


WHY I LOVE ID:
“I love ID for four reasons. First, is I actually can cure people of their disease. Second, I get to solve puzzles that others can’t. Third, in my roles in antibiotic stewardship and infection control I get to improve patient care and prevent infection in whole groups of people. Finally, I love the opportunity to teach trainees and other clinicians about how to manage various infections.”
– Trevor Vanschooneveld, MD, FACP
See more about Dr. Vanschooneveld and the UNMC Infectious Disease Division at https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/divisions/id/index.html
Some days, you never know WHAT you will need to wear to work here! From Ebola to MERS and other new or emerging infectious diseases, we are ready!
Learn more about the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit here : http://www.nebraskamed.com/biocontainment-unit
The UNMC HIV team traveled to Seattle to attend CROI (Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections) last month and came back inspired and eager to continue our clinical and research endeavors here in Omaha.
Dr. Susan Buchbinder, chair of the Scientific Program Committee opened the conference with a warm welcome to all conference attendees hailing from over 90 different countries. The opening and plenary lectures were all dynamic and topics ranged from the work done in HIV prevention using nonhuman primate models by Jeffrey Lifson to the innovative efforts to eliminate new HIV infections in New York City by the inimitable Dr. Demetre Daskalakis. The oral presentations can be found here.
We learned that the number of new HIV infections in the United States is finally beginning to decline thanks in large part to treatment as prevention and PrEP and heard about many new and investigational therapies. Research presentations covered a wide range of topics and UNMC’s HIV team presented a number of studies in the areas of pharmacology, PrEP, comorbidities, and TB.
We are glad to be back home in Omaha but inspired to continue our research endeavors both locally and in collaboration with many of the people we connected with at CROI 2017.
Written by Dr. Sara Bares.
Please join us in welcoming Jolene Tijerina to the Division of Infectious Diseases. Jolene will serve as a Nurse Practitioner supporting the Oncology Infectious Diseases section. Previously, Jolene served as a Clinical Research Coordinator with the Division of Oncology and Hematology.
Tell us about your background:
I worked here doing non-therapeutic research prior to going back and getting my BSN at Creighton through their accelerated program. Worked at Children’s for 2 years on their IMC (step down from PICU) floor with kiddos with lung transplants, vent requirements, ICP etc. Then came back here in 2011 where I was a clinical research nurse coordinator in oncology working with lung, brain, melanoma, and sarcoma patients while on clinical trials.
Why UNMC?
UNMC has such a great reputation as being a stellar institute and I love that it is a learning/teaching hospital that actually puts a lot of emphasis on that aspect. I have worked here on and off for over 10 years with a short break at Children’s after I graduated with my BSN but always wanted to come back here.
What about ID makes you excited?
ID – what’s there not to get excited about?!?! It seems to be changing daily. I was in oncology research prior to starting here in oncology ID so it is somewhat of a learning curve as I mainly worked in solid tumor (lung, melanoma, brain, sarcoma) prior to being a NP. I love learning new things and if I could be a professional student I probably would but I have bills to pay. So ID gives me that and I am always learning something new every day.
Tell us something interesting about yourself UNRELATED to medicine:
I grew up in a military family. My dad served in the Navy on submarines for 20 years so have lived on both coasts and I am somewhat of an adrenalin junky. Love to zipline and skydive and hope to go parasailing this summer!
See more about the UNMC ID Division at: https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/divisions/id/index.html
Thursday, March 2nd they had a lunch meeting with a panel of trainees interested in pursuing ID. The goal of this meeting was to provide an opportunity for current medical students to hear about how they chose their residency speciality (IM or peds) and what the residency application process looks like. The panelists also discussed how medical students can increase their exposure to the field of infectious diseases during M3 and M4 clerkships. It went very well and we had a great turn out (about 35 students attended the meeting)! At our meeting we had Logan Jones, an M4 interested in infectious diseases, Dr. Denisa Majorant, an ID fellow, Dr. Richard Hankins, an internal medicine resident, and Dr. Gwenn Skar, a third year peds ID fellow, on our panel. They offered insight into the residency process, the ID fellowship, and a career in infectious diseases.
WHY I LOVE ID:
“I love the excitement of Infectious Diseases. I am able to see an unusual case or tackle an interesting issue every day.”
– Angela Hewlett M.D., M.S.
See more about Dr. Hewlett and the UNMC Infectious Disease Division at https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/divisions/id/index.html
Welcome to the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Division of Infectious Diseases Blog. Allow me to introduce the blog and myself. I am Dr. Mark Rupp, professor and chief of the UNMC ID Division. We intend for our blog to serve as a platform to discuss issues related to infectious diseases and showcase activities in our division.
The ID Division currently consists of 15 talented faculty members, several adjunct faculty, and several dozen other personnel who are instrumental in the successful accomplishment of our missions in caring for patients, educating future healthcare providers, and expanding our knowledge base through cutting edge research. We also interact closely with colleagues in microbiology, infection control, antimicrobial stewardship and public health, as well as caregivers and educators in various medical disciplines.
In the coming weeks, our blog will introduce you to the ID faculty and our colleagues. You’ll learn all about what we do and what we are passionate about. The field of Infectious Diseases is very dynamic and incredibly interesting ,and we hope to reflect some of that excitement within the pages of the blog.
Please feel free to share the blog entries with friends, family, and your other associates and check back frequently as we intend to post regularly.
Here’s to all things ID- cheers!
MER
https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/divisions/id/index.html
We are THRILLED to announce the start of our UNMC Infectious Diseases blog. We are committed to serving on the forefront of our specialty and to inspire others to be increasingly involved with Infectious Diseases. We are a complex practice including General Infectious Diseases, HIV, Oncology ID, Transplant ID, ID and Critical Care, Infection Control, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Biocontainment and more! We strive for excellence in patient care, research, education and community engagement.
Within the upcoming blog posts we will provide further details on our faculty, announcements, commentaries, educational opportunities, research publications and more. Please check back frequently and often.
Welcome to #UNMCID
https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/divisions/id/index.html
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