New faculty spotlight: Rocky Esteraich, MD

Rocky Esteraich, MD, is a new faculty member at UNMC.

Name: Rocky Esteraich, MD

Hometown: McCook, Nebraska

Current position: Instructor, UNMC Department of Psychiatry; psychiatrist, Nebraska Medicine

Education:

• MD, UNMC

Professional and medical interests:

• General psychiatry
• Anxiety disorders
• Sleep disorders
• Emerging treatments in psychiatry
• History and philosophy of psychology/psychiatry

How did you fall in love with psychiatry: Having the opportunity to help others experiencing mental health struggles is profoundly meaningful and rewarding.

Three things people don’t know about me:

• I play disc golf regularly.
• I have a koi pond.
• Before attending medical school, I taught English as a second language and studied philosophy in graduate school.

Locations: Psychiatry clinic at Poynter Hall

Appointments and referrals: 402-552-6007