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Internal Medicine

Mary Petersen to retire from UNMC after 30 years 

Nursing veteran held many roles at the med center during her distinguished career. 

Jan 28, 2026

Mary Petersen

Olson Center sets series on women’s heart health

Olson Center for Women’s Health, Nebraska Medicine Cardiovascular Services team for monthly series.

Jan 27, 2026

From left, Christina Dunbar Matos, DO; Jennifer Nickol, DO, Pallavi Satuluri, MBBS, and Kali Gagnon, DO, will speak during American Heart Month.

National Guard leaders praise UNMC collaborations

CSTARS, Global Center for Health Security hosted Nebraska, Guam groups in October 2025.

Jan 23, 2026

Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, MD, director of CSTARS, led Brigadier General Michael Cruz, center, and Major General Craig Strong of Nebraska, on a tour of the GLobal Center for Health Security last October.

Residency prep course readies med students for next step 

The course, created in 2021, reinforces skills and builds confidence in graduating medical students.

Jan 21, 2026

Abbey Fingeret, MD, PhD, and Jill Zabih, MD

Medical research highlights, January 2026

The UNMC College of Medicine recently received grants and awards representing $7.1 million in new funding.

Jan 21, 2026

Matthew Lunning, DO

UNMC Department of Internal Medicine releases annual report 

The report, now online, highlights the department’s impact and achievements.

Jan 20, 2026

A finger accessing a touch screen with various icons and the words Department of Internal Medicine Annual Report Academic Year 2024-25 IMPACT

New grant strengthens street medicine efforts

The $1.4 million grant will enable UNMC and HEAL Omaha to work in collaboration serving more unhoused people with HIV.

Jan 8, 2026

The Specialty Care Center-HEAL Omaha street medicine collaboration team includes: Front row from left, Sara Bares, MD, and Jenn Davis, MD, both of the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine; Melissa Neuenfeldt, COO, HEAL Omaha; project director Nada Fadul, MD, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine; Samantha Jones, UNMC; Jennifer O’Neill, UNMC; Deanna Hansen, UNMC. Back row from left, Lance Burwell, UNMC; Dalton Nelsen, MD, CEO, HEAL Omaha and UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine, Emmanuel Essam Nkodo, MD, UNMC. Renae Furl, UNMC, Agustin Delgado Jimenez, UNMC. Not pictured are: Dan Cramer, UNMC; Nikki Regan, UNMC; Landon Schneider, UNMC; and UNMC student volunteers Jordan Ryner and Olivia Youngblood.

An Interview with Lydia Kang, MD

Part of the mission of the Internal Medicine Office of Belonging and Community Engagement is to promote cultural awareness. Its monthly newsletter, Engaged, features an inspirational person who identifies with the culture being celebrated that month. In recognition of Korean American Heritage Day on January 13, we are talking with Lydia Kang, MD, associate professor […]

Dec 19, 2025

Lydia Kang, MD

Message from the Interim Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine

As 2025 draws to a close, I offer my sincere thanks and appreciation to members of the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine for a job well-done!  A year of delivering compassionate care, excellent training and teaching, and answers to scientific questions.  Throughout the year, the department demonstrated resilience and dedication.  We suffered the loss of […]

Dec 16, 2025

Mark Rupp, MD

New grant strengthens street medicine efforts

New $1.4 million grant will allow UNMC, HEAL Omaha collaboration to serve more unhoused people with HIV.

Dec 15, 2025

The Specialty Care Center-HEAL Omaha street medicine collaboration team includes: Front row from left, Sara Bares, MD, and Jenn Davis, MD, both of the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine; Melissa Neuenfeldt, COO, HEAL Omaha; project director Nada Fadul, MD, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine; Samantha Jones, UNMC; Jennifer O’Neill, UNMC; Deanna Hansen, UNMC. Back row from left, Lance Burwell, UNMC; Dalton Nelsen, MD, CEO, HEAL Omaha and UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine, Emmanuel Essam Nkodo, MD, UNMC. Renae Furl, UNMC, Agustin Delgado Jimenez, UNMC. Not pictured are: Dan Cramer, UNMC; Nikki Regan, UNMC; Landon Schneider, UNMC; and UNMC student volunteers Jordan Ryner and Olivia Youngblood.