{"id":50603,"date":"2014-09-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/09\/29\/com-student-of-the-month-andrew-keralis-fourth-year-medical-student\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T14:49:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T19:49:23","slug":"com-student-of-the-month-andrew-keralis-fourth-year-medical-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/09\/29\/com-student-of-the-month-andrew-keralis-fourth-year-medical-student\/","title":{"rendered":"COM Student of the Month – Andrew Keralis, fourth-year medical student"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nEditor’s Note:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Each month, InterCOM will highlight a “Student of the Month” from the College of Medicine. Students will be featured for their participation in activities outside of medical school and for making a difference in the community. The goal is to recognize students for what they are doing and to encourage other students to get involved in the community. After all, medical school should be much more than studying.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nPersonal: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\nI was born and raised in Lincoln, where I learned the value of hard work, Runza, and Husker football.\u00a0The Taco Inn too.\u00a0I attended undergrad at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, majoring in biochemistry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nDuring these years I played trombone and baritone for Nebraska football, volleyball, and men’s & women’s basketball – this was back in the pre-Pinnacle Bank Arena dark ages when the volleyball team played at the Coliseum and the basketball teams called Bob Devaney Sports Center home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nI also earned a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force through Air Force ROTC Detachment 465.\u00a0I recently returned to Omaha following away ER rotations at Wright Patterson AFB and Fort Sam Houston, and I am hoping to eventually work for the Air Force as an ER doc.<\/p>\n

\nActivities: <\/strong><\/p>\n