Congratulations to Dr. Troy Plumb (@nephplumber) on being awarded the 2025 @UNMC_IM Mentoring Award!!!!
Dr. Plumb has been an incredible leader and works had to set the culture that defines our division!
Dr. Julia Dumitrescu gave a fantastic @UNMCIMResidency Senior Seminar on "Kidney Transplant for the Internist" this week!!!
She covered everything from "what to do if someone comes to you wanting to donate a kidney" to the details of post-transplant care!
Congratulations to Dr. Debra Wekesa on receiving the @UNMC_IM 2025 House Office Excellence in Advocacy Award!!!!
We are so proud of her work in advancing health equity!
Dr. Ravipati gave a fantastic @UNMC_IM Grand Rounds on updates in IgA nephropathy last week!!!
We are so fortunate to have him as one of our faculty and grateful for what he has done in pushing advances for our patients with glomerular diseases!!!
Great work by Team Pending Prior Auth (lead by our fellows Drs. Hall, @N_Leonardi1, and McMillan) to advance to the semi-finals of the @ASNKidney Fellows-in-Training Bowl!!!
Congratulations to Dr. Nate Leonardi (@N_Leonardi1), a second-year fellow pursuing kidney transplant, on being named the Provider of the Quarter for the @NebraskaMed Dialysis Unit!!!
Days 2 and 3 of posters for our students (Sophia Cima of @UNMCCOM), residents (@UNMCIMResidency), fellows, and faculty at #KidneyWk2024 were exciting!!!
We had a great time at #KidneyWk2024 learning a lot and making great memories as a team! Thanks @ASNKidney!!!
ALT Although we forgot to take a picture at our annual division dinner, we still had some of the crew around for a selfie taken by the amazing Dr. Ravipati!!!
Last week was Dr. Jay Hawkins birthday and Kelly Hawkins found great cookies to celebrate that (as well as his completion of the Market to Market Relay Nebraska)!!!
Check out this article by @bbenes08, Dr. Langewisch, and @ScottWestphal20 on "Kidney Transplant Candidacy: Addressing Common Medical and Psychosocial Barriers to Transplant" in @NKF_NephPros Advances in Kidney Disease and Health this month!!!
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Great work by @mjsanchezr of @UNMCCOPH (joined by our own @FelipeSNaranjo) leading health fairs for Latino migrant farmworkers!
Fantastic collaboration including @unmc SHARING Clinic, the Migrant Educational Program, & Proteus, Inc through funding by CS-CASH!!! #LatinoHealth