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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. 

Fall - Year One, Semester One

FUNDAMENTALS (M-ID 500)

Co-Director: Lindsay R. Blick, MD
Co-Director: Travis L. McCumber, PhD 

BLOOD, DEFENSES AND INVADERS (M-ID 501)

Co-Director: Jonathan H. Ryder, MD
Co-Director: Geoffrey M. Thiele, PhD
Co-Director: Shelly M. Williams, MD 
Co-Director: Andrea J. Zimmer, MD 

MUSCULOSKELETAL AND INTEGUMENT (M-ID 502)

Co-Director: Amy C. Cannella, MD
Co-Director: Kimberly S. Latacha, PhD 

Spring - Year One, Semester Two 

CIRCULATORY (M-ID 503)

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

RESPIRATORY (M-ID 504)

Co-Director: Bryan T. Hackfort, PhD 
Co-Director: Daniel M. Hershberger, MD 
Co-Director: Samantha M. Simet Chadwick, PhD 

RENAL (M-ID 505)

Co-Director: Erika I. Boesen, PhD
Co-Director: Ryan Mullane, DO   

NEUROSCIENCES (M-ID 506)

Co-Director: Robert B. Norgren, PhD
Co-Director: Shannon C. Lynch, MD 
Co-Director: Erin C. Ranum, MD 
Co-Director: Erin L. Smith, MD  

Fall - Year Two, Semester Three

GASTROINTESTINAL (M-ID 510)

Co-Director: Erika I. Boesen, PhD 
Co-Director: Justin L. Mott, MD, PhD 
Co-Director: Nathalie Khoury, MD 

ENDOCRINE (M-ID 511)

Co-Director: Sydney L. Blount, MD 
Co-Director: Crystal M. Krause, PhD 

GU/REPRODUCTIVE/DEVELOPMENTAL (M-ID 512)

Co-Director: Keely M. Cassidy, PhD 
Co-Director: Samuel A. David, MD
Co-Director: Nicholas J. Jesse, MD

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

Co-Director: Sara Bares, MD
Co-Director: Amy C. Cannella, MD
Co-Director: Lindsay N. Helget, MD
Co-Director: Andrea J. Zimmer, MD