New medical faculty, August 2023

Kathleen Borghoff, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine-nephrology

Forty-eight new faculty members joined the UNMC College of Medicine in June and July. They are:

Professors

  • Robert Cusick, MD, surgery-pediatric
  • Alex Foy, MD, pediatrics-cardiology
  • Bernd Fritzsch, PhD, neurological sciences
  • Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MBBS, surgery-cardiothoracic

Associate professors

  • Victoria Van Roy, MD, dermatology

Assistant professors

  • Rafael Arsky Lombardi, MD, anesthesiology
  • Samia Asif, MBBS, internal medicine-oncology/hematology
  • Ahmed Awad, MD, pediatrics-neurology
  • Brian Benes, DO, internal medicine-nephrology
  • Kathleen Borghoff, MD, internal medicine-nephrology
  • Diana Bosworth, MD, internal medicine-hospital medicine
  • Daniel Brown, DO, family medicine
  • Yamna Channa, MBBS, psychiatry
  • Maureen Choman, MD, internal medicine-geriatrics/palliative
  • Cason Christensen, MD, internal medicine-cardiovascular
  • Megan Fuller, MD, surgery-pediatric
  • Lindsay Gage, MD, internal medicine-geriatric/palliative
  • Prasanna Kumar Gangishetti, MBBS, pediatrics-neurology
  • Meghana Kesireddy, MBBS, internal medicine-oncology/hematology
  • Monica Krause, MD, neurological sciences
  • Brent Luedders, MD, internal medicine-rheumatology
  • Hannah Luksa, MD, internal medicine-hospital medicine
  • Ahmad Miri, MD, pediatrics-gastroenterology
  • Kate-Lynn Muir, DO, internal medicine-oncology/hematology
  • Ashnoo Nanavati, MD, psychiatry
  • Bridgette O’Neill, MD, internal medicine-hospital medicine
  • Juan Teran Plasencia, MD, internal medicine-infectious diseases
  • Kathy Schall, MD, surgery-pediatric
  • Sias Scherger, MD, internal medicine-infectious diseases
  • Matthew Schmitt, MD, internal medicine-general medicine
  • Melissa Suh, MD, surgery-pediatric
  • Kaleb Viet, DO, internal medicine-pulmonary
  • Jian Xie, PhD, pathology/microbiology
  • Jian Zhang, PhD, pathology/microbiology

Instructors

  • Andrew Barnhill, MD, radiology
  • Ryan Burkholder, MD, internal medicine-GI
  • Noel Bruner, MD, internal medicine-general medicine
  • Conor Dass, MD, emergency medicine
  • James Fagerland, MD, internal medicine-general medicine
  • John Gallagher, MD, internal medicine-hospital medicine
  • Mackenzie Keintz, MD, internal medicine-infectious diseases
  • Sean Kim, MD, ophthalmology
  • Sundararajan Mahalingam, PhD, biochemistry and molecular biology
  • Kelli Mans, MD, pediatrics
  • Alexandra Sorrick, MD, internal medicine-hospital medicine
  • Amelia Sneve, DO, pediatrics
  • Daniel Welch, MD, radiology
  • Austin Wilson, MD, internal medicine-hospital medicine