Internal Medicine Newsletter

Student Senate Officers Elected

Among the new at-large student senators elected are Ke Arkfeld, a former Internal Medicine SUARP student mentored by Dahn Clemens, PhD and Geoffrey E. Thiele, son of Internal Medicine faculty member, Geoffrey M. Thiele, PhD.

May 9, 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

Inaugural Impact in Education Awards

The inaugural UNMC Impact in Education Awards were given in February.

May 8, 2017

David O'Dell, MD

Dr. Cannella Receives Excellence in Teaching Award

Amy Cannella, MD, asociate professor, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, was selected to receive the Excellence in Teaching Award honoring the Pioneering Women in Medicine.

May 8, 2017

Carol Swarts, MD, Amy Cannella, MD, and Gerald Moore, MD

Dr. Bennett Appointed Exe. Chair of UNMC/UNO IACUC

Robert Bennett, PhD, professor, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism was appointed to a term as Executive Chair of the UNMC/UNO Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee(IACUC.

May 8, 2017

Dr. Bonnema Honored by ICRE

Rachel Bonnema, MD, received the 2017 Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE) Medical Education Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award.

May 8, 2017

Recently Named Masters and Fellows of ACP

Both James O’Dell, MD, chief, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology and Thomas Tape, MD, chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, were selected to be Masters of the American College of Physicians.

Masters is the highest recognition within ACP and reserved for a very select set of physicians.

May 8, 2017

James O'DelL, MD

Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) Committee Spotlight

Three Internal Medicine members are serving on Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) national committees.

May 8, 2017

Rachel Bonnema, MD

UNMC Presence at the Millennium Conference 2017

UNMC was chosen, through a competitive application process, to participate in the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School/Association of American Medical Colleges(AAMC)hosted Millennium Conference 2017.

May 8, 2017