Internal Medicine Newsletter
Upcoming Faculty Development Collaborations
Drs. Shannon Boerner, (GIM) Kelly Cawcutt (ID) & Jasmine Marcelin (ID) submitted abstracts to the upcoming AAMC Group on Faculty Affairs and Group on Women and Medicine in Science, in collaboration with colleagues across campus. Several were accepted, as below: Leveraging Social Media: Using a #visualabstract to Disseminate Research – Accepted for roundtable discussion […]
Apr 22, 2019
COM Winter 2019 Curriculum Spotlight on Innovation
During the Infectious Diseases Synthesis block in Phase 1, Dr. Zimmer and Dr. Bares incorporated Contagion Theatre, a novel improvisation-based tool, to engage the students. In Contagion Theatre, a standardized actor (student or faculty member) was scripted with a clinical scenario and instructed to interrupt the case-based learning (CBL) session in order to present their […]
Apr 16, 2019
Nada Fadul, MD – Helping Sudanese Immigrants and Refugees
Nada Fadul, MD, is originally from Sudan and joined UNMC as an associate professor in the division of infectious diseases in 2018. She and her husband, Saif Abayazid, are board members of the Sudanese American Public Affairs Association (SAPAA), which Mr. Abayazid is a founding member. Helping fellow Sudanese Americans identify their unique skill sets […]
Apr 11, 2019
Internal Medicine – Women in Medicine
Dr. Kelly Cawcutt and Dr. Jasmine Marcelin are members of a group of women physicians called PROWD – "Promoting and Respecting Our Women Doctors", led by Dr. Julie Silver, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Silver is the creator of the #BeEthical Campaign, which is a strategic initiative to reduce workforce inequity by focusing […]
Apr 11, 2019
From the Chair
I think it is fair to say we are all anxious for spring to arrive. Spring brings more opportunities to be outside. Connecting with nature is a way many of us re-energize and are reminded of what is most important and good in our lives. Activities that don’t require being outside also help ground us. […]
Feb 28, 2019
Internal Medicine Faculty Publications – Third Quarter 2018
Authors; Title; Source title; Impact Factor; Volume; Issue; Year; Page start; Page end; Document Type; PubMed ID; DOI; Link Ying Wang; Sameer Mirza; Shaohua Wu; Jiping Zeng; Wen Shi; Hamid Band; Vimla Band; Bin Duan; 3D hydrogel breast cancer models for studying the effects of hypoxia on epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Oncotarget; 4.65; 9; […]
Nov 28, 2018
Internal Medicine Research and Non-Research Awards – Third Quarter 2018
Proposal Title, ID#, Sponsor, Dates, Direct Cost, Indirect Cost, Total Cost Goldsweig, Andrew Michael, National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative (NCSI), 22071, Henry Ford Health System, 06/15/18-06/14/19, $12,556 , $2,485 , $15,041 The Randomized And Controlled Noninferiority Trial to Evaluate Safety and Clinical Efficacy of the SurVeil Drug-Coated Balloon iN the Treatment of Subjects with Stenotic […]
Nov 28, 2018
From the Chair
This newsletter highlights a number of faculty and trainee awards that have happened this fall. Several of these recognitions have a connection to the American College of Physicians (ACP) at the state, national and international level. The ACP has 154,000 members including international members and is the largest medical-specialty society in the world. It is […]
Nov 27, 2018
Dr. Neumeister wins prestigious national teaching award
J. Scott Neumeister, M.D., associate professor division of general medicine, has won a major teaching award from the American College of Physicians. During next year's ACP national meeting, Dr. Neumeister will receive the Herbert S. Waxman Award for Outstanding Medical Student Educator. The award recognizes an ACP member who is an internal medicine interest […]
Oct 31, 2018
