Category: Why I Love ID
Jennifer O’Neill, RN, BSN on Why I Love ID
Why I Love ID: ” I love ID. In my role as a clinical research coordinator with the HIV team, I get the opportunity to provide very holistic, multidisciplinary care to our patients while working with the latest interventions and seeking to gain new information to advance the science of care. It is exciting to […]
Jun 25, 2018
June is Men’s Health Month, a time to highlight the unique men’s health issues and advocate for awareness of preventive services for men and boys. We have some amazing men in our division who have served as clinicians, educators, leaders, and mentors. Meet the Men of UNMC ID: Dr. M. Salman Ashraf, MBBS is an […]
Jun 4, 2018
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
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
Honoring Black Women and Men Physician Leaders in Infectious Diseases
African Americans account for only 6% of newly minted doctors graduating from medical school in the USA. Within our specialty of Infectious Diseases, only 3% of ID physician members of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) self-report as Black/African American. Many of these physicians make it their career goals to provide care for and […]
Feb 22, 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
I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar…In Infectious Diseases and More!
February 3 is National Women Physicians Day. This day was chosen to celebrate Women Physicians in honor of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell’s birthday. Dr. Blackwell was the first woman to matriculate at a US medical school, and her acceptance in 1847 was initially a joke. In those times, medicine was very much a man’s world, but […]
Feb 3, 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
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