{"id":104713,"date":"2023-11-01T01:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T06:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=104713"},"modified":"2023-10-31T12:10:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T17:10:57","slug":"new-faculty-spotlight-sias-scherger-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/11\/01\/new-faculty-spotlight-sias-scherger-md\/","title":{"rendered":"New faculty spotlight: Sias Scherger, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Sias Scherger, MD, is a new faculty member at UNMC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Sias Scherger, MD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Positions at UNMC and Nebraska Medicine: <\/strong>Assistant professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, UNMC College of Medicine; physician, Nebraska Medicine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hometown: <\/strong>Omaha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research and professional interests:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Infections in immunocompromised hosts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pathophysiology of infections and sepsis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How I fell in love with infectious diseases<\/strong><em>:<\/em> I first became interested in infectious diseases during the microbiology section of my second year of medical school here at UNMC. I developed further interest throughout medical school and residency when working with immunocompromised hosts, such as solid organ transplant recipients, hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and other patients with inherited or acquired immunodeficiencies. 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