Category: Faculty and Staff
March 30th will pass by for some as any other day. However, it should not. It is a day for us to celebrate and recognize American physicians for their ongoing work to improve the health of our communities, country and world. As we have said before, in the end, we are all patients. Doctors will […]
Mar 30, 2018
Breakfast with IDSA CEO Chris Busky, CAE
This morning members of our UNMC ID division had the opportunity to have breakfast with the CEO of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Chris Busky, CAE. Though it was early in the morning, our fellows and several faculty made an appearance at the breakfast, where we listened to a short presentation by Mr. […]
Mar 29, 2018
Congratulations to UNMC ID Faculty designated as Top Teachers for 2017!
After every rotation, medical students and Internal Medicine Residents at UNMC submit evaluations on their faculty members. The Department of Internal Medicine pools all of the evaluation data and designates the faculty with the top 33% of evaluation scores as “Top Teachers”. For the year 2017, four of our Infectious Disease faculty members who attend […]
Mar 28, 2018
Josh Havens, PharmD on “Why I Love ID”
Why I Love ID: Infectious diseases, in general, is quite interesting, but I can really only speak from an HIV perspective. My initial career interests were not in infectious diseases and it was not until I threw myself into this niche world of HIV that I started to recognize a true affinity toward the field. […]
Mar 23, 2018
World Social Work Day – Meet our HIV Case Management Team
The official theme for Social Work Month in March 2018 is “Social Workers: Leaders. Advocates. Champions.” Social workers are the glue that keeps clinical practices together as we balance the need to care for patients with the socioeconomic needs of the individual patients. At the Specialty Care Center, our Case Management team works tirelessly to ensure that […]
Mar 20, 2018
Happy International Women’s Day! Meet the Women Faculty of UNMC ID
March 8, International Women’s Day, was created as a day to recognize the women’s rights movements around the world. This year’s theme is #PressforProgress, fueled by ongoing global activism and advocacy for women’s rights in all facets of life. In an age where more women than men are enrolled in US medical schools, and 52% of […]
Mar 8, 2018
New Staff Spotlight – Danny Schroeder, PharmD
Tell us about the position you are starting: I have recently started my role at Nebraska Medicine Bellevue as an Antimicrobial Stewardship pharmacist. I reach out to physicians at Nebraska Medicine Bellevue to discuss antibiotic therapy and try to obtain the best and safest therapy for our patients here. In addition, I work with Dr. Jasmine […]
Mar 7, 2018
Whitney Knuth, NP on “Why I Love ID”
Why I Love ID: “I love the detective work we get to do on a daily basis and the unpredictability each day brings. The field is a constant challenge, with no two days being the same. I specifically love working with our oncology patients and their families and the interpersonal relationships we are privileged to […]
Feb 19, 2018
Plazomicin: Will it be the future of MDRO treatment?
Today at our UNMC Infectious Disease Research Conference, Dr. Kelly Cawcutt’s presentation included details on Plazomicin, a new antibiotic recently granted FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation, aimed at treating multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs). Antibiotic resistance continues to be a clinical problem. The CDC Antibiotic Threat Report has estimated 2 million infections with antibiotic resistant organisms and […]
Feb 6, 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
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