareen family to establish the Department of Dermatology. The gift will also endow the Tareen Family Chair of Dermatology, strengthening specialty care and medical education for North Dakota and the broader Upper Midwest. “UND […]
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Ron and Joyce Tello discuss taking advantage of North Dakota’s Challenge Grant program to help build the state’s healthcare workforce All it took was a nudge. “Up to this point, Joyce and I have been concentrating our giving on the Bismarck area,” said Dr. Ron Tello from his home in Bismarck, N.D., of he and […]
Graduating UND medical students name Bismarck surgeon Dr. Tim Pansegrau ‘preceptor of the year’ Clearing his throat, fourth-year UND medical student Jacob Tupa reviewed his notes before looking into his laptop camera. “Students consistently described Dr. Timothy Pansegrau as an outstanding preceptor who goes above and beyond in both teaching and mentorship,” read Tupa. The […]
Bismarck’s Dr. Tim Pansegrau Named UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Preceptor of the Year. Clearing his throat, fourth-year UND medical student Jacob Tupa reviewed his notes before looking into his laptop camera. “Students consistently described Dr. Timothy Pansegrau as an outstanding preceptor who goes above and beyond in both teaching and mentorship,” read […]
UND’s School of Medicine & Health Sciences looks to boost the state’s healthcare workforce with an ambitious new project Facing an audience of physicians at a recent North Dakota Medical Association (NDMA) meeting, Dr. Marjorie Jenkins, dean of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) and the University’s vice president for health affairs, […]
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The search is complete. In their continuing efforts to transform North Dakota’s biomedical research capacity, UND’s School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) and Sanford Health have named Dr. Cornelius “Mac” Dyke the School’s inaugural Wadhwani Family Endowed Chair of Translational Research. “I am deeply grateful to Dr. Gopal Das and the Wadhwani Family for […]
In recognition of the support Joe and Norma Peltier have given to the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, the School and UND’s Alumni Association & Foundation are hosting a dedication of space for the Peltier Family in the SMHS East Atrium on Friday, Aug. 15. Faculty and staff are welcome to attend the […]
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What would convince a born-and-raised Michigander to up and move to Minot, North Dakota? “I wanted adventure, and nothing says adventure like North Dakota,” smiled Dr. Lauren Wake, a psychiatric physician at Trinity Health in Minot, N.D. In the last year of her psychiatry residency in Detroit – 2021 – the former Michigan State Spartan […]
North Dakota radiologists raise funds for a scholarship endowment designed to help grow their ranks. The calmness in Dr. Erica Martin-Macintosh’s voice betrayed the fact of the matter: following a years-long trend, less than one percent of senior medical students matching into an American residency program in 2024 matched into either diagnostic or interventional radiology […]
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What a week! UND Homecoming 2024 has been exciting – with more to come! On Wednesday, Susan and I attended a dinner hosted by the UND Alumni Association & Foundation. It actually was a working dinner, focused on “Building Momentum: A Night for Forever UND Leaders.” As you may know, the Foundation is in the […]