The UNMC Department of Internal Medicine released its Top Teacher Awards for 2024 based on student and resident evaluations.
“We are extremely fortunate in the department to have a great many talented and dedicated teachers,” said Interim Chair Mark Rupp, MD. “I am grateful for the dedication to excellent education that our faculty shows at all levels.”
Of the faculty members with student or resident evaluation data in 2024, 60 individuals were named “Top Teacher.” They are:
- Padmaja Akkireddy, MBBS
- Rachel Johnson, MD
- Jill Poole, MD
- Nathan Anderson, MD
- Nova Kovar, MD
- Erin Ramelb, MD
- Allison Ashford, MD
- Trek Langenhan, MD
- Prasanth Ravipati, MD
- Sara Bares, MD
- Huy Le, MD
- Cory Rohlfsen, MD
- Amy Cannella, MD
- Katherine Maliszewski, MD
- Andrew Rorie, MD
- Jennifer Davis, MD
- Jasmine Marcelin, MD
- Ruxana Sadikot, MD
- Brian Delaney, MD
- Ted Mikuls, MD
- Samer Sayyed, MD
- Joseph Dougherty, MD
- Brandon Miller, MD
- Jason Shiffermiller, MD
- Amy Dreessen, MD
- Stephen Mohring, MD
- Nicole Shonka, MD
- Andjela Drincic, MD
- Ryan Mullane, DO
- Sara Slatkin, MD
- Steven Ebers, MD
- Chelsea Navarrette, MD
- Sarah Smith, MD
- Bryant England, MD
- Amy Neumeister, MD
- Christopher Snyder, MD
- Michael Feely, MD
- Scott Neumeister, MD
- Alexandra Sorrick, MD
- Mary Gallagher-Jansen, MD
- Thuytien Nguyen, MD
- Joel Van De Graaff, MD
- Karisa Hajek, MD
- David O’Dell, MD
- Trevor VanSchooneveld, MD
- Elizabeth Harlow, MD
- James O’Dell, MD
- Cassandra Wehling, MD
- Daniel Hershberger, MD
- Joseph Pachunka, MD
- Tammy Wichman, MD
- Emily Hill-Bowman, MD
- Amol Patil, MBBS
- Tanya Wildes, MD
- Carrie Hoarty, MD
- Jaeda Pitlick, MD
- Rae Witt, MD
- Jessie Jenkins, MD
- Troy Plumb, MD
- Jill Zabih, MD
In order to be considered for the top 30 percent, a faculty member had to acquire at least six evaluations from either students or residents during the last year. A separate list of the top 60 student teachers with at least three evaluations and the top 60 resident teachers with at least three evaluations was compiled. If a faculty member was on both the resident top teacher list and the student top teacher list, they were determined to be a “Top Teacher” (24 faculty members were on both lists). The remaining faculty members on either of the two lists were then placed on a composite list and their student and resident evaluations were compiled for a weighted average. From this composite list an additional 35 faculty members were chosen as “Top Teachers.” The faculty receiving excellent evaluations for their basic science lectures (Z score>1.0 SD) also qualify as a top teacher unless they were on the previous list (one additional faculty member met this criteria this year).
Internal Medicine also has “Top Teacher” designations in its fellowship programs.