Internal Medicine Newsletter
Internal Medicine Faculty Publications – Third Quarter 2018
Authors; Title; Source title; Impact Factor; Volume; Issue; Year; Page start; Page end; Document Type; PubMed ID; DOI; Link Ying Wang; Sameer Mirza; Shaohua Wu; Jiping Zeng; Wen Shi; Hamid Band; Vimla Band; Bin Duan; 3D hydrogel breast cancer models for studying the effects of hypoxia on epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Oncotarget; 4.65; 9; […]
Nov 28, 2018
Internal Medicine Research and Non-Research Awards – Third Quarter 2018
Proposal Title, ID#, Sponsor, Dates, Direct Cost, Indirect Cost, Total Cost Goldsweig, Andrew Michael, National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative (NCSI), 22071, Henry Ford Health System, 06/15/18-06/14/19, $12,556 , $2,485 , $15,041 The Randomized And Controlled Noninferiority Trial to Evaluate Safety and Clinical Efficacy of the SurVeil Drug-Coated Balloon iN the Treatment of Subjects with Stenotic […]
Nov 28, 2018
This newsletter highlights a number of faculty and trainee awards that have happened this fall. Several of these recognitions have a connection to the American College of Physicians (ACP) at the state, national and international level. The ACP has 154,000 members including international members and is the largest medical-specialty society in the world. It is […]
Nov 27, 2018
Dr. Neumeister wins prestigious national teaching award
J. Scott Neumeister, M.D., associate professor division of general medicine, has won a major teaching award from the American College of Physicians. During next year's ACP national meeting, Dr. Neumeister will receive the Herbert S. Waxman Award for Outstanding Medical Student Educator. The award recognizes an ACP member who is an internal medicine interest […]
Oct 31, 2018
We welcome autumn and its more moderate temperatures; traditional activities like visiting pumpkin patches and picking apples; and Husker volleyball and football. Importantly for the department, many are busy teaching medical students and I encourage you to read the update from Dr. David O’Dell regarding the new and continuing roles for various faculty through the […]
Sep 21, 2018
Dr. Bares inducted into UNMC Interprofessional Academy of Educators
Sara Bares, M.D., assistant professor division of infectious diseases, was recently inducted into the UNMC Interprofessional Academy of Educators (IAE). The IAE is a community of educators from across UNMC’s campuses, representing every college and connecting educators regardless of their college or campus. The academy’s vision is that UNMC and Nebraska Medicine become the […]
Sep 21, 2018
Hospitalist group reports success with process improvement project
Rachel Thompson, M.D., professor division of general medicine and chief of the section of hospital medicine, reported that her team has seen success with a Process Improvement Project that began just last year. Chaired by Christopher Smith, M.D., and Vasthala Juuvigunta, M.B.B.S., both assistant professors in the division of general medicine, the team took on […]
Sep 19, 2018
Internal Medicine undergraduate education update
UNMC’s medical school curriculum prepares students to meet the health care needs of patients through clinical practice, biomedical science and research, problem-solving and compassion. While those core tenets remain in place, David O’Dell, M.D., director of undergraduate education for the Department of Internal Medicine, said the curriculum is always changing. “The program changes with […]
Sep 19, 2018
Honoring Dr. Jarrod Dye and resident well-being initiatives
The Department of Internal Medicine remains committed to honoring Dr. Jarrod Dye, a third year Internal Medicine resident who died of suicide on February 28. A hand-crafted bench was built by some of the Internal Medicine residents in memory of Dr. Dye. Inscribed with the Prayer of Maimonides, it was built primarily by Jakeb […]
Sep 19, 2018
