Each block of the Phase 1 Curriculum has 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.
Semester 1
Fundamentals
- Jesse Cox, MD - Co-leader
- Travis McCumber, PhD - Co-leader
Blood, Defenses and Invaders
- Jonathan Ryder, MD - Co-leader
- Geoffrey Thiele, PhD - Co-leader
- Shelley Williams, MD - Co-leader
- Andrea Zimmer, MD - Co-leader
Musculoskeletal and Integument
- Amy Cannella, MD - Co-leader
- Kim Latacha, PhD - Co-leader
Semester 2
Circulatory
- Pooneh Bagher, PhD - Co-leader
- TBA - Co-leader
Respiratory
- Bryan Hackfort, PhD - Co-leader
- Daniel Hershberger, MD - Co-leader
- Sam Simet Chadwick, PhD - Co-leader
Renal
- Ryan Mullane, MD - Co-leader
- Troy Plumb, MD - Co-leader
- Steven Sansom, PhD - Co-leader
Neurosciences
- Shannon Lynch, MD - Co-leader
- Riley Machal, MD - Co-leader
- Robert Norgren, PhD - Leader
- Erin Smith, MD - Co-leader
Semester 3
Gastrointestinal
- Erika Boesen, PhD - Co-leader
- Justin Mott, MD/PhD - Co-leader
- Fedja Rochling, MBBCH - Co-leader
Endocrine
- Brian Boerner, MD - Co-leader
- Shyamal Roy, PhD - Co-leader
Genitourinary, Reproductive and Development
- Keely Cassidy, PhD - Co-leader
- Chris Deibert, MD - Co-leader
Multi-organ Systems
- Sara Bares, MD - Co-leader
- Amy Cannella, MD - Co-leader
- Andrea Zimmer, MD - Co-leader