UNMC Family Medicine Connect

Residents Present at NAFP Meeting

The 68th Annual Meeting and Scientific Assembly is taking place at the today, March 31, through Saturday, April 2 at the Embassy Suites La Vista. Several Family Medicine residents are presenting at this year’s meeting. House Officer III, Jillian Fickenscher, MD is presenting Trabecular Bone Score (TBS) in Osteoporosis Screening today while poster presentations from Ferdinando Andrade, MD, […]

Mar 31, 2016

Resident Recognized at Bellevue ICU

Congratulations to House Officer III, Leif Magnusson, D.O., for being recognized at the Nebraska Medicine – Bellevue Intensive Care Unit as Physician of the Quarter!

Mar 31, 2016

Advanced Rural Training Program Residents Announced

The Department of Family Medicine welcomes four students to the 2016-17 Advanced Rural Training Program: Cade Craig Emory Dye Alexis Erbst Matt Sexton The Advanced Rural Training Program has graduated 71 residents since its inception in 1993. Over 80% of graduates are practicing in rural Nebraska and adjoining states. This program is specifically designed to prepare […]

Mar 29, 2016

Jones Represents at BFHWA Health Fair

The Black Family Health and Wellness Association Inc. hosted it’s 18th Annual Black Family Health Fair on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at North High School in Omaha. The purpose of the event is to provide health screening and education to increase awareness of issues affecting residents of the Omaha community with an emphasis on African American families. The Department of […]

Mar 22, 2016

Match Day Announces New Residents

The Department of Family Medicine will welcome 20 new house officers for the traditional, urban underserved, and rural training track programs for the 2016-2017 year. UNMC Match Day was held on March 18, 2016. Traditional Program: Josephine Kerk – Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota Joshua Laurila – Des Moines University […]

Mar 21, 2016