A total of 123 seniors at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Medicine have received their residency assignments through the
National Senior Match Day program. Senior Match Day is an annual
event held at the exact same time at UNMC and other U.S. medical schools.
Residencies generally last from three to five years and allow the newly-graduated
physicians to specialize in an area of medicine, such as internal medicine,
family medicine, surgery or obstetrics and gynecology.
The residency matching system, which was started in 1952, placed 18,391
U.S. medical students this year into residencies in medical specialties.
Under the program, students list several places they would like to train,
and then are matched through a computerized national system.
About 85 percent of the UNMC class received one of their top three residency
assignments of choice. Sixty-four percent of the class, 78 seniors,
were placed in primary care residencies this year, including 37 of the
40 seniors who will do residencies at UNMC or at a Lincoln-based family
practice program affiliated with UNMC.
Primary care includes family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics
and obstetrics/gynecology.
Seniors who will graduate May 6, are listed by hometown, name, area
of specialty and residency assignment.
AINSWORTH – Theodore Tucker – family medicine – UNMC Family Medicine-Grand
Island, Grand Island NE
ALBION – Jennifer Bengston – family medicine – Lincoln Medical
Education Foundation, Lincoln NE
ALLIANCE –
Jonathan Moravek – internal medicine preliminary (first year) – St.
Joseph’s Hospital, Ann Arbor MI and – neurology (second year) – University
of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM;
Colin Weekes – internal medicine – University of Alabama Hospital,
Birmingham AL
ALMA -Anton Smolik – family medicine – UNMC Family Medicine-Kearney,
Kearney NE
BEEMER -Tmothy Nitzsche – anesthesiology – University of Virginia,
Charlottesville VA
BELLEVUE –
Timothy Babbitt – emergency medicine – University of Missouri, Kansas
City MO;
Wendy (Mott)Curulla – emergency medicine – Eastern Virginia Medical
School, Norfolk VA;
Randall Plambeck – internal medicine – Creighton University Affiliated
Hospital, Omaha NE;
Erin Silvius – anesthesiology – University of Texas Southwestern Medical
School, Dallas TX;
Nguyet Tran – surgery preliminary – St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ann Arbor
MI
BLAIR –
George Sorensen – family medicine – UNMC Family Medicine-North Platte,
North Platte NE
BLUE HILL –
Chad Duval – emergency medicine – University of Illinois, Chicago IL;
Alicia Johnson – pediatrics – Creighton/Nebraska University, Omaha
NE
BURWELL – JonBen Svoboda – internal medicine – University Hospital
& Clinics, Columbia MO
CHADRON -Sanaz Afiat – transitional (first year) – Hennepin
County Medical Center, Minneapolis MN and – ophthalmology (second year)
– University of Minnesota Affiliated Hospitals, Minneapolis MN
COLUMBUS –
Kristina Birch – internal medicine – University of Nebraska Medical
Center, Omaha NE;
Corinna (Kolder) Cooper – obstetrics/gynecology – University of Utah
Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City UT;
Nick Hartl – internal medicine – University of Iowa Hospitals &
Clinics, Iowa City IA;
Bryce Heese – pediatrics – Creighton/Nebraska University, Omaha NE
ELKHORN – Thomas Fennessy – family medicine – Broadlawns Medical
Center, Des Moines IA
FREMONT –
Tara Brakke – transitional (first year) – Gundersen Lutheran
Medical Foundation, La Crosse WI and – anesthesiology (second year) – University
of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE;
Misty Svitak – family medicine – University of Nebraska Medical
Center, Omaha NE
FRIEND – Jason Huff – internal medicine – Wake Forest University/Baptist
Medical Center, Winston Salem NC
GIBBON – David Priebe – family medicine – Moses H. Cone Memorial
Hospital, Greensboro NC
GRAND ISLAND –
David Denman – surgery – Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des
Moines IA;
Donald Merrill – surgery – St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ann Arbor
MI;
Adam Newman – surgery preliminary – Iowa Methodist Medical Center,
Des Moines IA;
Christopher Traudt – pediatrics – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
MN;
Chad Vokoun – internal medicine University of Nebraska Medical
Center, Omaha NE
HASTINGS – Jeffrey Himmelberg – internal medicine preliminary
(first year) – Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix AZ and – diagnostic radiology
(second year) – University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
HEBRON – Jason Davis – pediatrics – University of Virginia,
Richmond VA
HOLBROOK – Laura Schaben – neurology – St. Louis University
School of Medicine, St. Louis MO
INDIANOLA – Chelsea Sawyer – pediatrics – Children’s Mercy Hospital,
Kansas City MO
KEARNEY –
Susan Nikels – internal medicine – University of Michigan Hospitals,
Ann Arbor MI;
Michelle Simmons – family medicine – Lincoln Medical Education Foundation,
Lincoln NE
KIMBALL – Lynette Exum – primary care – University of Nebraska
Medical Center, Omaha NE
