Maria Ball
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
March whizzed by complete with lots of special events. Of course, there was the NCAA basketball’s March Madness complete with the most watched college basketball game ever in the Iowa-South Carolina women’s game last week. Our house officers organized a competition of a different sort with their fun Moustache Madness. Congrats to Dr. Landon Withrow […]
Apr 10, 2024
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
Seems like 2024 just started but already lots of things are happening. We had a leadership change in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology with Dr. Peter Mannon stepping down as chief to focus on his ongoing role as the Paustian Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) program. I am most grateful to Dr. Mannon for his […]
Feb 12, 2024
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
We are in the holiday season with our American Thanksgiving a recent memory and plans for holidays of several traditions filling the calendar for December and early January. I recognize the holidays can bring a variety of stresses, but I hope each of us can find a few gratitude moments where we can celebrate some […]
Dec 4, 2023
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
Summer is rapidly disappearing, and it is time for the incoming class of medical students to begin their studies this week. While they won’t join our clinical teams for another 18 months or so, we will interact with them frequently (nearly a third of their phase I teaching is by Internal Medicine faculty) and can […]
Aug 21, 2023
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine – May 2023
So much has happened since our last newsletter! At the May department meeting we celebrated our Advocacy Award recipients (Dr. Snow, Dr. Gallett, and Dr. Hongsermeier-Graves). In early June, we recognized our department research winners for this year (Drs. Mikuls, Florescu, Liu, Twohig, DiSanti, and medical student Nozima Aripova). Drs. Casey and Wyatt launched a […]
Jun 12, 2023
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
It is great that March has arrived! With it comes the excitement of Match Day when we will learn who our new residents will be come July. Plus, there is the excitement of the official start to spring (even if the weather does not always feel like it). There are many items of good news […]
Mar 18, 2023
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
Calendar year 2023 is off to a great start! There have already been some major milestones achieved. Dr. Diana Florescu has been selected as the 17th UNMC Scientist Laureate award winner – the highest recognition for an investigator on the UNMC campus. Dr. Florescu has excelled in clinical research related to infections in transplantation as […]
Jan 19, 2023
Division supports hospice and palliative care training
Melissa Teply, MD, knows many practitioners go into health care wanting to keep people healthy and to save lives. But once in practice, new doctors frequently care for patients with serious illnesses that will eventually take their life in spite of the best medical efforts. Death and dying, Dr. Teply said, are realities that young […]
Nov 21, 2022
Researchers work to understand chemo brain
In the flurry around cancer treatment, patients often find themselves feeling a fog. Cancer already can come with chemotherapy, radiation and a series of tests and procedures. Side effects such as nausea are readily anticipated and often treatable. But “chemo brain” is different. Patients might find their thinking is off, their memory not quite the […]
Nov 21, 2022
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
We are approaching Thanksgiving and this newsletter lifts up many items for which I have much gratitude. For the sixth year in a row, our Internal Medicine residency program has a 100 percent ABIM board pass rate. We are proud of our residents in this accomplishment and grateful to the program and faculty who have […]
Nov 8, 2022