Month: February 2025

Department hands out annual awards

The Department of Psychiatry began 2025 by honoring those who went above and beyond in 2024. The Department and Educational awards were handed out on January 24 at Poynter Hall. In all, 27 different people won an award. David Taylor, MD, PhD; Claudia Moore, MD; and Zoe Feilner, PA-C, won multiple awards. The Douglas County […]

Feb 4, 2025

PES celebrates four years of growth

The Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) celebrated its fourth anniversary on Wednesday, December 18. 2024. The PES unit features a calm, compassionate environment away from the main Nebraska Medicine Emergency Department. The PES’s goal is to stabilize patients and swiftly refer them to community partners for appropriate treatment while avoiding unnecessary inpatient admissions. Since it opened […]

Feb 4, 2025

SPOTLIGHT: Leticia Tran

Administrative Finance/Contracts Associate Leticia was born and raised in Omaha. She attended the University of Nebraska Omaha and received a BS in Business Administration. Before joining the Department of Psychiatry, she worked in support roles related to accounting, executive assistant, and human resources. She is also not a stranger to UNMC. In 2011, she worked in the Pharmacology […]

Feb 4, 2025

Dr. Kindred accepts leadership position in PES

Erin Kindred, MD, will become the Assistant PES Medical Director on July 1, 2025. Claudia Moore, MD, is the current Assistant PES Medical Director and will remain in the role through June. She will be stepping down to focus her time on graduate medical education projects for the Department of Psychiatry and the department’s Addiction […]

Feb 4, 2025

Residency Program picks two new leaders

The Department of Psychiatry residency program elected two residents to lead next year’s record group. Jake Givens, MD, currently a third-year resident, and Charlotte Ritchie, a second-year resident, have been chosen to lead next year’s group, which is set to have more than 20 residents. Dr. Givens will be chief resident, and Dr. Ritchie will […]

Feb 4, 2025