Internal Medicine Newsletter

From the Chair

I hope your Memorial Day weekend brought some time for enjoying family, friends, and outside activities. Summer is rapidly approaching, and it is the time of year that we say good-bye and thank you to residents and fellows finishing their programs, that we welcome a new group of first-year residents and fellows and that we […]

May 30, 2017

New Faculty

Ahmed Aboeata, MBBCh, assistant professor, is a new faculty member in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases.

May 26, 2017

Ahmed Aboeata, MBBCh

2016 Top Teachers

Each year “Top Teacher” recognition is given to approximately 40 faculty members based on data on approximately 120-130 faculty evaluations from both students and residents.

May 10, 2017

Etherton ACOS for Patient Safety for VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care

The VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System welcomed Dr. Gale Etherton in her new position as the Associate Chief of Staff for Patient Safety.

May 10, 2017

IN THE NEWS . . .

When new NIH Guidelines on How to Test for Peanut Allergies in Infants were released in January, Jill Poole, MD, an allergist in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, was asked to do four media interviews as a local expert.

May 9, 2017

Dr. Jill Poole

Faculty Development

The Faculty Development Task Force continues to meet monthly and focus on the needs of all faculty across the Department.

May 9, 2017

Shannon Boerner, MD, director, Faculty Mentoring & Development

Medical Student Michael Price Presents at Gordon Research Seminar

Michael Price, a third-year MD/PhD student was selected to give an oral presentation at a Gordon Research Seminar for Cilia, Mucus and Mucociliary Interactions in Galveston, Texas, earlier this year.

May 9, 2017

AOA Inductees

UNMC’s Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Society announced its 2017 initiates.

May 9, 2017

Caregivers Recognized by Patients for Going Above and Beyond

We would like to highlight the doctors and nurses who go above and beyond their duty when we hear that patients have recognized them for their outstanding care. However, in this newsletter, we do not want to single out the patients.

May 9, 2017

Deepak Singh, MD

UNMC Silver U Winner – Ana Laura Ortiz Morales

Ana Laura Ortiz Morales, a clinical studies associate In Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (DEM), was recently honored with a Silver U.

May 9, 2017