HEAL Cohort
The HEAL cohort is comprised of UNMC residents and fellows who know from day one that they want to be clinician-educators in academic settings.
Now in its fifth cohort, the program has expanded across 23 UNMC disciplines and enrolled 100 trainees.
Class of 2027 - Senior Cohort
Natalie Bristol, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
Samantha Cox, MD
Emergency Medicine Fellow
Karen Ernst, MD
Pediatrics Resident
Mitchell Floura, MD
Neurology Resident
Kaylee Griep, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
Rotem Hass, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Resident
Margaret Hutson, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
Spencer Jones, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
Nicole Kent, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
Saad Khan, MD
Anesthesiology Resident
Jackson Martin, MD
Family Medicine Resident
Jacob Middleton, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
August Miller, DO
Internal Medicine Resident
Monica Nava Frenier, MD
Psychiatry Resident
Austin Ragland, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
Elena Roberts, MD
Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Resident
Marilee Schaner, MD
Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Resident
Zachary Vinton, DO
Internal Medicine Resident
Zachary Walkenhorst, MD
Anesthesiology Resident
Class of 2028 - Junior Cohort
Ola Alshaqi, MD
Neurology Resident
Erin Baker, DO
Emergency Medicine Fellow
Peyton Bash, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
Stasha Beerman, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
Matthew Carr, DO
Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Resident
Kristen Cummings, MD
Med-Peds Resident
Brandon Daro, MD
Family Medicine Resident
Sarah Galbraith, DO
Emergency Medicine Resident
Matthew Gromowsky, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
Noel Koupal, MD
Emergency Medicine Resident
Tony Le, MD
Psychiatry Resident
Kimberly Levine, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
Tate Lobeck, DO
Internal Medicine Resident
Hannah Manoj, MD
Psychiatry Resident
Billy McGuire, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
Dustin Quinata, MD
Family Medicine Resident
Caden Quintanilla, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow
Elizabeth Ramler, MD
Med-Peds Resident
Rachel Sisley, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
Brian Smith, MD
Med-Peds Resident
Samuel Smith, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
Caroline Spethman, MD
Radiology Resident
Christine Tanna, MD
Med-Peds Resident
Successes of Select HEAL Graduates
At the end of the 2025-2026 academic year, more than 70 UNMC learners will have graduated from HEAL. We recognize the successes and highlight the career trajectories of a few alumni below.
- Kathleen Borghoff, MD - Associate Program Director, UNMC Nephrology Fellowship
- Amy Dreessen, MD - Associate Program Director, UNMC Internal Medicine Residency
- Conor Dass, MD - Associate Program Director, UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine
- Kaitlin Dougherty, MD - Associate Program Director, UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine
- Madeline Cloonan, MD, (2024 HEAL graduate and former UNMC general surgery resident) was selected as one of five resident co-chairs for the 2025 International Conference on Residency Education. ICRE is the largest international conference for graduate medical education in North America. Dr. Cloonan was the first UNMC resident to be named to this position. She has also been named to the ICRE Resident Co-Chair team for 2026.
- RemyGrace Sass, MD, (2025 HEAL graduate and former UNMC Department of Internal Medicine chief resident) was awarded the American College of Physicians Herbert S. Waxman Chief Resident Teaching Scholarship. Dr. Sass is one of only six chief residents nationwide to be recognized with this scholarship.
Cory Rohlfsen, MD
Associate Professor, UNMC Division of General Internal Medicine
HEAL Track Leadership