Internal Medicine

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

New faculty spotlight: Subhadra Mandadi, MBBS

Dr. Mandadi is an assistant professor in the UNMC Division of Infectious diseases.

Nov 2, 2022

Subhadra Mandadi, MBBS

Robert Wigton, MD, remembered for what he gave to the world

A celebration of life for Dr. Wigton was held Oct. 17 in the Wigton Heritage Center.

Oct 20, 2022

The celebration of life for Robert Wigton, MD, was held in the sunlit Olson Atrium inside the Wigton Heritage Center on Oct. 17.

Bin Duan, PhD, named UNeMed’s Emerging Inventor

UNeMed also awarded UNMC researchers Howard Gendelman, MD, and Benson Edagwa, PhD, with Startup of the Year.

Oct 17, 2022

Bin Duan, PhD

Celebration of life for Bob Wigton, MD, is Monday

Dr. Wigton will fittingly be remembered in the Wigton Heritage Center, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Oct 13, 2022

The late Bob Wigton, MD

Dr. Olivera-Martinez named to Sorrell Chair

Marco Olivera-Martinez, MD, called Michael Sorrell, MD, a pivotal figure in his career.

Oct 4, 2022

Marco Olivera-Martinez, MD

Community service to research awardees honored

The 2021 award winners, the Rev. Portia Cavitt and Kathy Karsting, were celebrated for their service.

Oct 4, 2022

UNMC's Jasmine Marcelin, MD, addresses the Rev. Portia Cavitt, right, at the 2021 Community Service to Research Awards Ceremony on Sept. 19.

New medical faculty

Seventeen new faculty members were welcomed to the UNMC College of Medicine in September.

Sep 30, 2022

Justin Greiner, MD

UNMC ID team honored for COVID efforts

OneWorld Community Health Center lauds the division of infectious diseases for their work during the pandemic.

Sep 29, 2022

Mark Rupp, MD, chief of the UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases