Debra Romberger MD
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
As we approach the end of the calendar year and celebrate various holidays, it is great to see groups in the department sharing lively events and decorating their work areas. These activities speak to the collaborative culture we want to have and continue to grow throughout the Department of Internal Medicine. The cardiovascular medicine division […]
Dec 16, 2024
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
Debra Romberger, MD, chair of the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine.
Nov 5, 2024
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
We lost an icon of the Department of Internal Medicine recently with the passing of former Chairman Dr. Michael Sorrell. Dr. Sorrell had a vision of growing the academic mission of the department and made his vision a reality. He was Chair when I came to UNMC as a pulmonary research fellow and helped give […]
Jun 5, 2024
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
March whizzed by complete with lots of special events. Of course, there was the NCAA basketball’s March Madness complete with the most watched college basketball game ever in the Iowa-South Carolina women’s game last week. Our house officers organized a competition of a different sort with their fun Moustache Madness. Congrats to Dr. Landon Withrow […]
Apr 10, 2024
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
Seems like 2024 just started but already lots of things are happening. We had a leadership change in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology with Dr. Peter Mannon stepping down as chief to focus on his ongoing role as the Paustian Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) program. I am most grateful to Dr. Mannon for his […]
Feb 12, 2024
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
The 2023-24 academic year is well underway, and some very important and exciting events have already happened. Dr. Sue Swindells in the Infectious Diseases division received the Alexander Fleming Lifetime Achievement award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) during the organization’s recent national meeting for her long history of involvement in national and […]
Oct 23, 2023
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
Summer is rapidly disappearing, and it is time for the incoming class of medical students to begin their studies this week. While they won’t join our clinical teams for another 18 months or so, we will interact with them frequently (nearly a third of their phase I teaching is by Internal Medicine faculty) and can […]
Aug 21, 2023
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine – May 2023
So much has happened since our last newsletter! At the May department meeting we celebrated our Advocacy Award recipients (Dr. Snow, Dr. Gallett, and Dr. Hongsermeier-Graves). In early June, we recognized our department research winners for this year (Drs. Mikuls, Florescu, Liu, Twohig, DiSanti, and medical student Nozima Aripova). Drs. Casey and Wyatt launched a […]
Jun 12, 2023
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
It is great that March has arrived! With it comes the excitement of Match Day when we will learn who our new residents will be come July. Plus, there is the excitement of the official start to spring (even if the weather does not always feel like it). There are many items of good news […]
Mar 18, 2023
Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
We are approaching Thanksgiving and this newsletter lifts up many items for which I have much gratitude. For the sixth year in a row, our Internal Medicine residency program has a 100 percent ABIM board pass rate. We are proud of our residents in this accomplishment and grateful to the program and faculty who have […]
Nov 8, 2022