Internal Medicine Newsletter
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
The 2023-24 academic year is well underway, and some very important and exciting events have already happened. Dr. Sue Swindells in the Infectious Diseases division received the Alexander Fleming Lifetime Achievement award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) during the organization’s recent national meeting for her long history of involvement in national and […]
Oct 23, 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
Internal Medicine – Message from the Chair
Message from the Chair of UNMC’s Internal Medicine Department, July 2022.
Aug 1, 2022
Internal Medicine – Message from the Chair
We are rapidly approaching the end of the academic year. With that comes some special celebrations- especially recognizing excellence in teaching. Dr. Amy Cannella was awarded the Hirschmann Prize for Teaching Excellence from the COM and Dr. Jasmine Marcelin was selected as the speaker for the recent UNMC medical student convocation/hooding ceremony-both very special recognition […]
May 16, 2022
Internal Medicine – Message from the Chair
Welcome Spring! More light in the evenings and at least some days with spring-like temperatures bring me a sense of hope. In this newsletter, we welcome our new primary care sub-interns who start in July along with our new categorical and preliminary residents who recently matched with us. We are excited to have them join […]
Mar 27, 2022
Internal Medicine, Message From the Chair
It is hard to know what to say about the start of 2022. While the start of a new year typically brings a sense of hope, the launch of 2022 has brought us another COVID surge that is challenging us in new ways. The Department has amazing people and, once again, faculty, trainees, staff, and […]
Jan 18, 2022