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David K. Warren, MD, originally didn\u2019t want to be in health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His mother was a nurse; his father, a pharmacist. As a child and teen, conversations around the Warren dinner table had \u201ca health-care bent,\u201d he recalled with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was interested in science, though, and when he arrived at Penn State University as a freshman, he majored in molecular biology, planning to get a PhD. But when he nabbed a prestigious summer internship at the National Institutes of Health, the young would-be scientist realized something \u2013 he didn\u2019t like lab work that much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What he did enjoy was occasionally joining his mentor, a pediatrician doing an NIH fellowship, who would moonlight at the nearby children\u2019s hospital during his off hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a pediatrician, he would get called to deliveries if there was an issue,\u201d Dr. Warren remembered. \u201cAnd one of the nights I was with him, he got called to a delivery where the infant was in distress. So I got to see him help stabilize the infant. To me, that was a powerful moment, and it made me think \u2018This looks like something I want to do the rest of my life.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Dr. Warren is chief of the UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases, joining UNMC in January from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once in medical school, he said, infectious diseases seemed like the obvious option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI took a course in medical microbiology as an undergraduate and really enjoyed it. In medical school, I thought about doing obstetrics\/gynecology. In residency, I thought about pulmonary medicine vs. infectious diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I realized what I liked in pulmonary medicine was all the infectious disease issues that the pulmonologists deal with,\u201d he said with a laugh. \u201cI also had great mentorship in infectious diseases in medical school and residency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since arriving at UNMC, he has been impressed by the division\u2019s national and international impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere’s a lot of work, internationally and nationally, that the infectious disease division and its faculty do to help support the university\u2019s scientific mission,\u201d Dr. Warren said. \u201cBut also, there is a commitment to support the clinical care of the people of Nebraska.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Warren, who holds a Master of Public Health, said he was excited to find how closely the division is tied into public health efforts, both within the university\u2019s college of public health and in collaboration with the state of Nebraska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat really benefits the people here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And helping people, he said, is a core reason why people go into medicine in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou do want to make a difference,\u201d he said. \u201cWhether it’s a personal difference in individual patients\u2019 lives or their families, or a larger difference in training the next generation of physicians or making a research breakthrough, you are advancing the field and improving our ability to take care of people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Warren said he also enjoys the educational aspect of his role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWorking with people who are early in their careers, trying to help them articulate what they want to do and help them find their way and be successful, is a joy. Also, teaching is learning. Being someone who is always curious is the sign of a good teacher. Students and trainees always keep you on your toes, and they make you examine things that you may otherwise take for granted, delve deeper into things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cListening to people is important on a clinical level, too. Infectious disease is a cognitive specialty; we put together a full picture after talking to the patient, studying the records, looking at all the studies and then coming up with a solution to explain what’s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Warren\u2019s goals include building on the groundbreaking research that already is occurring in the division; increasing the infrastructure within the division; and establishing new connections and strengthening existing connections with the rest of UNMC, Nebraska Medicine and communities beyond.<\/p>\nxzYXl FG RwhwTKbhSD<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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