at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is a dynamic team of medical professionals who take pride in providing the best in patient care, orthopaedic training, and expanding cutting-edge research. Our surgeons, nurses, physical therapists, biomedical engineers, and other specialists work in excellent facilities in Omaha, Nebraska, a small city known for its friendliness and central location. In addition to state-of-the-art care, our department offers the resources of a large, university-related hospital with the personal care and attention of a smaller department.

Physicians throughout the region look to award-winning faculty at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for patient referrals, professional consultation, and continuing education and training. The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation has earned a strong national reputation and enjoys enthusiastic support from our graduates, patients, community, and the entire region. Our laboratory facilities are expanding rapidly, and we are proud to be world leaders in certain areas of research.

I invite you to learn more about our department and the Office of International Healthcare Service, which customizes treatment programs for international patients and their families and stimulates exciting collaborative research.

I welcome your interest in the University of Nebraska Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and urge you to discover all we have to offer in America's Heartland.

Kevin L. Garvin, M.D.
Professor and Chairperson