New faculty spotlight: Derrick Eichele, M.D.

Derrick Eichele, M.D., is a new faculty member at UNMC.

• Name: Derrick Eichele, M.D.
  
• Hometown: Bismarck, N.D.
  
• Current position: Assistant professor, UNMC Internal Medicine/gastroenterology

Degrees:

• M.D. – University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
  
• Residency, UNMC – GI/hepatology 2016

Research/professional interests:
Clinical interests in patient care in inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease).

Memberships:

• American College of Physicians
  
• American College of Gastroenterology
  
• American Gastroenterological Association
  
• European Crohn’s Colitis Organization

Three things people may not know about me:

• I played football in college at North Dakota State University.
  
• As part of my undergraduate training in anthropology, I traveled to Tanzania to participate in an archaeological field study around Olduvai Gorge.
  
• Prior to my medical career, I was a high school science teacher in Arizona.