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| Dr. Samuel Bierner to head new PM&R department at UNMC at Omaha |
Dr. Samuel Michael Bierner, M.D., a Texas physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) physician or physiatrist as they are more commonly known as, has been selected as the founding chairman of the new PM&R program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMBC) at Omaha. (See www.unmc.edu).
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| Dr. Bradley Britigan, Dean of the UNMC College of Medicine on appointing the founding chairman for the UNMC's newest PM&R department |
The announcement came yesterday from Dr. Bradley Britigan, M.D., dean of the UNMC College of Medicine at Omaha, pending the approval of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.
His appointment on March 1, 2016 marks the end of a nationwide search for the position of the new chairmanship for the new fledgling department at UNMC. Dr. Bierner’s appointment is effective April 1, 2016.
"The biggest attraction for me to come to Nebraska is to be a part of establishing a brand new program at UNMC," Dr. Bierner said. "It's a great opportunity for me to have an impact that would put a capstone on my career."
Dr. Bierner has more than 25 years of experience in the specialty of PM&R, which in recent years has been given the unflattering nickname of "Pleasure, Money & Relaxation" by other more serious disciplines in medicine.
PM&R is a relatively unknown medical specialty that cares for adults and children who experience disabling medical conditions such as traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and impairments from stroke, musculoskeletal and neurological diseases.
Since 2005, Dr. Bierner has been the residency director of the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center’s PM&R program and medical director of PM&R services at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas.
Previously, he was the director of PM&R services for seven years with Concentra, a private, nationwide health care company providing occupational medicine, urgent care, physical therapy and wellness services.
UNMC’s PM&R program will partner with the newly-christened Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital – Omaha Campus that is being built in the Village Pointe area near 180th and Burt Streets.
The grand opening of the facility is expected in October 2016. In addition, Dr. Bierner hopes to expand UNMC PM&R services to Children’s Hospital & Medical Center and the VA Medical Center.
References:
- Medicine of Omaha—Dark secrets in Dallas, part I: Nebraska Medicine's PM&R chairman and his hidden past of Medicare fraud in Texas (2/26/17)
- Medicine of Omaha—As Madonna Rehab Hospitals holds grand opening of its new Omaha campus, controversy still swirls around new UNMC PM&R chairman's troubled past in Texas (10/1/16)
- Medicine of Omaha—Exclusive: UNMC's new chairman of PM&R has a dark, troubled history of Medicare fraud, patient endangerment, and medical board investigations (9/8//16)
- Strictly Business—Samuel Bierner to Head New Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Program (5/1/16)
- Omaha World-Herald—At Omaha's new Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital: a mock grocery store, an indoor SUV and three therapy gyms (3/3/16)
- UNMC Newsroom—Samuel Bierner, M.D., to head new PM&R program (2/26/16)
- WOWT—Nebraska Medicine, UNMC Partner With Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital (11/13/14)
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