Internal Medicine Newsletter
Patient-Centered Care is the Focus at Nebraska Medicine Clinics
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) now recognizes Nebraska Medicine's primary care clinics as Level III Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH), the highest recognition level for a primary care clinic. This model of care puts patients at the forefront and this recognition assures that the Nebraska Medicine clinics have a team of physicians, nurses, social […]
Mar 13, 2018
Lung Transplant Program Receives Medicare Approval
Nebraska Medicine’s lung transplant program has received approval from the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a Medicare-approved center for adult lung transplantation. In order to serve Medicare beneficiaries, the program must meet comprehensive conditions of participation. The designation recognizes the program’s clinical experience, good outcomes, resources […]
Mar 13, 2018
Dr. Gumina has Vision for Cardiovascular Research
Rich Gumina, MD, PhD, will assume the role of acting chief of the division of cardiovascular medicine at the end of March when Vincent Pompili, MD, steps down as division chief of cardiovascular medicine to move on to the position of Senior Vice President and Physician Executive Director of the Novant Health Heart and Vascular […]
Mar 13, 2018
All Internal Medicine Residents Pass Boards With Flying Colors
The University of Nebraska Medical Center's internal medicine residency program had 100 percent of its residents pass the 2017 American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) examination and, even better, all the residents scored above the national mean. “We’ve had a spectacular record through the years but for the first time we have the data to […]
Mar 13, 2018
Past SURP and SUARP Student and Mentor Accomplishments
We are in the process of accepting up to 21 students for the Internal Medicine department’s 2018 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) and Summer Undergraduate Alcohol Research Program (SUARP) and are looking forward to a great summer. Thank you to the mentors and their staffs for the effort and time they put in to give […]
Mar 13, 2018
Research and Non-Research Awards – Fourth Quarter 2017
From 10/01/2017- To 12/31/2017 Proposal Title, ID#, Sponsor, Dates, Direct Cost, Indirect Cost, Total Cost Duan, Bin, MSC derived myelinating schwann cell for PN regeneration, 21387, NE DHHS – LB606, 10/01/17-06/30/18, $101,500 , $0 , $101,500 Casey, Carol A, Altered Lipid Droplet Trafficking Role in Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, 19689, DHHS/NIH/NIAAA, 05/01/17-04/30/18, $57,596 , […]
Feb 9, 2018
Faculty Publications – Fourth Quarter 2017
Authors, Title, Year, Source Title, Volume, Issue, Pages, Document Type, Link, Source, EID Poole J.A., Mikuls T.R., Duryee M.J., Warren K.J., Wyatt T.A., Nelson A.J., Romberger D.J., West W.W., Thiele G.M., A role for B cells in organic dust induced lung inflammation, 2017, Respiratory Research, 18, 1, , Article, https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85038935516&doi=10.1186%2fs12931-017-0703-x&partnerID=40&md5=17baec72aa956d228b944a531175e16b, Scopus, 2-s2.0-85038935516 Akhtar […]
Feb 9, 2018
From the Chair
We have said goodbye to 2017 and are looking forward to how we will live out 2018. This newsletter highlights a number of honors, awards and achievements that our faculty, trainees, and staff experienced in the last part of 2017. I hope you will take a quick look at those and find a moment to celebrate our remarkable colleagues.
Jan 12, 2018
Faculty Members Recognized with Publication of the Quarter Honor
Three faculty members were recognized at Research Grand Rounds on December 15 for receiving the Publication of the Quarter honor in 2017. Internal Medicine has been selecting a “Publication of the Quarter” since 2012 and the final selection is based on criteria including impact factor of the journal.
Jan 12, 2018
Faculty Publications – Third Quarter 2017
Authors, Title, Year, Source title, Volume, Issue, Art. No., Page start, Page end, DOI, Link, ISSN, ISBN, PubMed ID, Document Type, Source, EID Florescu D.F., Sandkovsky U., Kalil A.C., Sepsis and Challenging Infections in the Immunosuppressed Patient in the Intensive Care Unit, 2017, Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 31, 3, 415, 434, 10.1016/j.idc.2017.05.009, […]
Oct 3, 2017