Program Director

 

982168 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE. 68198-2168
(402) 559-2263
jwalburn@unmc.edu

Associate Program Directors

Dr. Snyder is Associate Residency Program Director at Children's Hospital in Omaha and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at UNMC. She is volunteer clinical faculty at CUMC. She attended undergraduate at Creighton University in Omaha, from 1993-1997. She went on to medical school at UNMC from 1997-2001. From there she completed residency in Pediatrics at the combined UNMC/CUMC/Children's residency program. She also completed a Chief Resident year. Initally, Dr. Snyder practiced in Plattsmouth Nebraska in a rural UNMC outreach clinic. In 2007 she joined the hospitalist program at Children's Hospital in Omaha. She has been board certified by the AAP since 2004. She is involved in many community projects and organizations including Sarpy/Cass County Safe Kids, Metro Omaha Medical Society, Nebraska Medical Association, LB 1184 Plattsmouth group, and Free school physical clinic. You can contact her at:

8200 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE  68114-4113
(402) 955-4496
shsnyder@chsomha.org

Sheryl Pitner, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Pitner received her M.D. from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 1990. She then completed a 3-year Pediatric residency and a fourth year as chief resident in the Creighton-Nebraska Universities Health Foundation Joint Pediatric Residency Training Program. After a year on staff in the Pediatric clinic at UNMC, Dr. Pitner completed a fellowship in Academic General Pediatrics and earned an MPH at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio from 1995-1997. She has been back on staff at UNMC since 1997. Dr. Pitner has been board certified in Pediatrics since 1993 and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Association of Pediatric Program Directors, and the Metro Omaha Medical Society.

Cristina Fernandez, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  Creighton University Medical Center

Dr. Fernandez received her M.D. from the Universidad Libre, Cali, in Colombia, South America .  She completed her residency training in the Creighton-Nebraska Universities Joint Training Program in 2004.  Dr. Fernandez joined the faculty at the Creighton University Medical Center Department of Pediatrics as a general pediatrician upon completion of her training.  She is actively researching obesity and asthma in children.  Dr. Fernandez is board certified in Pediatrics and is also a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association.

Department Chairmen

John W. Sparks, M.D.
Professor and Chairman of UNMC Pediatrics

Biosketch coming soon.

Terence Zach, M.D.
Professor and Chairman of Creighton Pediatrics
Biosketch coming soon.