LAVISTA – Julie Rothlisberger Castillo – medicine/pediatrics
– Creighton/Nebraska University, Omaha NE;
LEXINGTON – Jason Helvey – diagnostic radiology – University
of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics, Madison WI
LINCOLN –
Jeffry Alles – internal medicine preliminary (first year) –
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE and – diagnostic radiology
(second year) – Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee
WI;
Stacey Brown – pediatrics – Marshfield Clinic St. Joseph’s,
Marshfield WI; Michele Cauble – internal medicine – University of Nebraska
Medical Center, Omaha NE;
Jeanenne Dean – internal medicine preliminary – Summa Health
System, Akron City Hospital, Akron OH;
Douglas Fiedler – internal medicine – University of Texas Health
Science Center, San Antonio TX;
Cody Harlan – surgery – University of Missouri, Kansas City
MO;
Melissa Johnson – emergency medicine – University of Arizona
Affiliated Hospital, Tucson AZ;
Nicolle Mahoney – obstetrics/gynecology – University of Missouri,
Kansas City MO;
Wendy Peterson – surgery – University of San Francisco-Fresno,
Fresno CA;
Matthew Shaw – internal medicine preliminary (first year) –
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE and – anesthesiology (second
year) – University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE;
Christopher Valentine – family medicine – University of Nebraska
Medical Center, Omaha NE
MCCOOK – Dorisa Polk – obstetrics/gynecology – Memorial Health
University, Savannah GA
MERNA – John Jacobsen – family medicine – University of Nebraska
Medical Center, Omaha NE
MITCHELL – Chad Surratt – emergency medicine – University of
Missouri, Kansas City MO
NORFOLK –
Stacy Blum – family medicine – Mercy Medical Center North Iowa,
Mason City IA;
Anjali Desai – internal medicine – McGaw Medical Center/Northwestern
University, Chicago IL
OMAHA –
John Andresen – pediatrics – Creighton/Nebraska University,
Omaha NE;
Kenneth Blad – family medicine – Clarkson Family Medicine, Omaha
NE;
Kristine Bott – emergency medicine – University of Missouri,
Kansas City MO;
Shanaeya Burton – obstetrics/gynecology – Martin Luther King,
Jr./Drew, Los Angeles CA;
Jason Cisler – internal medicine – McGaw Medical Center/Northwestern
University, Chicago IL;
Christopher Connolly – family medicine – University of Nebraska
Medical Center, Omaha NE;
Valerie Davis – pediatrics – University of Tennessee, Memphis
TN;
Yulia Demidovich – internal medicine preliminary (first year)
– Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee WI and –
anesthesiology (second year) – University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago
IL;
Vanessa Evans – internal medicine – University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis MN;
Jennifer Forsman – internal medicine – University of Massachusetts
Medical School, Worcester MA;
Virginia Hoefer – family medicine – Lincoln Medical Education
Foundation, Lincoln NE;
Heidi Iwanski – psychiatry – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
MN; Joseph Kalamaja – transitional (first year) – Michigan State University,
Kalamazoo MI and – anesthesiology (second year) – University of Nebraska
Medical Center, Omaha NE; Dina Kogan – anesthesiology – McGaw Medical
Center/Northwestern University, Chicago IL;
Joseph Kummer – internal medicine – McGaw Medical Center/Northwestern
University, Chicago IL;
Nitya Lassi – medicine/pediatrics – Creighton/Nebraska University,
Omaha NE;
Jennifer Lundgren – internal medicine – McGaw Medical Center/Northwestern
University, Chicago IL;
Tamer Mahrous – internal medicine – University of Nebraska Medical
Center, Omaha NE;
Mark Menolascino – internal medicine – Good Samaritan Hospital,
Phoenix AZ;
Jason Mickels – orthopedics – University of Kansas School of
Medicine, Kansas City KS;
Clifford Miles – internal medicine – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical
Center, Lebannon NH;
Kody Moffatt – pediatrics – Creighton/Nebraska University, Omaha
NE;
Mara (Chadwick) Paradis – pediatrics – Creighton/Nebraska University,
Omaha NE;
Philip Pazderka – emergency medicine – Michigan State University,
Kalamazoo MI;
Todd Popp – internal medicine – University of Colorado School
of Medicine, Denver CO;
Sara Powers – transitional (first year) – Gundersen Lutheran
Medical Foundation, La Crosse WI and – anesthesiology (second year) – Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD;
John Puente – internal medicine preliminary (first year) – University
of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE and – neurology (second year) – UNMC/Creighton,
Omaha NE;
Bryan Reuss – orthopedics – Orlando Regional Healthcare System,
Orlando FL;
Amy Schlichtemeier – internal medicine preliminary – University
of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE;
Lisa Sieczkowski – pediatrics – Phoenix Children’s Hospital/Maricopa,
Phoenix AZ;
Daniel Surdell – neurosurgery – University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma
City OK;
Richard Tempero – otolaryngology – University of Washington,
Seattle WA;
Joy Williams – family medicine – The University Hospital, Cincinnati
OH.
