— College of Medicine — Department of Internal Medicine — Divisions — Infectious Diseases — ECHO — Health Equity — Project Team

Project Team

Project Directors

Nada Fadul, MD

Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Assistant Dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Education Programs
Medical Director, Specialty Care Center

Phone: 402-559-5392
Fax: 402-553-5527

M. Salman Ashraf, MBBS

Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Associate Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship
Associate Medical Director, Infection Control & Epidemiology

Phone: 402-559-8650
Fax: 402-559-5581

Erica Stohs, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Associate Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship

Phone: 402-559-8650
Fax: 402-559-5581

Project Manager

Nuha Mirghani, MBBS, MBA

Program Project Manager

Project Consultant Experts

Mahelet Kebede, MPH

Program Health Equity & Cultural Sensitivity Consultant
Lead Advisor and Founder of ISAT Advisors, LLC.

Jeff Wetherhold, M.Ed.

Program Quality Improvement Consultant
Process Improvement Expert
Co-founder and Principle of Ohia Advisors
Faculty Member and Improvement Coach with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Project Faculty

Anum Abbas, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases

Phone: 402-559-8650
Fax: 402-559-5581

Kelly Cawcutt, MD, MS

Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Associate Medical Director, Infection Control & Epidemiology
Co-Director, Digital Innovation and Social Media Strategy
Medical Director of Medical Quality

Phone: 402-559-8650
Fax: 402-559-5581

Precious Davis, EdD, MSN, RN

Health Equality & Cultural Sensitivity Expert
Nurse Case Manager, Nebraska Medicine Specialty Care Center

Shirley Delair, MD

Health Equity & Cultural Sensitivity Expert
Division Chief, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Gale Etherton, MD

Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine

Andrea Jones, MD

Family Medicine Consultant
Assistant Professor, Division of Family Medicine
Medical Director, Nebraska Medicine at Girls Inc.
Nebraska Medicine Medical Director of Equity and Community Health

Samantha Jones, CSW

Social Work Consultant
Patient Access Program Manager Nebraska Medicine Specialty Care Center UNMC Ryan White Program

Jasmine R. Marcelin, MD, FACP, FIDSA

Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Associate Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Co-Director, Digital Innovation and Social Media Strategy

Phone: 402-559-8650
Fax: 402-559-5581

Mahliqha Qasimyar, MD, FACP, FHM

Assistant Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine

Project Resource Team

Ardis Reed, MPH, RD, LD, CDCES

State QIN/QIO Representative
TMF Health Quality Institute
Chronic Disease Subject Matter Expert
Diabetes Care and Education Specialist