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Awards Given at June Resident Banquet
In June at the Internal Medicine Resident Banquet, 10 awards were presented to residents, and one faculty member was awarded the Osler Award.
Sep 7, 2017
Educators Contribute to AAIM textbook
The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) released the 12th edition of A Textbook for Internal Medicine Education Programs. Three UNMC General Internal Medicine faculty co-authored chapters.
Sep 7, 2017
American College of Rheumatology Recognizes UNMC’s England
Bryant England, M.D., currently, assistant professor, Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2017 American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Fellow Award. The award is given to clinical and research fellows who are nominated while in a rheumatology fellowship training program, in recognition of their meritorious performance throughout their training. The award includes a stipend of $1,500 and a glass award recognizing the honor. Dr. England and nine other recipients will be recognized during the annual meeting in San Diego in November.
Sep 6, 2017
Maxwell to Serve on AAIM Workgroup
Erin Maxwell, administrator, Education Program, was invited to serve on the Members Service Workgroup of the Internal Medicine Residency Program Administrators portion of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine. According to Michelle Herbers, chair of the workgroup, the group is a small group of administrators who create and distribute the PA Newsletter twice per year, coordinate and manage the PA Mentor/Mentee program and collaborate to present at national meetings. Maxwell will attend their fall and spring meetings.
Sep 6, 2017
GI Scores in Top Five of ACG’s GI Jeopardy
UNMC’s Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology trainee team, made up of Drs. Lokesh Jha, Saurabh Kapur, Mike Strupp and Laura Ulmer, scored in the top five of the online American College of Gastroenterology’s (ACG) annual preliminary GI Jeopardy competition out of the 135 GI training programs that entered the competition.
Sep 6, 2017
Duan Awarded AHA Scientist Development Grant
Bin Duan, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine was recently awarded an American Heart Association Scientist Development grant. The title is “Bio-inspired engineered pediatric valve regulates MSC differentiation and MSC-monocyte interaction.”
Aug 21, 2017
Brentwood Village Clinic Celebrates New Location
More than one hundred community members, patients and Nebraska Medicine colleagues recently commemorated Brentwood Village’s new clinic location at 8604 Giles Road. On July 12, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held, along with an open house from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Aug 18, 2017
Rachel Thompson Elected to Board of Directors, the Society of Hospital Medicine
The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) announced at its Hospital Medicine 2017 meeting in Las Vegas that Rachel Thompson, MD, MPH, will serve on its Board of Directors.
Aug 18, 2017
2017 Internal Medicine Research Awards
Five Investigators Received 2017 Internal Medicine Research Awards as part of the eighteenth annual Internal Medicine Research Awards presentations.
Aug 18, 2017
Expanded Behavioral Medicine Program
Internal Medicine’s Behavioral Medicine Program has two main goals; to provide psychosocial care for patients and their families and to provide education on behavioral, emotional and social aspects of healthcare for internal medicine residents.
Aug 17, 2017
