Mark Rupp, MD

Professor, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine
Chief, Internal Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, Infection Control & Epidemiology
Associate Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship 

Phone: 402-559-8650
Fax: 402-559-5581

Dr. Rupp is a professor and division chief of infectious diseases in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine. He also serves as medical director of the Nebraska Medicine Department of Infection Control & Epidemiology.

Dr. Rupp received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, and holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He underwent internship and residency training in Internal Medicine and completed fellowship training in Infectious Diseases at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is board certified in infectious diseases.

He is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine in the subspecialty area of Infectious Diseases. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America, of which he served as president in 2009. Dr. Rupp has served as a consultant for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the VA. He recently served as the chief of staff at Nebraska Medicine.

Dr. Rupp has published nearly 500 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and abstracts and holds three U.S. patents. His research efforts have been funded by the NIH, CDC, VA, AHA, and industry. He frequently presents papers at national and international meetings, serves as a guest lecturer, and is an active teacher and researcher. Dr. Rupp’s research interests are in the areas of health care-associated infections and antimicrobial stewardship.