UNMC Family Medicine Connect

Remembering – Dr. Paul Young

Paul R. Young, M.D., a former UNMC educator and administrator, died on October 29 at the age of 84. Dr. Young was a 1958 UNMC graduate and practiced in Kansas City, Sacramento, and Missouri before joining UNMC.  From 1975 to 1980, he served as professor and chairman of the UNMC Department of Family Medicine where […]

Nov 2, 2016

Faculty Travels to China

Family Medicine Chairman Mike Sitorius, MD, Residency Program Director, Kim Jarzynka, MD, and Rural Residency Program Director, Jeff Harrison, MD, along with Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, spent a week in China as part of the UNMC Asia Pacific Rim Development Program (APRDP). Their week in Shanghai included lectures, presentations, and […]

Nov 1, 2016

Chief Residents Attend AAFP Family Medicine Experience

Chief Residents Nate Renes, MD, and Jamil Neme, MD, traveled to Orlando, Florida last month for the American Academy of Family Physicians Family Medicine Experience conference. Renes and Neme attended lectures and workshops on a variety of family medicine topics. Along with the Family Medicine Experience Conference, they attended part two of the Chief Resident […]

Oct 27, 2016

Wester Co-Investigator for CGAP IPE Grant

The UNMC College of Nursing recently received the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Practice Interprofessional Education (CGAP IPE) grant from the Accelerating Interprofessional Community-based Education and Practice.  Department of Family Medicine Associate Professor, Rebecca Wester, M.D. served as a c0-investigator for the grant along with faculty from the College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy and College of Medicine. […]

Oct 24, 2016

Residents offer advice to medical students

The UNMC Family Medicine Interest Group invited representatives from three local residency programs to their latest meeting on Tuesday, October 18. More than 30 medical students gathered to hear from seven residents about the reasons they chose their respective programs and the work/life balance of a resident. Chief resident Jamil Neme, M.D. and interns Angie […]

Oct 21, 2016