Maria Ball
Department of Internal Medicine Promotions and New Hires, Summer/Fall 2024
Congratulations to the following faculty members who recently achieved promotion or tenure. Promoted to Associate Professor: Promoted to Professor: Promoted to Professor with Tenure: Welcome to the new faculty who joined the Department of Internal Medicine this summer and fall. Assistant professors: Instructors:
Oct 17, 2024
Department of Internal Medicine Faculty Development Opportunities
We compile a list of career advancement and other learning opportunities that may support our faculty. If you have an idea for or would like to present, please reach out to Dr. Andrea Zimmer, associate vice chair of faculty development for the Department of Internal Medicine, at andreaj.zimmer@unmc.edu. UNMC Internal Medicine Upcoming Events UNMC Office of […]
Oct 10, 2024
Get ENGAGED
September is a month of new beginnings and changing seasons, and as we welcome the cool, crisp fall air, I am thrilled to announce the inaugural monthly newsletter from the Office of Equity & Inclusive Excellence, ENGAGED. An important theme from the departmental discovery process last fall was that folks wanted to have information about […]
Sep 16, 2024
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
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
