College of Medicine

New faculty

Thirteen new faculty members have joined the UNMC College of Medicine this month.

Aug 2, 2022

Subhadra Mandadi, MBBS, is a new faculty member at the UNMC College of Medicine

Exam review committee aims to help improve exams

Reviews will ensure that students are mastering the Phase 1 content and help prepare them to do well on USMLE Step 1.

Aug 2, 2022

Geoffrey Talmon, MD

New faculty spotlight: Spriha Pavuluri, MD

Spriha Pavuluri, MD, is an instructor in the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences.

Jul 29, 2022

Spriha Pavuluri, MD

Dr. Marcelin among 2022-2023 Gold Humanism Scholars

UNMC’s Jasmine Marcelin, MD, honored for her ‘JEDI with Jasmine’ inclusion project.

Jul 29, 2022

HSA alumni show current students the path ahead

At the culmination of this year’s High School Alliance anatomy course, participants heard from HSA alumni who went on to UNMC.

Jul 27, 2022

Pictured from left to right are: High School Alliance teacher Jaynie Bird, Brianna Martinie Anderson, Ziomara Jurado, Connor Beyersdorf, Samantha Wood, Jakob Phillips, assistant professor Ethan Snow, PhD, HSA Director Heidi Kaschke. On screen is Jayden Jensen.

Rebekah Gundry, PhD, named interim department chair

Dr. Gundry will lead the UNMC Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, while Matthew Zimmerman, PhD, will be interim vice chair of the department.

Jul 26, 2022

Rebekah Gundry, PhD

AMA turnout shows commitment to national leadership

UNMC leaders, faculty, residents and students show up strong at the American Medical Association’s House of Delegates meeting.

Jul 15, 2022

Among the UNMC attendees at the AMA House of Delegate meeting were, from left, Jordan Warchol, MD, Michael Visenio, MD, Sean Figy, MD, Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves, Kelly Caverzagie, MD, Joshua Mammen, MD, PhD, Siobhan Wescott, MD, Alena Balasanova, MD, Micah Beachy, DO, and UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD.

New critical care surgery fellowship approved

The new fellowship is the first of its kind in the state of Nebraska.

Jul 14, 2022

From left, Charity Evans, MD, and Andrew Kamien, MD

Medical students test cooking skills at culinary institute

A group of UNMC medical students traded their usual campus for a one-day culinary skills class at Metropolitan Community College last month.

Jul 14, 2022

Soccer star’s visit draws families to vaccination clinic

Mexico’s Luis ‘El Matador’ Hernandez visited Omaha to take part in a UNMC/Nebraska Medicine vaccination event at Omaha South High School.

Jul 8, 2022

From left, Mexican soccer superstar Luis “El Matador” Hernandez and UNMC's Armando De Alba, MD