The following are highlights from the UNMC College of Medicine Volunteer Faculty Awards program for the second half of 2005. Each month, the program recognizes outstanding volunteer faculty members for their contributions to the campus and to the classroom and clinical settings.
Teri Gabel, Pharm.D., co-directs the advanced psychopharmacology course for senior psychiatry residents and teaches a psychopharmacology lecture for third-year medical students every six weeks. She has served as a volunteer faculty member since 1990.
“Teri’s support for the educational mission of the psychiatry department, and the UNMC College of Medicine, has been truly incredible over the years,” her nominator said. “She is passionate about her teaching and has equally high expectations of her students.”
Charles “Chuck” Erickson, M.D., a UNMC graduate and retired pediatrician with the Lincoln Pediatric Group in Lincoln has more than 35 years of service mentoring third-year medical students.
“Dr. Erickson has demonstrated a high standard of patient care and a real talent for motivating students to participate in patient care as active learners,” his nominator said. “He is one of our best role models in the use of a team approach to childhood behavior problems.”
Pediatrician Madeleine MacDonald, M.D., of Fremont has mentored pediatric students at UNMC for nearly seven years. A clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at UNMC, Dr. MacDonald is associated with Pediatric Partners LLC in Fremont.
“Dr. MacDonald makes pediatric students feel welcome in a primary care practice setting,” her nominator said. “She is an excellent role model for diagnostic thoroughness and polished communication skills, particularly in cases with genetic abnormalities or developmental problems.”
Gilbert Rude, M.D., and Gerald Jensen, M.D., both of Kearney, each have served as volunteer faculty members since 1994. The UNMC graduates are “family physicians with a long commitment to educating our family practice students and our residents,” their nominator said.
David Holdt, M.D., of Scottsbluff has served as a volunteer faculty member since 1986 and has been heavily involved in residency education.
An obstetrician at the Women’s Center of Western Nebraska, Dr. Holdt “has been involved in UNMC’s rural training tracks and the educational experience since their inception,” his nominator said.