Author: Kelly Cawcutt
Going Global – Supporting UNMC & Los Chavalitos in Nicaragua
Dr. Florescu will be joining an upcoming medical service trip to Los Chavalitos clinic in Managua, Nicaragua, sponsored by UNMC’s Student Alliance for Global Health. Los Chavalitos Clinic is the outreach of APUSAN, a Spanish acronym meaning “Association of Pediatricians United for the Health of the Children.” APUSAN was founded by a small group of […]
Feb 9, 2018
#ResidentAwarenessWeek – Thank You to ALL residents around the world
This week marks resident awareness week in Canada. Why are we talking about a week celebrated by our colleagues to the North? First, because as I first came across this trending on Twitter (#residentawarenessweek), I was excited and wanted to find a similar week to celebrate our US residents. I do not recall such a […]
Feb 8, 2018
Dr. El-Ramahi on “Why I Love ID”
Why I Love ID: “I love ID because it is an exciting field and every day brings interesting cases and unique challenges. It is a field where I have a chance to form strong doctor-patient relationship since we spend a lot of time talking to the patient and as a group, we do ask a […]
Feb 5, 2018
Dr. Marcelin on “Why I Love ID”
Why I Love ID: “The patients I encounter as an Infectious Diseases specialist are so fascinating. Because we are interested in all aspects of a patient’s history, ID docs get to learn some cool things from their patients. I once had a patient who trained animals for show competitions, and another who taught me how […]
Jan 25, 2018
Erin Van Surksum, PA on “Why I Love ID”
Why I Love ID – “I love ID because it is never boring. There are so many microorganisms that can cause infection, so many medications we can use to treat, so many side effects to monitor, and so many factors that play a role in patient’s developing these infections. No wonder there are so many […]
Jan 22, 2018
In this recent invited article in Clinical Infectious Diseases, our surgical colleagues highlight the ongoing debate regarding what surgical attire should be worn in the operating room. Highlighted issues are what type of hats should be donned, including those noted in the picture of skullcap versus bouffant, whether or not scrubs are safer or more […]
Dec 29, 2017
Textbook on Immunocompromised Patients Goes Global
Dr. Alison Freifeld co-edited a clinical textbook on infections in immunocompromised hosts with Dr. Pranatharthi Chandrasekar, Dr. Ajit Limaye and Dr. Emily Blumberg. The textbook is gaining a global audience and is now available in Japanese. Dr. Freifeld was the section editor for infections in Oncology patients. Per Dr. Freifeld: “Immunosuppressed patients — particularly […]
Dec 15, 2017
Welcoming Ada Florescu as our ID blog assistant!
We are SO thrilled to have Ada joining our blog team! She will be helping with creating and scheduling posts, so we want to introduce her to you all! “My name is Ada Florescu and I am a junior at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. I am a Biology major and a Spanish minor. […]
Dec 11, 2017
Fellowship MATCH DAY! Congratulations Randy and Lindsey!
As program director, I am exceedingly pleased with our match. The ID landscape has been very competitive over the last few years but we have still been able to recruit fantastic fellows and have even expanded our program. In 2017, we interviewed more candidates than ever before and were able to match two excellent fellows; […]
Dec 6, 2017
Sometimes in life there are moments of amazing coincidence, and this post is a very happy, unexpected, coincidence as we had not planned a post for today. We had, however, planned a THANK YOU post to all of the amazing readers and supporters who have helped make this blog a success after we passed 10, […]
Nov 23, 2017
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