Faculty List

Internal Medicine faculty are listed by division:
- Allergy and Immunology
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- General Internal Medicine
- Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Medicine
- Hospital Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Nephrology
- Oncology and Hematology
- Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
- Rheumatology and Immunology
Faculty Emeriti
John A. Benson, Jr., MD
Professor Emeritus, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine
Philip J. Bierman, MD
Professor Emeritus, UNMC Division of Oncology and Hematology
James Campbell, MD
Professor Emeritus, UNMC Division of General Internal Medicine
Terrence Donohue, MD
Professor Emeritus, UNMC Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Robert E. Ecklund, MD
Professor Emeritus, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine
Alison G. Freifeld, MD
Professor Emerita, UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases
David E. Gannon, MD
Associate Professor Emeritus, UNMC Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Medical School: University of Connecticut, 1980
Residency: Waterbury Hospital Health Center, 1984
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1987
Margaret A. Kessinger, MD
Professor Emerita, UNMC Division of Oncology and Hematology
Lynell Klassen, MD
Professor Emeritus, UNMC Division of Rheumatology and Immunology
Jennifer Larsen, MD
Professor Emerita, UNMC Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Merle T. McAlevy, MD
Assistant Professor Emeritus, UNMC Division of General Internal Medicine
Gerald F. Moore, MD
Professor Emeritus, UNMC Division of Rheumatology and Immunology
Gregory S. Pavlides, MD
Professor Emeritus, UNMC Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Elizabeth Reed, MD
Professor Emerita, UNMC Division of Oncology and Hematology
Thomas Tape, MD
Professor Emeritus, UNMC Division of General Internal Medicine
Jean L. Thierfelder, MD
Associate Professor Emerita, UNMC Division of General Internal Medicine
Austin B. Thompson, MD
Professor Emeritus, UNMC Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Feng Xie, MD
Professor Emeritus, UNMC Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Renee Young, MD
Professor Emerita, UNMC Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Rowen K. Zetterman, MD
Professor Emeritus, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine
In Memoriam
Debra Romberger, MD
Professor, UNMC Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Chair, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, 2015-2024
Medical School: University of Kansas, 1983
Residency: University of Kansas School of Medicine, 1986
Dr. Romberger’s research was focused on airway inflammation related to agriculture related exposures, especially organic dust.
Daniel F. Schafer, MD
Professor Emeritus, UNMC Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Joseph H. Sisson, MD
Professor Emeritus, UNMC Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Michael F. Sorrell, MD
Professor Emeritus, UNMC Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology