Category: Faculty and Staff
ID Administrator completes MBA degree as Distinguished Graduate
The University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Infectious Diseases would like to congratulate our Division Administrator Jonathan Nguyen who recently successfully completed his MBA program at University of Nebraska. In recognition of his hard work, Jon was singled out for honors by being selected as the Distinguished Graduate of his class by the business […]
Dec 27, 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
World AIDS Day represents an opportunity for reflection – how far we’ve come since the beginning of the epidemic with unprecedented advances in treatment, and also reflection about the early days of fear and confusion. I have a vivid memory of the first patient I took care of with HIV infection. It was 1986 and […]
Dec 1, 2017
UNMC ID Fellowship Coordinator Sandy Nelson TAGME-certified!
It is with great pleasure that we announce that our UNMC Infectious Diseases Fellowship Coordinator, Sandy Nelson has passed her examination administered by the National Board for Certification: Training Administrators of Graduate Medical Education (TAGME) and has earned the designation C-TAGME. C-TAGME is available to individuals who have served as a program coordinator for two […]
Nov 4, 2017
New Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Marcelin
Tell us about the position you are starting? My current roles are Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Medical Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship. In my clinical practice I will be seeing patients on the General Infectious Disease hospital service. This means patients admitted to the hospital (who do not have transplants or malignancies) who have […]
Oct 16, 2017
Welcoming Our New Fellows – Focus on Dr. Hankins
Tell us about the position you are starting? I think it’s a little difficult to fully describe the position that I am starting. I don’t fully know all the ins and outs of what the Infectious Disease fellow does, but I’m excited to get into the position and learn. Tell us about your background? When […]
Sep 28, 2017
New Faculty Spotlight – Dr. El-Ramahi
Background: I am Jordanian but grew up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia where my dad used to work. I moved back to attend medical school at the Jordan University of Science and Technology. After graduation, I worked in Jordan for two years before moving to the United States. We recently moved to Omaha and before that […]
Sep 25, 2017
Welcome to Stacy Severin – Transplant Infectious Diseases Clinical Study Associate
Tell us about the position you are starting? I am starting as a research nurse coordinator in infectious disease, solid organ transplant division. Tell us about your background? I have been an RN for the last 9 years, with the last 4 in research. I have always worked in the Oncology field prior to this […]
Sep 8, 2017
Welcoming our new ID fellows – Focus on Dr. Karnatak
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Karnatak as a new fellow in our Infectious Diseases program! Read on to learn a little more about him… Tell us about the position you are starting? I am starting infectious diseases fellowship at UNMC. I plan to do two years of specialization in infectious diseases followed by one […]
Aug 25, 2017
Dr. Sandkovsky on “Why I Love ID”
Dr. Sandkovsky on “Why I Love ID”: I love ID because we tend to deal with the unknown, and even when we think we might know there is this intriguing relationship between clinical medicine, basic science and pathophysiology, combined with the social aspects provided by our patients, who make this such a personalized and unique specialty. […]
Apr 21, 2017
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