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Lucas Fornefeld, Creighton Phoenix Graduate listing

He Used to Teach High School. Now He’s Healing Kids.

Nov 12, 2025

From the classroom to the clinic, recent graduate Lucas Fornefeld, MD’25, turned his passion for helping others into a dream career in medicine.

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Nadia Khan, Phoenix graduate

More than medicine for Phoenix recent grad

Nov 12, 2025

For recent graduate Nadia Khan, MD’25, caring for others means listening, learning their stories, and building a community rooted in kindness.

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Mayor Ewing, Scott Shipman and Chanda Chacon cut the ribbon at the Child Safety Center event.

Creighton and Omaha celebrate the opening of the Child Safety Center

Nov 12, 2025

At a special event, multiple speakers — including Omaha mayor John Ewing, Jr. — discussed the benefits that Creighton's Child Safety Center will bring to North Omaha.

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Shana Ofori, Phoenix graduate

Recent alumna practices caring close to home

Nov 12, 2025

For recent graduate Shana Ofori, MD’25, staying in Phoenix meant deepening her roots in a community she loves — and building a career that serves it.

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Erik Steinberger, Phoenix graduate

Recent grad is grounded in service, growing in medicine

Nov 12, 2025

As part of Creighton’s first four-year medical class in Phoenix, Erik Steinberger, BS’13, MD’25, discovered how service and compassion can shape a physician’s path.

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A rendering of the renovated Creighton space at the Highlander Accelerator.

Creighton brings new Child Safety Center to North Omaha

Nov 12, 2025

Creighton's new Child Safety Center is located in the University’s recently renovated space in the Highlander Accelerator, 2112 N. 30th St.

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Images of Don and Alec Czaplicki with their ILAC group in the DR.

Father and son’s ILAC trip was a lifetime in the making

Sep 23, 2025

This summer, a Creighton dental school alumnus and his medical-student son worked side by side, treating patients at the Institute for Latin American Concern’s clinic.

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Liana Chinen with a patient at the MEG machine in the PoWER Lab.

At Creighton, alumna discovered a path to life-changing research

Jul 14, 2025

Before her freshman year, Liana Chinen didn’t even know about research as a potential path. Creighton paved the way to that discovery and many more. 

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Creighton nurse interacts with a patient.

New Creighton nursing scholarship will help meet mental healthcare needs in Nebraska

Jun 20, 2025

A new scholarship created by the Don C. Scott Family Foundation will support nursing students with a passion for providing mental healthcare to their community.

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A new scholarship is bringing more physicians and physician assistants to Phoenix

May 30, 2025

The new scholarship will boost the number of physicians and physician assistants in Maricopa County and the state at large, both of which are facing a significant shortage of healthcare providers.

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