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Rodney P. Lusk

University of Nebraska Medical Center Honors Dr. Rodney P. Lusk

Rodney P. Lusk, M.D., Director of the Boys Town Ear, Nose & Throat Institute and Director of the Cochlear Implant Center, is the recipient of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Volunteer Faculty of the Month for February 2007. The award recognizes extraordinary faculty volunteers for the valuable role they play in educating students and residents. Dr. Lusk will be presented with a certificate of appreciation at a special luncheon with John L. Gollan, M.D., Ph. D., Dean of University of Nebraska Medical Center's College of Medicine on April 24, 2007.

"Dr. Lusk is an excellent educator and friend of our residents. He has been specifically helpful teaching our residents pediatric nasal and sinus surgery and surgery of the temporal bone with cochlear implants in children," said nominator, Donald A. Leopold, M.D., Chairman of Ear, Nose and Throat Department at UNMC.

Dr. Lusk received his medical degree from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and served his residency at the University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics. He completed a Fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology at Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh.