The UNMC Department of Internal Medicine released its Top Teacher Awards for 2025 based on medical student and resident evaluations.
“The department is fortunate to have a large number of excellent teachers and designating the top teachers is a difficult task,” said Mark Rupp, MD, interim chair of the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine. “I’m grateful for the enthusiasm and attention that the entire faculty brings to our educational mission. Internal medicine has long had a proud tradition of educational excellence and we aim to keep it that way.”
Of the faculty members with student or resident evaluation data in 2025, 80 individuals were named “Top Teacher.” They are:
- Nathan Anderson
- Allison Ashford
- Sara Bares
- Craig Baumgart
- Robert Bennett
- Sydney Blount
- Brian Boer
- Kaitlyn Brittan
- AmbernBrown Keebler
- Amy Cannella
- Maureen Choman
- Amy Coffey
- Natalie Crump
- Jennifer Davis
- Brian Delaney
- Joseph Dougherty
- Amy Dreessen
- Steven Ebers
- Erik Ehlers
- Alyssa Emodi
- Bryant England
- Brandi Flagg
- Kali Gagnon
- Mary Gallagher Jansen
- Jonathan Hall
- Elizabeth Harlow
- Joseph Hejkal
- Lindsay Helget
- Daniel Hershberger
- Alex Hewlett
- Emily Hill Bowman
- Carrie Hoarty
- Maria Hopson
- Kathryn Hutchins
- Rachel Johnson
- Lydia Kang
- Nora Kovar
- Trek Langenhan
- Jenilee Luedders
- Tina Mahajan
- Sarah Malik
- Shahbaz Malik
- Peter Maloley
- Sara May
- Jennifer Medlin
- Ted Mikuls
- Brandon Miller
- Stephen Mohring
- Ryan Mullane
- Amy Neumeister
- Scott Neumeister
- David O’Dell
- Jim O’Dell
- Joseph Pachunka
- Craig Piquette
- Jaeda Pitlick
- Troy Plumb
- Jill Poole
- Erin Ramelb
- Prasanth Ravipati
- Cory Rohlfsen
- Khalid Sahak
- Samer Sayyed
- Marcus Snow
- Alexandra Sorrick
- Heather Strah
- Geoffrey Thiele
- Trevor VanSchooneveld
- Joel VanDeGraaff
- Andrew Vasey
- Derek Vogel
- Jill Wagoner
- Cassandra Wehling
- Scott Westphal
- Austin Wheeler
- Tammy Wichman
- Austin Wilson
- Rae Witt
- Jill Zabih
- Andrea Zimmer
To be eligible for “top teacher” awards, faculty members must have received at least six evaluations during the last year.
Criteria Used:
1. Department faculty member with 1 or more learner evaluation (n=239)
2. Faculty with ≥ 6 total evaluations (n=159)
3. Count‑weight (z‑score) evaluation score of top 30% of total eligible faculty (n=72)
*4. Top 30% of Phase 1 department faculty with Phase 1 evaluations (n=8)
5. <3 delinquent resident evaluations
*Independent of criteria 1–3
Count‑weight z‑score formula:
[(# resident evals)(resident eval z‑score) + (# student evals)(student eval z‑score)] ÷ (total # evals)
Internal Medicine also has “Top Teacher” designations in its fellowship programs.