New faculty spotlight: Tedd Welniak, M.D.

Tedd (T.J.) Welniak, M.D., is a new faculty member at UNMC.

• Name: Tedd (T.J.) Welniak, M.D.
• Hometown: Omaha, Neb.
• Title and department at UNMC: Assistant professor and assistant residency program director, UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine

Research/Professional Interests:

• Mobile and social technology integration in education
• Development of learner-centered, blended-classroom curricula in graduate medical education
• Advanced simulation
• Quality improvement/Morbidity and Mortality Conference Education

How I fell in love with emergency medicine:
Emergency medicine is truly a specialty for the community and its members, many of whom are seeing you on one of the worst days of their lives. To be among the first to evaluate, stabilize, and reassure these individuals when crises occur really is an honor unique to our field.

Degrees:

• B.S., Creighton University, 2007
• M.D., UNMC, 2011
• Emergency Medicine Residency, 2014
• Fellowship in Medical Education, Maimonides Medical Center, 2016
• Master of Academic Medicine, University of Southern California, 2016

Memberships:

• American College of Emergency Medicine
• Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
• American Academy of Emergency Medicine, Fellow

Three things people may not know about me:

• I make an awesome key lime pie ice cream.
• I feel reenergized after any time spent near the water.
• I have worked as an event physician for Madison Square Garden and Yankee Stadium in New York City.