Congratulations to members of our division for their achievements and recognitions so far this year! These are just a few of the outstanding accomplishments of our division.
Kelly Cawcutt MD, Rick Starlin MD, and Nico Cortes-Penfield MD, are part of the inaugural graduating class of the inaugural Nebraska Medicine Physician Leadership Academy. Sara Bares MD, will join the Physician Leadership Academy this academic year.
Jenn Davis, MD was one of the top-performing reviewers for Clinical Infectious Diseases this quarter. She completed multiple reviews that the editors rated as the highest quality and received a notice of appreciation for this achievement.
Kelly Cawcutt, MD was elected to Fellowship of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).
Jasmine R. Marcelin, MD was invited as an international faculty member to deliver a career development workshop session as part of the Emory-Nigeria Research Training Program Workshop in Lagos, Nigeria
Angela Hewlett, MD was selected as chair of the inaugural IDSA Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness Panel
Jonathan Ryder, MD presented a webinar to the Healthcare Association for New York State titled “Stewarding Skin and Soft Tissue Infections”
Andre Kalil, MD was the invited guest for the Critical Matters Podcast, in which he discussed his approach on the management of patients with pneumonia in the ICU.
James Lawler, MD led a Kenyan health delegation through a tour of the Training, Simulation and Quarantine Center, and the National Quarantine Unit.
Jasmine R. Marcelin, MD contributed to a brand-new chapter in the new edition of Mandell’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, focused on Communicating about infectious diseases with the public. This new addition to the textbook highlights the important role infectious disease physicians play in guiding communities through times of uncertainty and crisis. Drs. Mark Rupp, Nico Cortes-Penfield, Jonathan Ryder, Trevor Van Schooneveld and Paul Fey, also authored recurring chapters in this edition of Mandell’s.
Angela Hewlett, MD and Nico Cortes-Penfield, MD were invited delegates at the International Consensus Meeting on Periprosthetic Joint Infection (ICM) in Istanbul, Turkey
Scott Bergman, PharmD received the Commitments to Pharmacy Excellence award from the West Virginia University Hospitals residency program and gave the keynote address at their graduation banquet
Richard Hankins, MD received the Dr. James A. Cottone Research Award from the Association for Dental Safety
Nico Cortes-Penfield, MD was promoted to Associate Professor on July 1
Andrea Zimmer, MD was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society
Trevor Van Schooneveld, MD was an invited speaker in 2 sessions at the ASM Microbe conference in June
Jenn Davis, MD was the faculty lead on an e module titled, “Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Guide to Treatment” for the E learning awards program cohort this year. Dr. Jonathan Ryder, Shawna Sunagawa, and Dr. Richard Hankins also participated from our department. This e-module was the top vote recipient!
Rick Starlin, MD leads the Bronchiectasis and NTM clinics, recently designated as a Bronchiectasis and NTM Care Center Network by the Bronchiectasis and NTM Association
Caroline Song joined as our new ID Fellowship Program Coordinator
Elizabeth Schnaubelt, MD was promoted to the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Air Force
David Warren, MD joined us as our new Division Chief in January
Mark Rupp, MD became the interim Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine in January