Herbert E. Reese, MD
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Herbert E. Reese, MD
Date
6 May 1995
Description
Herbert E. Reese, MD, focused his career on improving the quality of medical services while also reducing their associated costs. Born in Mitchell, South Dakota, and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, Dr. Reese received his medical degree from UNMC in 1956. He went on to serve in the Army Medical Corps as chief of general surgery at various locations in the U.S. and briefly in Tokyo, Japan. Upon discharge in 1967, he returned to Nebraska, where he maintained a private practice in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery in Lincoln for 26 years.
Dr. Reese impacted Nebraska health care through active involvement in local and state associations, education boards, and government institutions. Dr. Reese chaired a Nebraska Medical Association committee studying the factors challenging Nebraska’s health care delivery system. Tangentially, he chaired a committee that drafted and introduced remedial malpractice legislation to the Nebraska Unicameral. The Nebraska Hospital-Medical Liability Act was enacted July 10, 1976, and confirmed by the Nebraska Supreme Court the following year.
Dr. Reese impacted Nebraska health care through active involvement in local and state associations, education boards, and government institutions. Dr. Reese chaired a Nebraska Medical Association committee studying the factors challenging Nebraska’s health care delivery system. Tangentially, he chaired a committee that drafted and introduced remedial malpractice legislation to the Nebraska Unicameral. The Nebraska Hospital-Medical Liability Act was enacted July 10, 1976, and confirmed by the Nebraska Supreme Court the following year.
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From the McGoogan Health Sciences Library Special Collections and Archives