Internal Medicine Newsletter

UNMC Alumni Association honors six individuals

Honorees recognized for their contributions to medicine, nursing, graduate studies

Dec 2, 2016

Barbara Hurlbert, M.D., a 1971 graduate of the UNMC College of Medicine, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the College of Medicine Alumni Engagement Council.

Give65 Campaign Awards EngAge Wellness

In July UNMC’s EngAge Wellness program raised $6,097 and had 100 unique donors in the Give65: Hope for Seniors Fundraiser, an online fundraiser.

Oct 7, 2016

Left to right: Roger Baumgart, executive director of Home Instead Senior Care Foundation; Jeannie Hannan, manager of EngAge Wellness; Sara Huebert, wellness specialist at EngAge Wellness; Joe Nebel, EngAge Wellness participant; Pat Blankenship, EngAge Wellness participant; P.K. Moran, EngAge Wellness participant; Lori Hogan, vice president and secretary of the Home Instead Senior Care Foundation Board; Jim Nebel, EngAge Wellness participant; Chris Kocol, operations assistant for EngAge Wellness; Jane Potter, M.D., medical director of EngAge Wellness; and Heather Shafer, wellness specialist for EngAge Wellness

Woehrer Announced as the VA ACOS for Education

The VA Nebraska/Western Iowa Health Care System (NWIHCS) welcomed Renee Woehrer, MD, as the new Associate Chief of Staff for Education.

Oct 7, 2016

Faculty Promotion and Tenure

Congratulations to all who were promoted!

Oct 7, 2016

Correction to May Issue

In the May Internal Medicine Newsletter in the “Education Update” it was incorrectly stated that Christopher Smith, MD, Division of General Internal Medicine, had spent time over the past year mentoring residents, specifically in writing case reports and submissions for national meetings. Michael Smith, MD, in the Division of General Internal Medicine was the person who mentored the residents. The efforts of Dr. Michael Smith and the residents paid off with 10 cases being accepted at the National Society of General Internal Medicine conference and four poster presentations at a Society of Hospital Medicine national meeting.

Oct 7, 2016

Michael Smith, MD

Golden Humanism Honor Society

Three Internal Medicine faculty members, Dave O’Dell, MD, Sarah Richards, MD and Chelsea Navarette, MD; one Internal Medicine resident, Shana Peper, MD; and a former Internal Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program scholar, current fourth-year medical student, Monica Krause, were inducted into UNMC’s second class of the Golden Humanism Honor Society.

Oct 7, 2016

UNMC Management Series And Foundations for Success Grads

Four Internal Medicine members completed the UNMC Management Series earlier this year. They were Debra Bergman, Allison Blatchford, Vonnetta Byington and Cindy Marr. Four Internal Medicine staff members completed the Foundations for Success program this year, as well. They were: Sherry Andersen, Karen Brungardt, Kristi Graybill and Travis Weyant. Congratulations all!

Oct 7, 2016

Adult Osteogenesis Imperfecta Patients Being Seen at Midtown Clinic

A partnership between Nebraska Medicine and Children’s Hospital and Medical Center is making it possible for Dr. Eric Rush, assistant professor, Munroe Meyer Institute, and others to see adult osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) patients at Midtown Clinic.

Oct 7, 2016

Faculty Publications – House Officer Scholarly Works – 2nd Quarter 2016

See a list of the second quarter publications for faculty, as well as house officer scholarly works.

Oct 5, 2016

Grant Awards – 2nd Qtr

See the listing of grant awards for the second quarter of 2016.

Oct 5, 2016