Author: Derek Sullivan

Volunteer month kicks off

This month, members of the Department of Psychiatry will volunteer at three non-profit organizations as a way of giving back the community. On Thursday, May 2, thirteen members of the Department of Psychiatry worked at the Heart Ministry Center, a North Omaha non-profit started forty years ago to provide food, clothing, shelter, and financial assistance […]

May 10, 2019

Brotzel helps with public policy

Nick Brotzel has been hired by the UNMC Department of Psychiatry to handle the numerous public policy issues dealing with the department. Brotzel will be spending one day a week with psychiatry and will join the department’s leadership team as its community engagement director. Along with his new role in psychiatry, Brotzel is also a […]

May 10, 2019

Dr. Thomsen signs with UNMC

Dr. Mark Thomsen will join the UNMC Department of Psychiatry faculty on July 31. While he could have left Omaha after his residency, he said it was an easy decision to stay in Nebraska. “Omaha is home,” Dr. Thomsen said. “My wife and I have family here and we want to raise our children here. […]

May 10, 2019

Spotlight: Fred Garvey

Research Assistant, Dept. of Psychiatry Fred Garvey graduated from Creighton Prep and studied psychology at Nebraska Wesleyan University. In May, he attended the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy Conference at Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Hotel and presented a poster titled, “Pharmacological Interventions for Aggression, Irritability, and Disruptive Behavior in Pediatric Populations – […]

May 10, 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

Dr. Melissa O’Dell set to join UNMC faculty in July

Dr. Melissa O’Dell will join the UNMC Department of Psychiatry faculty this summer. Dr. O’Dell, who graduated from Omaha Central High School in 2003, said she’s thrilled that an opportunity arose for her and her young family to stay in her hometown. “It’s home, and I love it. I had no desire to leave Omaha,” […]

Feb 21, 2019

Dr. Balasanova awarded scholarship to attend National Leadership Forum alongside country’s healthcare giants

For her extensive contributions to advocacy for patients with substance use and mental illness, Dr. Balasanova was recently awarded a scholarship to attend the CADCA’s 29th Annual National Leadership Forum and SAMHSA’s Prevention Day from Feb 4-7, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Dr. Balasanova was joined by approximately 2,900 substance use advocates from throughout the country as […]

Feb 21, 2019