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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Katie Willet, MD, FACEP

Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Program Director, UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine
Health Security Fellowship Director, UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine

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Katherine Willet, MD, FACEP
Katie Willet, MD, (she/her/hers) is an assistant professor for the Department of Emergency Medicine. She is one of the residency assistant program directors and takes part in development of disaster preparedness and biopreparedness training for residents and other multi-disciplinary trainees, both within UNMC and our external partners. She has interests in austere/wilderness medicine, disaster medicine and biopreparedness. She also serves as the health security fellowship program director and co-creator with several partners within the Global Center for Health Security. With this, she takes part in preparedness planning, training development and response. Similarly she is involved with several different research and training projects with the Global Center for Health Security as well as teaching regionally about disaster preparedness. She is an assistant medical director for the National Quarantine Unit and a health security scholar with the Global Center for Health Security.
Education
  • BA: University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Chemistry, 2010.
  • MD: University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2014.
  • Residency: University of Missouri at Kansas City, 2017.
Research
  • Health security.
  • Biopreparedness.
  • Disaster planning and response.
  • Resident education and training.