University of Nebraska Medical Center Internal Medicine Graduates * indicates Chief Resident 2020-2021 Graduates Dua'a Abdallah, MBBS Hospitalist - Nebraska Medicine/UNMC, Omaha, NE Benjamin Arbeiter, MD Hospitalist - Nebraska Medicine/UNMC, Omaha, NE Elaine Buckholtz, DO Hospitalist - Methodist Hospital, Omaha, NE Luke Desilet, DO Rheumatology Fellow - UNMC, Omaha, NE Morgan Dornbos, MD Hospitalist - Inpatient Physician Associates, Bryan Medical Center, Lincoln, NE *Joseph Dougherty, MD VA Chief Resident - Omaha VA/UNMC, Omaha, NE Kali Gagnon, DO Cardiology Fellow - UNMC, Omaha, NE Tyler Gallo, DO Traditionalist - Ivinson Memorial Hospital, Laramie, WY Nikki Gruner, MD Hospitalist - University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM Radha Kanneganti Perue, MBBS Cardiology Fellow - UNMC, Omaha, NE Mackenzie Keintz, MD Infectious Diseases Fellow - UNMC, Omaha, NE Nora Kovar, MD, MPH Geriatrics Fellow - UNMC , Omaha, NE Joel Kruse, MD Hospitalist - CHI Health, St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Lincoln, NE *Bernadette Lamb, MD UNMC Chief Resident - UNMC, Omaha, NE *Jen Luedders, MD Ambulatory Chief Resident - UNMC, Omaha, NE *Jessica Rydberg, DO Quality & Patient Safety Chief Resident - UNMC, Omaha, NE David Shin, DO Cardiology Fellow - UNMC, Omaha, NE Alan James Spanel, MD Primary Care - Yankton Medical Center, Fountain Point Medical Ctr, Norfolk, NE Willie Talbert, MD Traditionalist - Schneck Medical Center, Seymour, IN Daniel Van Kalsbeek, DO Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellow - UNMC, Omaha, NE *Kyle Wilson, MD Health Disparities Chief Resident - UNMC, Omaha, NE 2019-2020 Graduates Craig Baumgart, MD Hospitalist – Nebraska Medicine/UNMC, Omaha, NE *Brian Benes, DO Ambulatory Chief Resident - UNMC, Omaha, NE Nephrology Fellow – UNMC, Omaha, NE Andrew Camamo, DO Hospitalist/Outpatient Hybrid - Nebraska Medicine/UNMC, Omaha, NE Cason Christensen, MD Cardiology Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE Ian Cormier, MBBS Hospitalist – Nebraska Medicine/UNMC, Omaha, NE Letisha Ferris, MD Hospitalist – CHI Health Saint Elizabeth, Lincoln, NE Brittany Hance, DO Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship – Univ of Kansas Med Ctr, Kansas City, KS Jacob Hettenbaugh, MD Nephrology Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE Molly Hiatt, MD Hospitalist – CHI Health Creighton Univ Med Ctr – Bergan Mercy, Omaha, NE Amber Johnson, MD Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship - UNMC, Omaha, NE Bret Jones, DO Hospitalist – Methodist Hospital, Omaha, NE Brent Klinkhammer, MD, PharmD Cardiology Fellowship – Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ April Lauer, MD Hospitalist – Avera McKennan, Sioux Falls, IA *Brent Luedders, MD Quality & Patient Safety Chief Resident – UNMC, Omaha, NE Rheumatology Fellow – UNMC, Omaha, NE Brock Michael, MD Hospitalist – Methodist Hospital, Omaha, NE Brandon Miller, MD Hospitalist/Outpatient Hybrid – Nebraska Medicine/UNMC, Omaha, NE Matthew Perkovich, MD Hospitalist – University of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics, Madison, WI *Stephen Sexauer, MD UNMC Chief Resident – UNMC, Omaha, NE Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellow – Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC Dawson Shaver, MD Hospitalist – University Hospital, Augusta, GA Adrianna Shuey, DO Hospitalist/Outpatient Hybrid – Greater Regional Health, Creston, IA Casey Zelus, MD Infectious Diseases Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE 2018-2019 Graduates Annie Braseth, MD Gastroenterology Fellowship - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA *Mollie Brittan, MD VA Chief Resident - UNMC/Omaha VA, Omaha, NE Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE 1 Sarah Cameron, MD Hospitalist - Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE Andrew Canning, MD Gastroenterology Fellowship - East Tennessee State Univ, Johnson City, TN Jared Drenkow, MD Hospitalist - Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Community Physicians, Menomonee Falls & West Bend, WI Brett Henderson, DO Gastroenterology Fellowship - UNMC, Omaha, NE Tyler Hitchler, MD Hospitalist - Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney, NE *Tate Johnson, MD UNMC Chief Resident - UNMC, Omaha, NE Rheumatology Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE Katherine Maliszewski, MD, PhD Geriatrics Fellowship & Hospitalist - UNMC & Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE Maureen McElligott, MD Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship - UNMC, Omaha, NE *Kate-Lynn Muir, DO VA Quality & Patient Safety Chief Resident - UNMC/Omaha VA, Omaha, NE Hematology/Oncology Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE Edin Pujagic, DO Infectious Diseases Fellowship - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Jarin Redman, MD Hospitalist - Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, KS Jake Riggle, MD, PhD Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship - University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS Smitha Sagaram, MBBS, MS, MPH Hematology & Oncology Fellowship- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Lauren Shoemaker, MD Traditionalist - Methodist Physicians Clinic HealthWest, Omaha, NE Jesse Souchek, MD Hospitalist - Methodist Health Systems, Omaha, NE Brett Van Briggle, MD Cardiology