New faculty spotlight: Oriana Wright, MD

Oriana Wright, MD

Oriana Wright, MD, is a new faculty member at UNMC.

  • Name: Oriana Wright, MD
  • Title and departments: Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care; pediatric critical care physician, Children’s Nebraska and Nebraska Medicine
  • Hometown: Austin, Texas

Research interest:

  • ICU delirium

How I fell in love with my field of practice:
I love the duality of acute medical management and close patient relationships that are formed every day in the pediatric intensive care unit.

Education:

  • MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2019
  • Residency in pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 2022
  • Fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine, Phoenix Children’s, Phoenix, Arizona, 2025

Membership:

  • American Academy of Pediatrics

Three things people might not know about me:

  • I love to bake, quilt and craft!

Clinical locations:

  • Children’s Nebraska and Nebraska Medicine

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