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Matthew Egbert, MD, will retire on June 30, 2025, after more than 30 years in the UNMC Department of Psychiatry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Dr. Egbert started his residency, he didn\u2019t envision a long career in psychiatry. Before realizing that psychiatry was a good fit, he tried anesthesia and internal medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDuring medical school, my favorite rotation was in psychiatry.  I talked with my department chair and (Psychiatry Department Chair) Dr. Menolascino to discuss switching programs,\u201d Dr. Egbert said. \u201cThey both graciously agreed to allow me to switch programs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Matthew Egbert, MD, in 2000.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Dr. Egbert stayed at UNMC after being offered a faculty position. On March 1, 1994, he started as an adult psychiatrist and instructor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaking a transition that quickly with no time off in between is a shock to the system for everyone,\u201d Dr. Egbert said. \u201cThey had expected me to take some time off, so they hadn\u2019t gotten me hospital privileges.  My resident had to write the orders for a couple of days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his thirty-plus years as a practicing psychiatrist, Dr. Egbert did a lot of fantastic work on and off campus. With current PES clinic manager Jennifer Sparrock, he started a partial hospital program at St. Joseph\u2019s Center for Mental Health. At UNMC, Dr. Egbert was the medical director of the Adult Crisis Unit (ACU) and ECT Program Director from 2003-2019. Additionally, Dr. Egbert was Division Director of Inpatient Services for the Department of Psychiatry from 2015-2019. In 2020, Dr. Egbert started treating patients in the Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steven Wengel, MD, was Dr. Egbert\u2019s chair from 2004 to 2018. Dr. Wengel said Dr. Egbert was a stalwart fixture in the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe served our patients admirably in many roles over these years, especially in the hospital setting, and has trained countless medical students and residents,\u201d Dr. Wengel said. \u201cWithout exaggeration of any kind, I can say that he has done truly lifesaving work in the latter part of his career here, running our prior inpatient service and instilling hope in patients who are having a mental health crisis. We owe him a debt of gratitude. And on a personal level, I will miss him but wish him the best and hope that he can now look back on a long career of helping some of our most vulnerable citizens in their time of need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he retires, Dr. Egbert sees psychiatry growing with improved treatment options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think that there will be a resurgence in psychotherapy as an integral part of psychiatric practice as we are able to quantify the effects better and perform better research.  I also think we will see more somatic therapies that will be effective for treating treatment-resistant disorders.  I would also like to see many of these therapies used as first-line treatments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In retirement, Dr. Egbert plans to keep busy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI plan to do some traveling as we are able.  I will spend more time gardening and preserving my harvest.  Working with dirt and plants is always nice and producing something useful and beautiful is wonderful.  I also plan to pick some hobbies back up.  I really want to get back to doing some sculptural welding and blacksmithing.  I plan to forge chef\u2019s knives and some other types of blades as well.  This is still relatively new for me, so it will take some time to develop a good level of skill.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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