Debra Wekesa, MD
House Officer III
Name:
Debra Wekesa
Hometown:
Springfield, MO
Where did you go for Undergraduate and Medical School?
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (6-year BA/MD program)
Career aspirations:
I love General Internal Medicine (both inpatient and outpatient). Currently, I'm interested in GI, nephrology or being a traditional/hybrid internist. No matter what I pick, I want to work in an academic center and help patients with health literacy and help more under represented minorities enter healthcare by learning more about it early on.
What was your first job?
Teaching 8th graders and up about HIV and STDs through UNMC, KU and the coterie theater. It was a great experience and kids ask the craziest questions if you give them the chance!
What is the furthest you've traveled from Omaha?
Graz, Austria and Cape Town, SA
If you couldn't work in medicine, what would you do?
High school science teacher
Best thing to do in Nebraska if you only had one day?
I'm still learning a lot about what Omaha has to offer!
Scholarly Activity
| Quality Improvement Project | What do our patients really know about dialysis and end stage kidney disease (assessing dialysis understanding and increasing education); 8/1/2022 |
| Quality Improvement Project | Looking at how getting rid of race based GFRs have helped more black patients get kidney transplants in Omaha; 8/1/2023 |
| Poster Presentation - International Conference on Residency Education 2023/Halifax, NS, CAN | Assessing a GME curriculum on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion; 10/21/2023 |
| Poster Presentation - ASN (American Society of Nephrology) 2023/Philadelphia, PA | Outcome of OPTN policy allowing for waiting time modification for candidates affected by race-inclusive eGFR calculations: Early impact from a single-center; 11/2/2023 |
| Poster Presentation - GME Research Symposium/Omaha, NE | Rabbit allergy and kidney transplant: what's the connection; 5/3/2023 |
| Poster Presentation - GME Research Symposium/Omaha, NE | What do our patients really know about dialysis and end stage kidney disease; 5/3/2023 |
| Poster Presentation - AIM Week 2024/Columbus, OH | JEDI With Jasmine: Developing and Assessing a GME Curriculum on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; 4/15/2024 |
| Peer Reviewed Publication | Impact of OPTN policy 3.7D providing waiting time modification for candidates affected by race-inclusive eGFR calculations: Early results from a single center. Clin Transplant, Volume 38(e15273).; March 2024 |
| Senior Seminar | What (The Heck) Is Medical Professionalism?; 2/21/2024 |