Department of Internal Medicine Promotions and New Hires, Academic Year 2024-2025

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Welcome to the new faculty who recently joined the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine.

Instructor:

  • Nicolas Yeutter, MD, general internal medicine
  • Brett Begley, MD, general medicine
  • Michelle Le, DO, gastroenterology and hepatology
  • RemyGrace Sass, MD, hospital medicine
  • Debra Wekesa, MD, hospital medicine
  • Austin Wilson, MD, hospital medicine
  • Katelyn Haiar, MD, Hospital Med

Assistant Professors:

  • Grayson Huben, MD, hospital medicine
  • Jennifer Nickol, DO, cardiovascular
  • Sara Tyree, MD, hospital medicine
  • Jared Vanlandingham. MD, hospital medicine
  • Amarnath Annapureddy, MD, cardiovascular medicine
  • Sulman Hashmi, MBBS, diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism
  • Jennilee Luedders, MD, allergy/immunology
  • Matt O’Dell, hospital medicine
  • Sara Tyree, hospital medicine
  • Jose L Zamora Sifuentes, allergy/immunology
  • Kali Gagnon, cardiovascular medicine
  • Robert Garvin, cardiovascular medicine
  • Mackenzie Keintz, infectious diseases
  • Noel Bruner, general internal medicine
  • Rashi Sandooja, diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism
  • Wei Shi, cardiovascular medicine
  • Alexandra Sorrick, general internal medicine
  • Derek Vogel, pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine
  • Derrick Antoniak, MD, gastroenterology and hepatology
  • Kelsey Noble, DO, geriatrics/palliative medicine
  • Austin Wheeler, MD, rheumatology
  • Spencer Kinzie, MD, GIM
  • Clare Humphrey, MD,, Hospital Med
  • Snegha Ananth, MBBS, Oncology
  • Stephanie Wong, DO, Pulmonary
  • John Aita, MD, GI
  • Immad Munawar, MBBS, Pulmonary
  • Shubham Agarwal, MBBS, DEM
  • Jill Wagoner, MD, DEM
  • Alyssa Emodi, MD, Geriatrics
  • Nicole Kaipust, GIM
  • Kasaiah Makam, Cardiology
  • Pallavi Satuluri, Cardiology

Associate Professor:

  • Marcel Devetten, MD, Oncology

Professor:

  • David Warren, MD, Infectious Diseases

Post Docs:

  • Raju Lama Tamang, PhD, GI
  • Weilun, Ai, PhD, DEM
  • Vijaya Bhaskar Baki, GI

Welcome to our department’s recent new hires or staff appointments:

  • Terry Severson, Geriatric
  • Rubayat Khan, FPBCC
  • David Bridges, DEM
  • Monica Davis, Oncology
  • Sophie Gerhardt, DEM
  • Alexandria Sheldon, FPBCC
  • Tyra Blue, Geri
  • Molly Mulert, CV CRO
  • Alexis Thavenet, DEM
  • Phuc Vu, Pulmonary
  • Jason Devlin, GI
  • Tien Tran, FPBCC
  • Mahdi Hassan, PCCE
  • Staci Haney, Oncology
  • Ari Bader, Geri
  • Kelsey Williams, Nephrology
  • Melissa Howard, CV CRO
  • Zhi He, Cardiology
  • Taylor Hoskinson, Cardiology
  • Heather Saarela, ID
  • Jacob Kneifl, DEM
  • Samantha Moreno, ID
  • Nurlan Aliyev, GI
  • Nathan Hudnall, DEM
  • Lisa Chudomelka, Admin
  • Rowan Haus, FPBCC
  • Caitlin Spurgin, Geriatric
  • Jacob Williams, Hospital
  • Sal Krishna Allgeri Venakata, FPBCC
  • Udezi Ufoma, FPBCC
  • Cassandra Broxterman, FPBCC
  • Purnima Guda, Admin
  • Eryn Busenbark, DEM
  • Brianna Haeder, PCCE
  • Anna Mock, Rheumatology
  • Nicole Russell, Admin
  • Cheryl Sibley, Allergy
  • Sarah Sell, GIM
  • Alek Rehan, FPBCC
  • Aleah Davis, PCCE
  • Ange Ishimwe, DEM
  • Trevor Beard, FPBCC
  • Kristopher Fleeman, Rheumatology
  • Rauf Shah, Oncology
  • Thomas LaFontaine, Pulmonary
  • Rachal Brantley, FPBCC
  • Emmanuel Nazaire Essam Nkodo, ID
  • Lynette Lueders, Cardiology
  • Tayla Foral, FPBCC
  • Denise Kreski, FPBCC
  • Shelby Konfrst, GI
  • Claire Ortlieb, Pulmonary
  • Daisy Ochoa Rojas, FPBCC
  • Brandon White, FPBCC
  • Jennifer Tripp, Admin
  • Toukatha Marupov, ID
  • Fallon Ross, Cardiology
  • Mia Morrissey, CV CRO
  • Debbie Vidlak, FPBCC
  • Megan Ferris, GI

Congratulations to the Department of Internal Medicine faculty who achieved promotion or tenure:

Promoted to Associate Professor:

  • Nathan Anderson, MD
  • Adam Burdorf, DO
  • Derek Kruse, MD
  • Trek Langenhan, MD
  • Tabatha Matthias, DO
  • Amy Neumeister, MD
  • Michael Smith, MD
  • Andrew Vasey, MD
  • Jana Wardian, PhD

Promoted to Professor:

  • Chad Vokoun, MD

Promoted to Professor with Tenure:

  • Vijaya Bhatt, MD
  • Nicole Shonka, MD
  • Saraswathi Viswanathan, PhD
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