Medicine-Pediatrics Program

PGY-IV

Andrea Green, M.D.

Home town: Omaha, Nebraska

Undergraduate: University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Medical School: University of Nebraska Medical Center

Career plans after residency: Fellowship in Infectious Disease

Hobbies: traveling, running, cooking, and cheering on the Huskers!

Rebecca Runge, M.D.

Home town: Omaha, Nebraska

Undergraduate: Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Medical School: University of Iowa

Career plans after residency: Fellowship in adult pulmonary and critical care medicine

Spouse/Significant Other: Married, my husband’s name is Joe.

Pets: Two cats and one dog

Hobbies: cooking an running

Favorite flavor of Kool-Aid:  None!I don't like Kool-Aid

PGY-III

Renuga Vivekanandan, M.D.

Home town: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Undergraduate: University of Waterloo, Ontario

Medical School: Medical University of the Americas

Career plans after residency: Unsure

Hobbies: traveling, jogging, watching tv, cooking

Favorite flavor of Kool-Aid: Cherry!

PGY-II

Tabitha Nenninger, M.D.

Home town: Terrace, BC, Canada

Undergraduate: Canadian University College

Medical School: Loma Linda University

Career plans after residency: Unsure

Spouse/Significant Other: Married, my husband’s name is Solomon Inderyas.

Pets: Three crazy dogs and a fat bunny

Hobbies: scrapbooking, volleyball, fishing, hiking

Favorite flavor of Kool-Aid:  Grape!

Allison Ramey, M.D.

Home town: Omaha, Nebraska

Undergraduate: Universiy of Nebraska-Lincoln

Medical School: University of Nebraska Medical Center

Career plans after residency: Unsure

Spouse/Significant Other: Married, my husband's name is Chris. Chris is a math and computer science high school teacher.

Pets: A cat named Cali

Hobbies: cooking, baking, traveling, kick-boxing, running, watching reality TV

Favorite flavor of Kool-Aid:  Cherry!

Wendy Vetter, D.O.

Home town: Herreid, South Dakota

Undergraduate: South Dakota State University in Brookings

Medical School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville Missouri

Career plans after residency: General medicine/pediatrics, instereted in clinic and hospital

Spouse/Significant Other: Married, my husband's name is Josh Vetter.

Pets: A chocolate lab named Buddy

Hobbies: Yard work and gardening, walking or jogging with my dog, making cards and scrapbooking

Favorite flavor of Kool-Aid:  Black Cherry!

PGY-I

Joseph Poterucha, D.O.

Home town: Rochester, Minnesota

Undergraduate: Creighton University

Medical School: Des Moines University

Career plans after residency: Remain in university academic medicine teaching residents and medical students with a possible fellowship in Adult/Pediatric Cardiology.

Spouse/Significant Other: My wife, Amy, is pursuing nursing at College of St. Mary.

Children: Annabella, Daniel, and Natalia.

Hobbies: Playing with my kids, pick-up basketball, watching NBA games, computers, collecting old toys and looking at the stars.

Favorite flavor of Kool-Aid: Ecto-Cooler

Kia Trout, M.D.

Home town: Dayton, Wyoming

Undergraduate: University of Wyoming

Medical School: University of Nebraska Medical Center

Career plans after residency: primary care in a rural locale most likely, but fellowship possible

Spouse/Significant Other: My husband's name is Carl

Pets: Sidney, our 8 year old black lab

Hobbies: colored pencil drawings, snowboarding, hiking, travel & unofficial bird watcher

Favorite flavor of Kool-Aid: Ugghhhh Kool-Aid...grape