Fellowship - UNMC, Omaha, NE Laura Vance, DO Hospitalist - Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE *Jill Wagoner, MD Ambulatory Chief Resident - UNMC/Omaha VA, Omaha, NE Endocrinology Fellowship – University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO Nicholas Wilka, MD Hospitalist - Methodist Health Systems, Omaha, NE 2017-2018 Graduates Neil Bhogal, MD Gastroenterology Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE *Kaitlyn Brittan, MD VA Quality & Patient Safety Chief Resident – UNMC/Omaha VA, Omaha, NE Rheumatology Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE Amy Coffey, MD Geriatrics Fellowship & Hospitalist – UNMC & Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE Meghan Combs, MD Traditionalist – Barrett Hospital and HealthCare, Dillon, MT Mathew Day, MD Traditionalist – Internal Medicine Associates, Nebraska Medicine, Grand Island, NE Lyndsey Heise, MD Infectious Diseases Fellowship – Northwestern University, Omaha, NE Cliff Janikowski, MD Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship – Creighton University, Omaha, NE Quinn Kirchner, MD Locum Tenens Hospitalist – Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington) Lilli Mauer, MBBS Outpatient – Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE Randy McCreery, MD Infectious Diseases Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE Dayna Miyashiro, MD Hospitalist – David Grant Hospital, Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, CA Jeremy Pepin, MD Nephrology Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE *Cory Rohlfsen, MD UNMC Chief Resident – UNMC, Omaha, NE Hospitalist/Outpatient – Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE Khalid Sahak, MD Hospitalist – Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE Seth Sklare, MD Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship – University of Kansas Med Ctr, Kansas City, KS Jane Suh, MD Transplant Hepatology Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE Nalin, U.G., DO Allergy/Immunology Fellowship – Children’s Mercy Hosp, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, MO *Tesia Winter, DO Ambulatory Chief Resident – UNMC, Omaha, NE Hospitalist/Outpatient – Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE Vanessa Wookey, MD Hematology/Oncology Fellowship – University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN 2016-2017 Graduates *Daniel Almquist, MD Ambulatory Chief Resident – UNMC, Omaha, NE Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, Mayo, Phoenix, AZ Rajeev Anchan, MD Cardiology Fellowship – University of Chicago, Chicago, IL John Anderson, DO Cardiology Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE *Tyler Brinkman, MD VA Chief Resident – UNMC, Omaha, NE Hospitalist – Methodist Health System, Omaha, NE Saurabh Chandan, MD Gastroenterology Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE Katrina Chavez, MD Hospitalist – Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE Jon DeMuth, MD Hospitalist – Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton, SD Jason Dinsmoor, MD Traditionalist – Fremont Health, Fremont, NE 2 Kilie Donovan, MD Geriatrics Fellowship & Hospitalist/Outpatient – UNMC & VA, Omaha, NE Richard Hankins, MD Infectious Diseases Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE Heidi Hausmann, MD Hospitalist – Methodist Health System, Omaha, NE Jessie Jenkins, MD Geriatrics Fellowship & Hospitalist – UNMC & Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE Laura LaBonte, MD Outpatient – Oregon Medical Group, Eugene, OR Chetaj Arun Mahabir, MBBS Hospitalist/Master’s in Clinical Research – Nebraska Medicine/UNMC, Omaha, NE Aron Merchen, MD Hospitalist – Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE Alicia Mizner, MD Hospitalist – Columbus Community Hospital, Columbus, NE Benjamin Monson, MD Outpatient/Hospitalist – The Iowa Clinic, West Des Moines, IA *Prasanth Ravipati, MD UNMC Chief Resident – UNMC, Omaha, NE Nephrology Fellowship – University of Minnesota Jason Shuda, MD Hospitalist – CHI Health Good Samaritan, Kearney, NE Javen Wunschel, DO Allergy/Immunology Fellowship – University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 2015-2016 Graduates Kaitlin Brau, MD Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE Lorinda Covell, MD Hospitalist – Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD Douglas Franz, MD, MPH Nephrology Fellowship – Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Melissa Hernandez, MD Primary Care/Outpatient – Methodist Regency Clinic, Omaha, NE Mary Huerter, MD Palliative Care Fellowship – University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA *Clayton Jordan, DO Ambulatory Chief Resident – UNMC, Omaha, NE Gastroenterology Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE Scott Lundgren, DO Cardiology Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE Kara Markin, MD General Internal Medicine/Women’s Health – Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE Joel Michalski, MD, PhD Hematology/Oncology Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE Chelsea Navarrette, MD Hospitalist/Outpatient – Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE Alex Nester, MD Hematology/Oncology Fellowship – UNMC, Omaha, NE Steven Paulmeyer, MD Primary Care – Beatrice Community Hospital, Beatrice, NE *Shana Peper, MD VA Chief Resident – UNMC, Omaha, NE Traditionalist