University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases
985400 Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE 68198-5400

Phone: 402 559 8650
Fax: 402 559 5581
Website: http://www.unmc.edu/intmed/id/education.htm
Email: acalhoon@unmc.edu

Training Program Director

Mark Rupp, MD Program Director

Research Interests:

Participating Hospitals

University of Nebraska Medical Center: 689

Program Training Offerings

How does this program meet the ABIM requirements for training in clinical microbiology?

Didactic Lectures
Hands-on Experience

The Program provides training in hospital epidemiology through:

Didactic Lectures
Continuity Clinic
Hands on Experience

The Program provides clinical experience for fellows in the following:

Infections in marrow transplant
Infections in solid organ transplant patients
Infections in travelers and tropical medicine
Infections in children

This Program provides training in STD management through:

Didactic Lectures
Attendence

The Program has a didactic lecture course for fellows:

Yes

If yes, what is the average number of lectures provided over a two-year period?

Training is for:

MD
DO
PhD

Are there citizenship requirements?

Yes

Citizenship Requirements:

US Citizen Preferred

Types of visas accepted:

J-1

Number of fellows accepted each year:

1-2

Duration of the Fellowship (years):

2-3

The Program has a training grant (T32):

Average number of infectious diseases consults per trainee per year:

500

Number of Fellows completing the Program in the last 5 years:

Additional Training/Faculty Resources (optional):

Applications accepted via Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS®)?

Timeframe when applications are accepted:

Timeframe when interviews are done

Professor, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Medical Director of the Department of Healthcare Epidemiology

Mark Rupp , Professor, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Medical Director of the Department of Healthcare Epidemiology MD

Research Interests: Pathogenesis of staphylococcal and catheter-related infections, molecular epidemiology and nosocomial infections

Faculty

Paul D. Fey , MD , Associate Professor

Research Interests: Organ Transplantation

Diana Florescu , MD , Associate Professor

Research Interests: Fungal infections and prosthetic device infections

Alison Freifeld , MD , Professor

Research Interests: Management of infections in the immunocompromised cancer patient

Howard Gendelman , MD , Professor

Research Interests: Role of macrophages in HIV resistance and pathogenesis, neuronotoxicity in HIV-associated encephalopathy and AIDS

Alan Gross , PhD , Assistant Clinical Professor

Angela Hewlett , MD , Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Orthopedic infectious diseases

Andre Kalil , MD , Associate Professor

Research Interests: Management of infections in organ transplant patients

Uriel Sandkovsky , MD , Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Infections in HIV patients

Philip Smith , MD , Professor

Research Interests: Hospital epidemiology and infection control in long-term care facilities

Susan Swindells , MD , Professor

Research Interests: HIV infections and AIDS

Trevor VanSchooneveld , MD , Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Antimicrobial Stewardship

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