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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Residency Alumni

Our residency program aims to train residents to be competent physicians ready to enter the fellowship or practice of their choice. 

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What Our Residents Do After Graduation

2016-2024

  • 54% General pediatrics
  • 34% Fellowship programs
  • 11% Pediatric hospital medicine
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Which Fellowships Do Our Residents Go Into

2016-2025

  • 29% Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • 17% Hematology/Oncology
  • 10% Cardiology
  • 8% Gastroenterology
  • 8% Pediatric Critical Care Unit
  • 6% Genetics
  • 4% Allergy
  • 4% Developmental and Behavioral Medicine
  • 4% Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  • 2% Adolescent Medicine
  • 2% Infectious Diseases
  • 2% Nephrology
  • 2% Palliative Care
  • 2% Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • 2% Pulmonology
  • 2% Sports Medicine

Recent Graduate Classes

Class of 2025 residency

Class of 2025

Kelsey Anderson— Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH

Alyssa Averhoff— Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Emergency Medicine Faculty at UNMC and Children’s Nebraska in Omaha, NE

Brenton Bussinger— Co-Chief Resident of the Pediatric Residency Program at UNMC and Children’s Nebraska in Omaha, NE

Kristine Fischer- General Pediatrics with the CHI Pediatric Clinic in Council Bluffs, IA

Lauren Gillespie- General Pediatrics Academy Park Pediatrics in Highlands Ranch, CO

Brittni Herrera- General Pediatrics with UNMC at MMI in Omaha, NE

Alexandra Hopkins—Newborn Medicine Faculty on the Children’s Nebraska Newborn Rounding Service in Omaha, Nebraska and on the Hospital Medicine Faculty at Sanford Health in Bismarck, ND

Robin Humrich- Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship at the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, OK

Matthew Koller- General Pediatrics at Utah Valley Pediatrics in Springville, UT

Stacie Lackner- Newborn Medicine Faculty on the Children’s Nebraska Newborn Rounding Service in Omaha, NE

John “JJ” Micka– Pediatric Hospital Medicine Faculty at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, IA

Erin Oeltjen- Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric Fellowship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Children’s Nebraska in Omaha, NE

Ashley Walters- Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric Fellowship at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN

Maggie White-General Pediatrics at the Unity Point Pediatric Clinic in Ankeny, IA

Paul Witt- Co-Chief Resident of the Pediatric Residency Program at UNMC and Children’s Nebraska in Omaha, NE

class of 2024 residency

Class of 2024

  • Serenity Bashford, MD - General Pediatrics at OneWorld Community Health Center in Omaha, NE
  • Sterling Blackham, DO - General Pediatrics at Methodist Physicians Clinic - Methodist Women's Hospital in Omaha, NE
  • Adam DeVries, MD - General Pediatrics at Children's Physicians – La Vista in La Vista, NE
  • Rebecca Dravland Holzer, MD, Pediatric Hospital Medicine faculty at Sanford Children's Hospital in Fargo, ND
  • Joshua Francois, DO - General Pediatrics at MercyOne Mason City Pediatric & Adolescent Care in Mason City, IA
  • Thomas Helms, DO - General Pediatrics at Lincoln Pediatric Group in Lincoln, NE
  • Joslynn Hoburg, MD - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT
  • Katie Kim, DO - General Pediatrics at Methodist Physicians Clinic in Elkhorn, NE
  • Alexis Malaterre, MD - Pediatric Hospital Medicine faculty at UNMC and Children's Nebraska 
  • Madeline Mangin, MD - General Pediatrics at CentraCare - Plaza Clinic Pediatrics in St. Cloud, MN
  • Amreen Masthan, DO - Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago in Chicago, IL
  • Chelsey McConnell, MD - Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship at UNMC and Children's Nebraska
  • Andrew Nguyen, DO - Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at UNMC and Children's Nebraska
  • Kendra Reilly, MD - Pediatric Hospital Medicine faculty at UNMC and Children's Nebraska
  • Tamara Thevarajah, DO - Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA
 
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Class of 2023

  • Dr. Caleb Cave - Neonatology fellowship at UNMC and Children’s Nebraska 
  • Dr. Songita Choudhury - Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
  • Dr. Kelli-ann Corrao - Adolescent Medicine fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
  • Dr. Jenna Essink - Allergy fellowship at UNMC and Children’s Nebraska 
  • Dr. Jessica Fisher - General Pediatrics, Cottonwood Pediatric Clinic in Newton, KS
  • Dr. Allison Guild - Hematology/Oncology fellowship at UNMC and Children’s Nebraska 
  • Dr. Elizabeth Hartley - General Pediatrics, Children’s Physicians, Dundee Clinic
  • Dr. Ami Kanley - General Pediatrics, at UNMC and Children’s Nebraska 
  • Dr. Katie Manning, General Pediatrics, Northeast Missouri Health Council Pediatric Clinic in Kirksville, MO
  • Dr. Kelli Mans - Pediatrics co-chief resident for 2023-2024 at UNMC and Children’s Nebraska
  • Dr. Lauren Ridgway - Neonatology fellowship, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
  • Dr. Sophia Johnson Schneider - General Pediatrics, Omaha, NE
  • Dr. Amelia Sneve - Pediatrics co-chief resident for 2023-2024 at UNMC and Children’s Nebraska
  • Dr. Shane Storm - General Pediatrics with the Pediatric Care North clinic in Kansas City, MO
  • Dr. Claire Troia -  Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship, St. Louis University in St. Louis, MO

Where Are They Now?

Check out the locations of our alumni classes 2022-2017.