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Dr. Angela Osmolak is a head and neck oncologist board-certified in general surgery. She works in all areas of treating head and neck cancers, including the oncologic and reconstructive aspects. She is currently treating patients at the Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center Head and Neck Oncology Clini…

Last month at the nation’s largest nursing conference, an award-winning Omaha nurse stood onstage, her image magnified on a huge video screen. In that very public setting in Orlando, Florida, she recalled a most private moment years before in Omaha: The first time she sat with a woman who had been…

Weight loss is hard. After working so diligently to lose the pounds on a restrictive diet, the majority of people gain them right back and often gain more than they lost. What kind of diet guarantees weight loss for life? "The key to losing weight and keeping it off is best achieved by changing yo…

National recognition is well-deserved for the head of a hospital-based Omaha program that supports and treats rape victims. Anne Boatright, 32, received the “transformational leadership” award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She became a sexual assault nurse examiner several years a…

Methodist Health System is moving its corporate headquarters westward from its central Omaha location to a soon-to-rise three-story office structure at 168th and Pacific Streets.The plan does not affect the hospital, which is to remain at its current location at 8303 Dodge St.But the health system’s…

Iowa moved up from 22nd to 17th this year in United Health Foundation’s state health rankings – but still has some things to work on. The state ranked among the worst – 44th – in excessive drinking rates in “America’s Health Rankings 2016 Annual Report,” released earlier this month. That makes it …

John Fraser, president and chief executive officer of Methodist Health System, announced Friday that he plans to retire effective Dec. 31, 2017. Steve Goeser, who has served as president and chief executive of Methodist Hospital since 2007, will succeed Fraser, who has been with the Methodist orga…

Nick Bockoven said he's the last one in his family without the flu shot. My wife's been nagging me," Bockoven joked. "She said I needed one." Over at Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Dr. Rudolf Kotula said they have already seen an increase. So far we have had 121 laboratory-confirmed cases of …

An Omaha man is in a medically-induced coma after surviving a surfing in Mexico. John Abkes was vacationing last week in Cabo San Lucas with his family. They were body surfing when a rogue wave swept John out to sea. John's son, Luke Abkes, and his daughter, Jennifer McIvor, found their father f…

OMAHA - John Fraser has announced he will retire from his role as President and CEO of Methodist Health System on December 31, 2017. John Fraser joined Methodist Health System as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Methodist Hospital in 1991. He was named president and CEO of t…