New faculty spotlight: Benjamin Teply, M.D.

Benjamin Teply, M.D., is a new faculty member at UNMC.

• Name: Benjamin Teply, M.D.

• Hometown: Omaha
• Title and department at UNMC: Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology

Clinical/research interests:

• Genitourinary (GU) malignancies, including:
  • high-risk, recurrent, and/or metastatic prostate cancers
  • muscle-invasive bladder cancers
  • advanced kidney cancers
  • germ cell cancers
• Novel hormonal and non-hormonal approaches in prostate cancer
• Optimal utilization of approved therapies
• Clinical trials in GU oncology

How I fell in love with oncology:
I find the care of patients with cancer to be extremely rewarding. In addition, the field of oncology provides tremendous opportunities to improve the care for patients through clinical research.

Degrees:

• M.D., UNMC
• Residency, internal medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Fellowship, medical oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.

Memberships:

• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• American Association of Cancer Research

Three things people may not know about me:

• I enjoy attending the College World Series and have an extensive collection of CWS souvenir cups.
• I enjoy running in Memorial and Elmwood parks.
• But mostly right now, I am kept busy by my 2-year-old son.