Tag: #UNMCHIV

Seeking a Full-time Physician to Join UNMC’s HIV Program

We are looking for a board-eligible/board-certified ID physician to join our HIV team. As the largest provider of care to patients living with HIV in the Omaha area, the HIV clinic provides quality health care in a truly integrated system wherein medical care, case management and advocacy are provided via a multidisciplinary approach. Alongside the […]

Sep 18, 2017

HIV Clinic Nurse Case Manager Receives a Community Award

Precious Davis, BSN, MSN received the “Field of Medicine Award” on Saturday, August 26th from the Omaha Section of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW).  This organization recognizes individuals in the community for outstanding achievement. Each year individuals are recognized for excellence in medicine, education, leadership, community involvement, embodiment of the Mary McLeod Bethune […]

Sep 5, 2017

Dr. Sue Swindells on “Why I Love ID”

Dr. Sue Swindells on “Why I Love ID”:  “So, I found myself in a fancy maternity hospital in San Francisco not too long ago, while my daughter was having a baby.  The nurses there were very excited to have an Infectious Diseases doctor in the room.  I had thought they might be a bit nervous […]

Aug 3, 2017

HIV prevention – Are you PrEPared?

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is the strategy of administering antiretrovirals to HIV uninfected, at-risk individuals in order to prevent HIV infection. Tenofovir-emtricitabine (Truvada) was approved for HIV PrEP by the FDA in 2012 and is over 90% effective in preventing HIV infection when taken as directed. UNMC’s HIV clinic has been offering HIV PrEP for […]

Jul 6, 2017

Let’s Talk About…HIV and Stigma

Recently, Nikki Regan, APRN at the Nebraska Medicine Specialty Care Clinic, was a guest speaker for the Healthy Lifestyles curriculum at her alma mater, Ridge View Middle School (formerly Schaller-Crestland), in Early, IA. Regan led a discussion about HIV and stigma for a group of approximately sixty (very curious) 8th graders. They talked about HIV […]

May 4, 2017

SO Much to Celebrate!! Presentations, St. Patrick’s Day and MATCH DAY!!!

Today is a HUGE day! It is MATCH day and we are celebrating the many successes of our students. We may or may not also partake in some GREEN-inspired treats for St. Patrick’s Day as we celebrate! Here at UNMC we have a Comprehensive HIV Medicine Track as one of the competitive Enhanced Medical Education […]

Mar 17, 2017

UNMC ID had a strong presence at CROI – Read on for details!!

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 […]

Mar 9, 2017