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MEDICAL STAFF UPDATE New faces at Bryan
New faces at Bryan
Welcome these colleagues to the Bryan medical community
Nadia Abraham, MD, pediatrics/hospitalist, has joined Lincoln Pediatric Hospitalists, 402-483-4591.
Dr. Abraham earned her medical degree in 2001 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and completed a residency in 2004 at the Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, where she was chief resident. Previously, Dr. Abraham was a hospitalist with Children’s Hospital in Omaha and has volunteered through Clinic with a Heart in Lincoln.
Casey Cordts, MD, pediatrics/hospitalist, is associated with Lincoln Pediatric Hospitalists, 402-483-4591.
Dr. Cordts earned his medical degree in 2008 from the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, and completed his residency in 2011 at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Dr. Cordts previously worked as a pediatric hospitalist with Stormont Vail Health in Topeka, Kansas, where he served as a member of High-Five, a breastfeeding work group that offers assistance and education to new mothers through hospital programs.
Dr. Cordts was an adjunct professor at the University of Kansas School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics, and he has contributed to research on topics including asthma, infant sepsis and immunizations.
Nichole Dean, DO, otorhinolaryngology, has joined Ear, Nose & Throat Specialties, 402-488-5600.
Dr. Dean graduated from Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines, in 2007. She completed a general surgery internship with Baptist Health Systems in Birmingham, Alabama, and in 2008, she was awarded the T32 Institutional National Research Service Award. Through this program she researched new methods to treat head and neck cancers, as well as reconstructive and robotic assisted surgery options. She went on to complete an otorhinolaryngology residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine in 2015.
She previously practiced at MercyOne Clive ENT Care in Iowa. Dr. Dean is certified through the American Board of Otolaryngology.
Richard Fermelia, MD, general surgery, is associated with Heartland Surgical Services, 402-227-8157.
Dr. Fermelia has more than 25 years of experience in general surgery, and he has a special interest in weight loss and bariatric surgeries.
Dr. Fermelia earned his medical degree from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, in 1989, and he completed his residency in general surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, in 1994.
He is a Fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Dr. Fermelia is certified by the American Board of Surgery.
Michael Hall, MD, obstetrics and gynecology, is associated with The Physician’s Network Women’s Health, 402-488-0040. Before joining the Physician’s Network Women’s Health, Dr. Hall practiced in Denver and taught family practice as an associate professor at the University of Colorado Medical Center in Aurora. Dr. Hall has extensive experience in vaginal breech deliveries, twin vaginal deliveries and vaginal births after cesarean deliveries. In his 40 years of practice, he has delivered more than 9,000 babies. Dr. Hall earned his medical degree in 1977 from the University of Oregon, Portland, and completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology from Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Denver.
Thamer Kassim, MD, internal medicine/hospitalist,
Dr. Kassim earned his medical degree from the Hashemite University in Zarqa, Jordan, and completed a residency in internal medicine at Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, in 2019.
Dr. Kassim has published multiple articles and has a special interest in pancreatic, liver and gastrointestinal diseases.
Thomas Knutson, MD, psychiatry, has joined Alivation Health, 402-476-6060. Dr. Knutson earned his medical degree from St. George’s School of Medicine, Granada, in 2009. He completed both an internship and a residency in psychiatry at Truman Medical Center, Kansas City. Dr. Knutson is certified through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Beth Rawlings, MD, internal medicine, is associated with Madonna Rehabilitation Physicians, 402-413-3531.
Dr. Rawlings, a Lincoln native, is certified through the American Board of Internal Medicine with special interests in stroke, geriatrics, end of life ethics and hospital medicine. She earned her medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, in 2006 and completed an internal medicine residency in 2009 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, Omaha. In 2009, Dr. Rawlings joined CHI Health Saint Elizabeth as a hospitalist, and she was appointed chief medical officer in 2016. She also served as the medical director for the Care Navigation Clinic for two years. She will serve as attending physician for patients at the Madonna Rehabilitation Specialty Hospital in Lincoln.
Karen Sapienza, MD, internal medicine/hospitalist, has joined Inpatient Physician Associates, 402-481-8566.
Dr. Sapienza is a Lincoln native. She graduated from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, in 2012 and completed her residency at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Phoenix. Before joining Inpatient Physician Associates, she worked as a hospitalist in Phoenix for five years.
She and her husband enjoy spending time with their two sons.
Erin Schmitz, MD, pediatrics, has joined Lincoln Pediatric Group, 402-489-3834. Dr. Schmitz earned her medical degree in 2014 from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, Omaha, and went on to complete a pediatrics residency there in 2017. Dr. Schmitz, a Lincoln native, is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.
Michelle White, MD, ophthalmology, has joined Eye Surgical Associates, 402-484-9000.
Dr. White completed her medical degree and residency at Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia. She completed a clinical research fellowship in cornea at Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, and during that time she published several peer-reviewed papers. In 2019, she completed a clinical fellowship in ophthalmology at the Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia. Dr. White is trained in the most sophisticated and modern techniques of corneal transplantation and anterior segment surgery.
Dr. White is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Cornea Society and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
Haris Zahoor, MD, hematology and oncology, has joined Southeast Nebraska Cancer Center, 402-420-7000.
Before joining Southeast Nebraska Cancer Center, Dr. Zahoor
Eight begin family medicine residencies
A new class has begun its first year in the Lincoln Family Medicine Residency Program. These physicians include Crina Manole Weddle, MD, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tirgu Mures, Romania; Elliot Day, DO, Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine; Abra Robbins, DO, Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine; Kenneth Wasmund II, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine; J.P. Price, MD, University of Kansas School of Medicine; Julia Richardson, MD, University of Iowa College of Medicine; Benadette Ngamelue, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine; and Victoria Nguyen, MD, Trinity School of Medicine. was an assistant professor at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Dr. Zahoor earned his medical degree from Nishtar Medical College in Multan, Pakistan, in 2001. In 2009, he completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and, in 2015, he completed a fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Zahoor is certified through the American Board of Internal Medicine. n
Welcome, advanced practice providers
These advanced practice providers are working at Bryan Medical Center:
Aaron Aldana, PA-C, General Surgery Associates
Shay Armstrong, CNM, Good Life Birth Place
Angela Davies, APRN-NP, Bryan Palliative Care, part of the Bryan Physician Network
Christine DeMasi, APRN-NP, Bryan Heartland Psychiatry , part of the Bryan Physician Network
Elizabeth Hanseling, APRN-NP, Lincoln OB/GYN
Natalie Khuu, PA-C, Bryan Heart Vascular Surgery
Kelsey Koll, PA-C, Bryan Heartland Psychiatry, part of the Bryan Physician Network
Anne Lorenz, APRN-NP, Bryan Acute Pain Services, part of the Bryan Physician Network
Libby Mollard, APRN-NP, CNM, Center for Maternal & Fetal Care, part of the Bryan Physician Network
Dylan Oatman, PA-C, Complete Endocrinology, part of the Bryan Physician Network
Emalie Petersen, APRN-NP, Bryan Heart
Miranda Pollman, DNP, Holmes Lake Family Medicine & Internal Medicine, part of the Bryan Physician Network
Hana Smlatic, PA-C, Bryan Trauma, part of the Bryan Physician Network
Kristin Syde, PA-C, Bryan Heart
Nichole Walkinshaw, APRN-NP, Nebraska Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine
Timothy Yrastorza, PA-C, Lincoln Surgical Group
