{"id":6141,"date":"2025-07-21T13:11:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T18:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/?p=6141"},"modified":"2026-01-26T17:39:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:39:35","slug":"mid-year-accolades-we-are-so-proud-of-our-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/2025\/07\/21\/mid-year-accolades-we-are-so-proud-of-our-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Year Accolades! – We are so PROUD of our people!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Announcement<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to members of our division for their achievements and recognitions so far this year! These are just a few of the outstanding accomplishments of our division.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelly Cawcutt MD, Rick Starlin MD, and Nico Cortes-Penfield MD<\/strong>, are part of the inaugural graduating class of the inaugural Nebraska Medicine Physician Leadership Academy. Sara Bares MD<\/strong>, will join the Physician Leadership Academy this academic year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jenn Davis, MD<\/strong>\u00a0was one of the top-performing reviewers for Clinical Infectious Diseases\u00a0<\/em>this quarter.\u00a0 She completed multiple reviews that the editors rated as the highest quality and received a notice of appreciation for this achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelly Cawcutt, MD<\/strong>\u00a0was elected to Fellowship of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jasmine R. Marcelin, MD <\/strong>was invited as an international faculty member to deliver a career development workshop session as part of the Emory-Nigeria Research Training Program Workshop in Lagos, Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angela Hewlett, MD<\/strong>\u00a0was selected as chair of the inaugural IDSA Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness Panel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Ryder, MD<\/strong>\u00a0presented a webinar to the Healthcare Association for New York State titled \u201cStewarding Skin and Soft Tissue Infections\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andre Kalil, MD\u00a0<\/strong>was the invited guest for the Critical Matters Podcast, in which he discussed his approach on the management of patients with pneumonia in the ICU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Lawler, MD<\/strong> led a Kenyan health delegation through a tour of the Training, Simulation and Quarantine Center, and the National Quarantine Unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jasmine R. Marcelin, MD\u00a0<\/strong>contributed to a brand-new chapter in the new edition of Mandell’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, focused on Communicating about infectious diseases with the public<\/em>. This new addition to the textbook highlights the important role infectious disease physicians play in guiding communities through times of uncertainty and crisis.\u00a0Drs. Mark Rupp, Nico Cortes-Penfield, Jonathan Ryder, Trevor Van Schooneveld\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Paul Fey,\u00a0<\/strong>also authored recurring chapters in this edition of Mandell\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angela Hewlett, MD and Nico Cortes-Penfield, MD <\/strong>were invited delegates at the International Consensus Meeting on Periprosthetic Joint Infection (ICM) in Istanbul, Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott Bergman, PharmD<\/strong> received the Commitments to Pharmacy Excellence<\/em> award from the West Virginia University Hospitals residency program and gave the keynote address at their graduation banquet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Hankins, MD<\/strong>\u00a0received the Dr. James A. Cottone Research Award<\/em> from the Association for Dental Safety<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nico Cortes-Penfield, MD<\/strong> was promoted to Associate Professor on July 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrea Zimmer, MD<\/strong> was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trevor Van Schooneveld, MD<\/strong> was an invited speaker in 2 sessions at the ASM Microbe conference in June <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jenn Davis, MD<\/strong> was the faculty lead on an e module titled, \u201cSexually Transmitted Infections: A Guide to Treatment\u201d for the E learning awards program cohort this year. Dr. Jonathan Ryder<\/strong>, Shawna Sunagawa<\/strong>, and Dr. Richard Hankins<\/strong> also participated from our department. This e-module was the top vote recipient!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick Starlin, MD<\/strong> leads the Bronchiectasis and NTM clinics, recently designated as a Bronchiectasis and NTM Care Center Network by the Bronchiectasis and NTM Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caroline Song<\/strong> joined as our new ID Fellowship Program Coordinator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Schnaubelt, MD<\/strong> was promoted to the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Air Force<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Warren, MD<\/strong> joined us as our new Division Chief in January <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Rupp, MD <\/strong>became the interim Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine in January<\/p>\n\n\n\n