2020s
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D – Dentistry
GS – Graduate Studies
HPTT – Health Professions Teaching and Technology
M – Medicine
MLS – Medical Laboratory Science
N – Nursing
OT – Occupational Therapy
P – Pharmacy
PA – Physician Assistant
PH – Public Health
Amy Wallingford GS’20
Elkins, W. Va., serves as president of the Wallingford Foundation and joined the faculty of Davis & Elkins College in fall 2025 to help them expand their nursing programs.
Joselyn Giaffoglione P’21
Omaha, Neb., and her husband, Nick Giaffoglione P’21, welcomed their second child, Beckham Ryan, on May 31, 2025.
Spriha Pavuluri, Neurology ’21, Epilepsy ’22
Paris, Texas, joined Paris Regional Health in January 2026.
Albion, Neb., completed his rural family medicine residency and started full-time family medicine and obstetrics practice at the Boone County Health Center in Albion.
Melissa Davison M’22
Kearney, Neb., joined the CHI Health Clinic in Kearney in January 2026.
Abigail Lowe GS’22
Omaha, Neb., was selected, in fall 2025, as the inaugural recipient of the newly created Virginia and John F. Aita Professorship Integrating the Humanities and Arts in Health Promotion. She is an associate professor in the department of health promotion in the UNMC College of Public Health and serves as an affiliate faculty member of medical humanities at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Shradha Samuel, Surgery ’22
Findlay, Ohio, joined Blanchard Valley Health System as their first vascular surgeon hired through a partnership with The Ohio State University.
April Vonderfecht M’22, Family Medicine ’25
Deshler, Neb., joined Brodstone Healthcare in September 2025.
Baltimore, Md., is completing his final year of internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center/Johns Hopkins University. He plans to pursue general internal medicine and primary care, with continued interest in healthcare leadership and administration. This year, he published reflective pieces in in-House magazine and KevinMD, exploring the challenges and growth of residency and the importance of uplifting others through leadership.
Nikki Frederickson PH’23
Pillager, Minn., has celebrated one year as a Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists’ applied epidemiology fellow at the Minnesota Department of Health. She also is newly engaged.
Amber Hawk HPTT’23
Omaha, Neb., is director of recruitment and admissions in the UNMC College of Pharmacy. She received the college’s 2024-2025 Staff Impact Award.
Joan Meese N’23
Clay Center, Neb., received her oncology certified nurse certification in June 2025.
Leah Stade HPTT’23
Minden, Neb., received the Emerging Educator Award from UNMC’s Interprofessional Academy of Educators in March 2025. In October 2025, she was inducted into the University of Nebraska at Kearney Athletic Hall of Fame. She is an assistant professor in the occupational therapy program. She serves as the academic fieldwork coordinator and is the chairperson for the OT admissions committee.
Cierra Wegner GS’23
Omaha, Neb., was inducted into the UNMC Interprofessional Academy of Educators in September 2025 as an associate member. She is in her third year of medical school at UNMC.
Steven Donahue, Surgery ’24
Rapid City, S.D., joined Monument Health’s general surgery group at Rapid City Hospital in fall 2025 and is the only colorectal surgeon in Rapid City.
McKenna Flint PA’24, MLS’18
Kearney, Neb., recently joined the Nebraska Medicine team at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center – Kearney as a hematology and oncology physician assistant.
La Vista, Neb., and Peyton Schneider GS’23 were married in July 2024. She began working at Streck in research and development in October 2024.
Kearney, Neb., joined the faculty in the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions on the Kearney campus as an anatomy instructor in fall 2025.
Tyler Lutt D’25
Auburn, Neb., joined Hilltop Dental in Auburn in June 2025.
Olivia Ochuba, Psychiatry ’25
Glenwood, Iowa, joined UNMC as an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry in fall 2025.
Smriti Sharma, Oncology ’25
Omaha, Neb., joined Nebraska Cancer Specialists as a medical oncologist and hematologist in September 2025.
Shannon Wheeler, Otolaryngology ’25
Omaha, Neb., joined the UNMC Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in fall 2025, upon completion of her residency. She also is an ear, nose, throat, and audiology physician with Nebraska Medicine.
Sheridan Widhelm OT’25
Mitchell, Neb., joined Gering Public Schools in August 2025 as a therapist for the district.