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Each block of the Phase 1 Curriculum has a minimum of two block directors whose specialties align with the content of that block. The blocks also have specialists that lecture within the block. Students will learn key principles and objectives through a variety of learning experiences focused on interactive and facilitated learning in both the classroom and clinical environments.  UNMC encourages learning in small groups and extensively incorporates simulation into its clinical curriculum. 

M1 Fall Semester

FUNDAMENTALS (M-ID 501)

Co-Director: Jesse Cox, MD
Co-Director: Travis McCumber, PhD 

BLOOD, DEFENSES & INVADERS (M-ID 513)

Co-Director: Jonathan Ryder, MD
Co-Director: Geoffrey Thiele, PhD
Co-Director: Shelley Williams, MD 
Co-Director: Andrea Zimmer, MD 

MUSCULOSKELETAL AND INTEGUMENT (M-ID 504)

Co-Director: Amy Cannella, MD
Co-Director: Kim Latacha, PhD 

M1 Spring Semester 

CIRCULATORY (M-ID 505)

Co-Director: John Schleifer, MD
Co-Director: Amy Duhachek-Stapelman, MD
Co-Director: Pooneh Bagher, PhD

RESPIRATORY (M-ID 506)

Co-Director: Bryan Hackfort, PhD 
Co-Director: Daniel Hershberger, MD 
Co-Director: Sam Simet Chadwick, PhD 

RENAL (M-ID 507)

Co-Director: Ryan Mullane, MD 
Co-Director: Troy Plumb, MD 
Co-Director: Steven Sansom, PhD 

NEUROSCIENCES (M-ID 508)

Co-Director: Robert Norgren, PhD
Co-Director: Shannon Lynch, MD 
Co-Director: Riley Machal, MD 
Co-Director: Erin Smith, MD  

M2 Fall Semester

GASTROINTESTINAL (M-ID 510)

Co-Director: Erika Boesen, PhD 
Co-Director: Justin Mott, MD, PhD 
Co-Director: Fedja Rochling, MBBCH 

ENDOCRINE (M-ID 511)

Co-Director: Brian Boerner, MD 
Co-Director: Shyamal Roy, PhD 

GU/REPRODUCTIVE/DEVELOPMENTAL (M-ID 512)

Co-Director: Keely Cassidy, PhD 
Co-Director: Karen Carlson, MD
Co-Director: Samuel David, MD

MULTI-ORGAN SYSTEMS: PRINCIPLES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, RHEUMATOLOGY, AND IMMUNOLOGY (M-ID 530)

Co-Director: Sara Bares, MD
Co-Director: Amy Cannella, MD
Co-Director: Andrea Zimmer, MD