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O’Keefe named chair of Emergency Medicine at UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences

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After a competitive search process, the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) is thrilled to announce Jacy O’Keefe, M.D., an emergency medicine (EM) and trauma physician at Sanford Health in Bismarck, N.D., as the new chair of the School’s Department of Emergency Medicine. O’Keefe is a Bismarck native and 2019 graduate of North […]

Aviation + Medicine = survival: Faculty and students from the UND medical and aerospace colleges team up to train aviation majors on accident survival

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Despite stereotypes about the catastrophic nature of airplane accidents, the vast majority of pilots and passengers experiencing a fixed-wing airplane emergency do survive. At the same time, many survivors of accidents suffer an injury that requires immediate medical attention. This reality prompted Drs. Jon Solberg and Justin Reisenauer – pilots themselves – to reach out […]

Dr. Jenkins congratulates Dr. Judy Solberg on her selection as Chief of Staff for UND’s Office of the President

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Dr. Marjorie Jenkins, dean of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) and vice president for Health Affairs at UND, would like to congratulate Dr. Judy Solberg on being selected as the next Chief of Staff for UND’s Office of the President. “My years at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences have been some […]

Less invisible

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In honor of the 75th birthday of UND’s Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) program, North Dakota Medicine is running two stories in 2024 that describe the origins and evolution of the behind-the-scenes practitioners who provide an invaluable service to hospitals, clinics, and public health programs. This second of two stories recaps the evolution of the standalone […]

Unstoppable forces and immovable objects

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UND’s Emergency Medicine Interest Group takes students to the slopes to learn about emergency care for winter collision injuries. The idea does sound a bit odd for students attending medical school in an astoundingly flat eastern North Dakota city: emergency medical services (EMS) training for downhill skiers suffering injury. But there were second-year UND School […]

Into the wild: Emergency Medicine hosts wilderness training for med students

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On a rainy April weekend in eastern North Dakota, UND’s Department of Emergency Medicine within UND’s School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) hosted its firstever Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) course for medical students at Turtle River State Park. From April 29 to May 1, Dr. Justin Reisenauer, Dr. Jon Solberg, and several faculty […]

From the Dean: Promotion and tenure

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Here’s an update on the review process for the next Associate Dean for Administration and Finance (A&F) at the UND SMHS. As you may recall, Dr. Judy Solberg, chief of staff in the Office of the Dean, has been doing phenomenal service in overseeing operations in A&F since the departure of Laura Block. This, of […]

MLS Chair Brooke Solberg named ASCLS “Voice under 40”

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Chair of the SMHS Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Brooke Solberg, Ph.D., MLS(ASCP), has been named a “Voice under 40” by the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS). According to the article on the designation, Solberg specializes in teaching graduate and undergraduate MLS students about hemostasis, hematology, body fluids, communication, professional issues, and laboratory […]

Solberg named chair of new UND Department of Emergency Medicine

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Jon Solberg, MD, FACEP, FAWM, has been named chair of the inaugural Department of Emergency Medicine at UND’s School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS). Solberg is a Stanley, N.D., native and 2006 graduate of the SMHS. Solberg trained as an emergency medicine physician at Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, Washington, and deployed to […]