O’NEILL – Scott Straka – family medicine – University of Nebraska
Medical Center, Omaha NE
PAPILLION – Mario Wilmath – anesthesiology – University of Texas
Medical Branch, Galveston TX
PIERCE – Brant Luebe – surgery – Iowa Methodist Medical Center,
Des Moines IA
PLATTE CENTER – Todd Tessendorf – internal medicine – University
of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
PLEASANT DALE – Corey Trease – orthopedics – University of Kansas
School of Medicine, Kansas City KS
ROCA – Lee Thurber – internal medicine preliminary (first year)
– University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE and – ophthalmology (second
year) – University of Texas, San Antonio TX
SCHUYLER – Kristina Bailey-Marrero – primary care – University
of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
SCOTTSBLUFF –
Dasen Ritchey – surgery – Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati OH;
Christine Stanko – dermatology – MCP Hahnemann University Hospital,
Philadelphia PA;
Paula Walters – medicine/pediatrics – Indiana University School of
Medicine, Indianapolis IN
SPRINGFIELD – David Schram – family medicine – University of
Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita KS
ST. PAUL – Curtis Noel – orthopedics – Summa Health System,
Akron City Hospital, Akron OH;
WAHOO – Steven Volin – orthopedics – Creighton/Nebraska University,
Omaha NE
WESTON – John Ohnoutka – family medicine – Lincoln Medical Education
Foundation, Lincoln NE
YORK – Julie Theis – family medicine – UNMC Family Medicine-Grand
Island, Grand Island NE
ALTADENA, CALIF. – Anthony Lauder – orthopedics – Creighton/Nebraska
University, Omaha NE
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. – Matthew Schultz – emergency medicine
– Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center, Oak Lawn IL
LITTLETON, COLO. – Robert York, Jr. – family medicine – University
of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. – Jason Miller – surgery preliminary – University
of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
WARNER ROBINS, GA. – Diane Pennington – surgery preliminary
– University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
ASHTON, IDAHO – Rudy Schneider – surgery preliminary – University
of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
NEW PALESTINE, IND. – Joy Drass – pediatrics – University Hospital
& Clinics, Columbia MO
KALAMAZOO, MICH. – Michele Schaefer – psychiatry – Oregon Health
Sciences University, Portland OR
GOLDEN VALLEY, MINN. – Sheryl A. Haggerty – internal medicine
– David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base CA
SPRINGFIELD, MO. – Patrice Diane Lockhart – psychiatry – Maine
Medical Center, Portland ME
TARKIO, MO. – John Jason Summa – family medicine – Lincoln Medical
Education Foundation, Lincoln NE
MISSOULA, MONT. – Elizabeth Suzanne Pitt – anesthesiology –
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston SC
AMSTERDAM, N.Y. – Gwynn Schoonmaker – internal medicine – University
of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore MD
NORMAN, OKLA. – Kristin Warner – orthopedics – The Hospital
for Special Surgery, New York NY
PERRY, OKLA. – Lisa Linquist – family medicine – University
of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City OK
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Heidi Strouth – internal medicine – University
of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Mark Clifft – internal medicine preliminary
(first year) – University of Missouri, Kansas City MO and – diagnostic
radiology (second year) – University of California Davis Medical Center,
Sacramento CA; and Travis Petree – internal medicine – University of Nebraska
Medical Center, Omaha NE
SEATTLE, WASH. – Nicole White – psychiatry – University of Illinois,
Chicago IL
HUDSON, WIS. – Michael Stang – surgery – University Health Center
of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA