Internal Medicine

NHMA Nebraska chapter reviews first year

UNMC, Nebraska Medicine part of new chapter of the National Hispanic Medical Association.

Nov 28, 2022

Members of the NHMA Nebraska chapter, including Armando De Alba, MD (back row, fourth from left) and Sara Bares, MD (front row, second from left), founding co-chairs.

Division supports hospice and palliative care training

Melissa Teply, MD, knows many practitioners go into health care wanting to keep people healthy and to save lives. But once in practice, new doctors frequently care for patients with serious illnesses that will eventually take their life in spite of the best medical efforts. Death and dying, Dr. Teply said, are realities that young […]

Nov 21, 2022

Researchers work to understand chemo brain

In the flurry around cancer treatment, patients often find themselves feeling a fog. Cancer already can come with chemotherapy, radiation and a series of tests and procedures. Side effects such as nausea are readily anticipated and often treatable. But “chemo brain” is different. Patients might find their thinking is off, their memory not quite the […]

Nov 21, 2022

Internal medicine represented at annual ACP meeting

The Nebraska Chapter of the American College of Physicians held its annual meeting Oct. 15.

Nov 17, 2022

Debra Romberger, MD, chair, department of internal medicine, Tammy Wichman, MD, associate professor, and Nate Anderson, MD, assistant professor, were among those who received honors at the Nebraska Chapter of the American College of Physicians annual meeting.

New faculty spotlight: Jonathan Ryder, MD

Dr. Ryder is an instructor in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.

Nov 16, 2022

Jonathan Ryder, MD

New faculty spotlight: Carlos Gomez, MD

Dr. Gomez is an associate professor in the UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases

Nov 14, 2022

Carlos Gomez, MD

New medical faculty, November 2022

Four new faculty members have joined the UNMC College of Medicine in October and November.

Nov 14, 2022

Jae Lee, MD

Med center’s Dr. Kotwal becomes the patient

Endocrinologist Anupam Kotwal, MBBS, discovered his own thyroid cancer and is telling his incredible story.

Nov 10, 2022

Anupam Kotwal, MBBS, speaks with the crew of NBC's Today Show as he tells his story of discovering his own thyroid cancer.

Message from the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine

We are approaching Thanksgiving and this newsletter lifts up many items for which I have much gratitude. For the sixth year in a row, our Internal Medicine residency program has a 100 percent ABIM board pass rate. We are proud of our residents in this accomplishment and grateful to the program and faculty who have […]

Nov 8, 2022

UNMC study finds success in ‘split dosing’ Covid vaccine

Study results were published in September in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Nov 2, 2022