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Psychiatry

Psychiatry Department Gathers for Spring Brunch

On April 28, members of the Psychiatry Department and their family members gathered for brunch and casual conversations about life inside and outside the department. The event took place at the home of Interim Chair Howard Liu, who said it’s important to offer events where the more than twenty-five faculty members and more than fifty […]

May 18, 2018

Dr. Gih Discusses Advancements in ECT

Omaha World-Herald Columnist Paul Hammel interviewed University of Nebraska Medical Center Associate Professor Dr. Daniel Gih earlier this year on electroconvulsive therapy or ECT. Last year, Hammel wrote a column on what he called “now discredited” treatments, which included ECT.  In response to the column, Dr. Gih spoke with Hammel, in February, about the benefits […]

May 18, 2018

UNMC Trio Attends Prestigious Eating Disorder Conference

UNMC Associate Professor Dr. Daniel Gih joined second-year medical student Jessica Thai and third-year resident Elizabeth Penner at the prestigious International Conference for Eating Disorders in Chicago. Dr. Penner and Thai presented two posters at the international conference, which was held from April 19-21. Thai presented a poster titled, “Characterization of Resident Treatment Center for […]

May 18, 2018

Spotlight: Sarah Kepple

  Sarah Kepple joined the UNMC Department of Psychiatry on March 5, 2018 as Undergraduate Program Coordinator. She has been with UNMC for more than 12 years and has previously worked in anesthesiology and neurology. What are a couple of your main duties as Undergraduate Program Coordinator? I schedule the third-year medical students who rotate […]

May 18, 2018

Dr. Soonjo Hwang Named Interim Research Director for UNMC Psychiatry

  Dr. Soonjo Hwang has been named Interim Research Director for the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Before arriving at UNMC in 2015, Dr. Hwang pursed his research training at National Institute of Mental Health as a clinical/research fellow. As Interim Research Director, Dr. Hwang would like to expand collaboration […]

Apr 30, 2018