Four new residents and four new fellows will be joining UNMC’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology in July.
New residents:
- Katie Ambrose, MD
BS, University of Oklahoma, August 2015-May 2021
MD, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine-Tulsa, August 2021-May 2026
Post-sophomore fellowship, June 2023-May 2024, Kansas City, KS - Alisha Huynh Langan, MD
BS, chemistry, Chadron State College, August 2017-May 2021
MD, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, August 2021-May 2026 - Hok Sreng Te, MD
BS, human physiology, University of Minnesota, September 2015-May 2019
MD, University of Minnesota Medical School, August 2022-May 2026 - Poonam Yadav, MBBS, PhD
MBBS, J.J.M. Medical College, DaVangere, India, October 2004-December 2010
PhD, biomedical science, University of Nebraska Medical Center (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), Jan 2022-Nov 2025
New fellows:
- GI: Ejas Palathingal Bava, MBBS
MBBS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
AP/CP Resident, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Michigan State University, Detroit
Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, July 2025-June 2026 - Hematopathology: Ahmed Hussein, MBBS
MBBS, University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine, Sudan, October 2007-April 2015
Clinical Pathology Residency, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, July 2022-June 2025
Transfusion Medicine & Blood Banking Fellowship, Washington University, St. Louis, July 2025-June 2026 - Surgical: Joyce Pazhayattil, MBBS
MBBS, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India
Residency, Creighton University Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, July 2022-June 2026 - Clinical Microbiology:
Devina Puri, PhD, is coming from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Department of Molecular Microbiology, where she was a postdoctoral research associate from July 2023-present.
BS, nanoscale engineering, State University of New York (SUNY) Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY, May 2017
MS, biomedical engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, December 2021
PhD, biomedical engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, May 2023
Three other fellows are familiar faces: Entering the second year of their fellowships are Phassawan Rungsiprakarn, MD, in Laboratory Genetics and Genomics and Shawn Freed, PhD, in Clinical Microbiology. In addition, Ahmed Ahmed, MBBCh, who was a hematopathology fellow in 2025-2026, will be a fellow in Molecular Genetic Pathology starting in July.