Month: April 2019

Five match into psychiatry

Match Day was March 15th, and five UNMC graduates matched into psychiatry residencies. Jake Franklin (University of Michigan), Ian Parsley (Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis), Claire Svec (University of Arizona) will head out of Omaha while Alexandra Burt and Andrew Reuss will stay in Omaha and train at Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals. Svec trained with UNMC […]

Apr 3, 2019

Dr. Hwang updates busy research division

Last June, Dr. Soonjo Hwang was named as the interim research director of the Department of Psychiatry. In the past year, Dr. Hwang has been able to build a significant level of research activities in the department while still looking toward the future. When Dr. Hwang, an assistant professor, and child and adolescent psychiatrist, accepted […]

Apr 3, 2019

Dr. Steven Ayers will start on July 31 in the Department of Psychiatry

Dr. Steven Ayers has accepted an instructor faculty position at UNMC with an eye on expanding psychiatric emergency services. As a clinician, Dr. Ayers will work in the emergency room. He will also lead efforts to create a psychiatric emergency service division separate from the current general emergency room. Dr. Ayers traveled with a team […]

Apr 3, 2019

UNMC faculty members offer advice to flood victims

Several members of the UNMC Department of Psychiatry spoke with reporters to help people dealing with the stress and anxiety of recent flooding. Marley Doyle, M.D., Adult Outpatient Division Director, answered questions from reporters on March 18, with Jesse Bell, Ph.D., on the impacts of the flooding in the Omaha Metro. While speaking with the […]

Apr 3, 2019

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