Nebraska Medicine announces compact proton therapy

[IonsAreOurFuture]

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Mevion Medical Systems and Nebraska Medicine to Integrate Proton Therapy into the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Second NCI-Designated Cancer Center to Adopt MEVION S250-FIT Proton Therapy SystemLITTLETON, MASS., September 29, 2024 – Mevion Medical Systems, the leading provider of compact proton therapy…

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Does the University of Nebraska still have a residency program? I seem to recall seeing it on a list here before.

 

[DrProtonX]

Mevion Medical Systems and Nebraska Medicine to Integrate Proton Therapy into the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Second NCI-Designated Cancer Center to Adopt MEVION S250-FIT Proton Therapy SystemLITTLETON, MASS., September 29, 2024 – Mevion Medical Systems, the leading provider of compact proton therapy…

mevion.com

Does the University of Nebraska still have a residency program? I seem to recall seeing it on a list here before.

Yes, I Interviewed there. Chair was super nice! He actually said they originally had plan to increase their residency spots but due to job market issue didn’t. One of the few chairs who actually acknowledged the job market problem instead of just denying it!

 

[yesmaster]

Honestly it'd be a solid place to train. 0.5-1 residents a year is probably appropriate for Nebraska. Low COL and relatively higher pay area of the country with less BS from academic megacenters once you're in practice.

 

[thesauce]

Honestly it'd be a solid place to train. 0.5-1 residents a year is probably appropriate for Nebraska. Low COL and relatively higher pay area of the country with less BS from academic megacenters once you're in practice.

And you don’t have the proton grifters trying to steal your patie…

 

[evilbooyaa]

Mevion Medical Systems and Nebraska Medicine to Integrate Proton Therapy into the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Second NCI-Designated Cancer Center to Adopt MEVION S250-FIT Proton Therapy SystemLITTLETON, MASS., September 29, 2024 – Mevion Medical Systems, the leading provider of compact proton therapy…

mevion.com

Does the University of Nebraska still have a residency program? I seem to recall seeing it on a list here before.

It does. Whether it should is probably a point of contention.

I personally don't think it's unreasonable for the entire state of Nebraska to have one program that appears to have 10 clinical faculty that trains 1 resident a year. I think great for UNMC that they're getting a proton unit. Especially one that costs the least amount possible, so hopefully they can focus on treating the patients that do or at least MAY benefit from protons (peds/chordomas/esophagus) and not the stuff that doesn't benefit from protons (prostate/breast)

 

[ramsesthenice]

It does. Whether it should is probably a point of contention.

I personally don't think it's unreasonable for the entire state of Nebraska to have one program that appears to have 10 clinical faculty that trains 1 resident a year. I think great for UNMC that they're getting a proton unit. Especially one that costs the least amount possible, so hopefully they can focus on treating the patients that do or at least MAY benefit from protons (peds/chordomas/esophagus) and not the stuff that doesn't benefit from protons (prostate/breast)

UNMC is what a regional training center should be. Most of their trainees want to be in the Midwest. We interview them from time to time and I’ve thought they have seemed well trained.

Omaha is an interesting place. I love it, my wife hates it. Downtown is nice as are the western suburbs and it’s much larger than people expect. That said, there is a big stockyard on the south side and it’s by far the biggest city I’ve been in that has street signs with a number to call to report manure. I’ve never personally seen a pile myself, but the signs have to be there for a reason.

 

[radiaterMike]

probably can find similar signs in the NYC subway

 

[ramsesthenice]

probably can find similar signs in the NYC subway

I don’t know about the signs, but I’ve seen much worse in terms of random fecal material in NYC than any Midwest city.

 

[thesauce]

probably can find similar signs in the NYC subway

I don’t know about the signs, but I’ve seen much worse in terms of random fecal material in NYC than any Midwest city.

I would say this took a turn but we were already talking about new proton centers

 

[ramsesthenice]

I would say this took a turn but we were already talking about new proton centers

Funny thing is, the whole thing incidentally came full circle. My wife took that picture the first time she went to Omaha because she thought it was one of the craziest things she’d ever seen in a city. She happens to be from NY and the first thought I had when she said how sad that it was they needed that sign was along the lines of, have you seen the NY subway stations? RadiatorMike helped me close the loop 🙂