Three physicians have joined University Medical Associates, the faculty
group practice associated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
They also will hold faculty appointments at UNMC.
The three include: Peter Chilian, M.D., and David Faust, M.D., UNMC
Department of Anesthesiology; and Janet Merfield, M.D., UNMC Department
of Radiation Oncology.
Dr. Chilian, M.D., an anesthesiologist, provides patient care at
Nebraska Health System University Hospital. He was named associate professor
in the anesthesiology department.
Dr. Chilian earned his bachelors degree in 1969 from Stanford University
and his medical degree in 1973 from the University of Colorado in Denver.
He did his surgical internship at the University of Colorado Affiliated
Hospitals and his anesthesiology residency training at UNMC.
Dr. Faust, an anesthesiologist, practices at NHS University Hospital.
He was named associate professor in the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology.
Dr. Faust earned a bachelors degree in chemistry in 1972 at Westmar
College in LeMars, Iowa and his medical degree from the University of Iowa
in Iowa City in 1975. He completed his internship and anesthesiology residency
at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Dr. Merfeld, a radiation oncologist, practices at NHS Clarkson Hospital
on the UNMC campus and at Shenandoah Memorial Hospital in Iowa. She was
named assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Radiation Oncology.
She earned her bachelors degree in nutrition in 1976 from Iowa State
University in Ames and a masters degree in nutrition education in 1982
from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. In 1988, she earned her medical
degree from Creighton University. She completed her internship and radiation
oncology residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
in Milwaukee.
The UMA physician group includes nearly 350 physicians. In partnership
with NHS, these physicians offer services in 50 specialties and sub-specialties
ranging from family medicine to transplantation and provide outpatient
care at UNMC and in 13 neighborhood health care centers throughout the
Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area.
UNMC is the only public academic health science center in the state.
Through its commitment to research, education and patient care and outreach,
UNMC has established itself as one of the country’s leading centers for
cancer research and treatment and solid organ transplantation. More than
$34 million in research grants and contracts are awarded to UNMC scientists
annually. In addition, UNMC’s educational programs are responsible for
training more health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other
institution.