Internal Medicine Newsletter
Internal Medicine Message From the Chair
March has arrived and with it, a taste of the spring season to come. The Department is excited to learn who will join us as residents when match day arrives in a couple of weeks! Of course, some of us are looking forward to college basketball’s March Madness, even if it will be under pandemic […]
Mar 8, 2021
Internal Medicine Message From the Chair
Year 2021 is now well underway. While there have been national challenges in the first week of the year that may cause us anxiety about what the year holds, I am grateful for many things as we look back on 2020 and look towards the rest of 2021 as listed below. – For the […]
Jan 11, 2021
Lung Precision Oncology Program Receives Funding
Goals: Our goal is to implement a multi-faceted and systematic program assessment with a targeted improvement plan using a hub and spoke model that will allow dissemination of lung cancer screening and clinical trials to a wide geographic footprint, resulting in increased numbers of patients screened for lung cancer and improved accrual to lung precision […]
Jan 4, 2021
Workshop will explore inclusive language, pronoun use
Jessi Hitchins, PhD, director of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, will speak at virtual event.
Nov 3, 2020
Internal Medicine Message From the Chair
It is hard for me to believe that is already the week of Thanksgiving! For many, our celebrations of this American holiday this year will be very different, just like most things since the start of the pandemic. As we pause to think about the things for which we have gratitude, this newsletter highlights some […]
Sep 16, 2020
Chancellor: Safety key as new semester begins
At Thursday’s forum, UNMC leaders outlined steps to address COVID-19 concerns as semester begins.
Aug 17, 2020
Taking action in Nebraska for long term care facilities
Long term facilities are supposed to feel more like home than a hospital. They absolutely need the infection control like a hospital though. This is where ICAP and ASAP came into the picture (see UNMC Today article about their great work). The vision of the state health department was very clear as they decided to […]
Jul 13, 2020
Internal Medicine Message From the Chair
With the start of July, we welcome a new academic year! It is exciting that we are joined by 95 residents, including 16 med-peds residents and 6 students in the Primary Care program along with 80 fellows. We are honored to be a part of our trainees’ educational journeys. We have 16 new faculty joining […]
Jun 4, 2020
Internal Medicine Message From the Chair
Our Infectious Disease division is in demand both locally and nationally with their important work around the COVID-19 infection. We know this has further augmented their workload and I know we are all grateful for their great work and the way in which they are representing UNMC to the rest of the world. A big […]
Mar 9, 2020
Internal Medicine Message From the Chair
The Internal Medicine department is off to a great start in the new decade. On January first, we created the new Allergy and Immunology division with Dr. Jill Poole as the inaugural division chief. It will be exciting to see how they continue their growth in educational, research, and clinical activities. The allergy faculty will […]
Jan 20, 2020