New faculty spotlight: Andrew Kamien, M.D.

Andrew Kamien, M.D., is a new faculty member at UNMC.

• Name: Andrew Kamien, M.D.
• Hometown: Buffalo, N.Y.
• Title and department at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine: Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Surgery, section of acute care surgery

Research/professional interests:

• Medical education
• Trauma prevention

How I fell in love with acute care surgery: I fell in love with acute care surgery by putting my medical and surgical skills to test in a timely and efficient manner and providing optimal outcomes to the patients I treated.

Education:

• B.A., biology, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., 2006
• M.D., Creighton University Medical School, Omaha, 2012
• Residency, general surgery, Marshfield Clinic, 2012-2017
• Fellowship, surgical critical care, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2017-2018
• Fellowship, trauma/acute care surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2018-2019

Memberships:

• American Medical Association

Three things people may not know about me:

• Despite my inability to skate well, I am a big hockey fan.
• Favorite lazy day routine is reading Calvin & Hobbes.
• If chicken wings are on the menu, I’m probably ordering them.