UNMC College of Medicine names inaugural regional associate dean for Kearney campus

Robert Messbarger, MD, of Kearney, has been named the inaugural associate dean for the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Medicine’s regional medical school campus in Kearney.

Dr. Messbarger, a UNMC graduate, will officially step into the new role on Oct. 1, 2024. He currently is the college of medicine’s associate program director for the Kearney-based family medicine residency program.

Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, said Dr. Messbarger is the right leader for this new, important role.

“Rob Messbarger has been part of the Kearney community for decades,” Dr. Britigan said. “As a committed medical educator with strong community ties, he is in the perfect position to ensure that our first class of Kearney medical students, who will begin in Fall 2026, are well positioned to succeed.”

Dr. Messbarger returned to Kearney, his hometown, in 1993, after graduating from medical school and completing his residency in family medicine in Lincoln. (He received his undergraduate degree from then-Kearney State College before attending UNMC.) He began working with the UNMC residency program almost immediately.

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