Meghan Sheehan, M.D., is a new faculty member at UNMC.
- Name: Meghan Sheehan, M.D.
- Hometown: Odessa, Texas
- Title and department at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine: Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Psychiatry; consult liaison psychiatrist, Nebraska Medicine
Research/professional interests: As a consult liaison (CL) psychiatrist, I focus on the care of complex patients with both psychiatric and medical needs. I work in a collaborative, interdisciplinary role to ensure excellent treatment for some of our most vulnerable populations. I am passionate about psycho-oncology, and reproductive psychiatry and am actively working to expand our services and research. I am also working with trauma surgery to create a novel support program for victims of violence in our community. Finally, my work allows me to foster my professional interests in medical ethics and healthcare equality.
How I fell in love with psychiatry: In truth, I fell in love with all of medicine. All specialties held new information for me to learn and patients to treat. In determining a specialty, I realized that the critical, common thread was caring for patients. Psychiatry allowed me to follow that thread until I understood the tapestry that made the patient, the person. CL psychiatry allows me to take that understanding of patients back to other specialties and in turn continue to foster interdisciplinary care for the whole person.
Degrees:
- M.D., Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine, Lubbock, Texas, 2014
- Residency, general psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2018
- Fellowship, consultation liaison psychiatry, University of North Carolina, 2019
Memberships:
- Academy of Consult Liaison Psychiatry
- American Psychosocial Oncology Society
Three things people may not know about me:
- I have a deep love of knitting, spinning and weaving.
- I am an avid player of board games. While not exactly a typical board game, I would recommend crokinole to anyone, as it has recently become a favorite in my house.
- I have a degree in forensic science and advanced training in hostage negotiation.
Clinic locations:
- Village Pointe Health Center, 111 N. 175th St., Omaha
- Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, 505 S. 45th St., Omaha
For appointments and referrals: 402-552-6007. (I am also available for hospitalwide psychiatric consultation for adult patients.)