We are so excited to welcome our newest group of incoming interns!! 🎉🎉🎉 Welcome to the #UNMC family #classof2028 #embound #residencyfam #Match2025

Why UNMC? It truly checked every box for me. A program with a great reputation, kind people who make it clear that they want you to succeed, and closer to family/friends!. Welcome to UNMC!! We are excited to have you join our EM family! #embound #classof2028 #residencyfam 🎉🎉🎉

Shout-out to someone(s): my husband would probably kill me if I just said my dog, so I will shout out my husband Aaron AND our dog Sunny :) my biggest supporters and my favorite cheerleaders. 🐶. Beach or Mountains: beach!! You can’t play mermaids in the mountains 🏖️ 😉

It's now time for our Intern Intros!! Up first is Dr. Noel Koupal 📸 . Med school: University of Iowa. Big plans before intern year started? I got married! 💐. Fun Fact about you: my family has two sets of twins. I'm a twin and also have two younger brothers who are twins too :)

Congratulations Dr. Pavelka!! 🎉🎉🎉 You will be missed and we are proud of you!! #graduation2025 #classof2025 #emresidency #residencylife #residencyfam

What will you miss most: Getting to work with my co-residents and ED team🥰. Incoming Intern advice: Push yourself to see as many patients as possible. Every patient encounter is a learning opportunity 💪

And just like that, we have our last Senior Send-off of 2025, Dr. Ryan Pavelka 📸. Where are you headed/doing: Kearney Regional Medical Center. Your favorite memory: All the times getting to hang out with my co-residents at ACEP, retreat, post shift debriefs, hunting trips, etc

A few graduation highlights!! Congratulations to our #classof2025 🎉🎉🎉 We are proud of you and can't wait to see the good you'll do!! Special shout out to Program Director of the year/faculty teacher of the year Dr. Branecki! #emresidency #graduation2025 #residencyfam

What will you miss most: Working beside my co-residents, but essentially still get to do that in a different way.🥰. Congratulations Dr. Ukah! 🎉🎉🎉 We are excited to have you around for US fellowship and hope you have a great year! #classof2025 #graduation2025 #emresidency

Incoming Intern advice: Start logging all procedures and resuscitations early! Understand what can be counted as a resuscitation; medical codes are not the only things that can be counted as an adult or pediatric medical resuscitation!💪

The penultimate Senior Send-off is Dr. Obiaara Ukah 📸. Where are you headed/doing: Staying here for US fellowship!. Your fav rotation: Obviously the ones in the ED (not including rural, definitely not including PEM…nope). 😂

Your favorite memory: working 3 traumas back to back with Dr. Larsen while the 2nd year was dealing with a mega code. 💪. Incoming Intern advice: Enjoy your time because these 3 years go by fast. Congratulations and best of luck Dr Szamocki! 🎉🎉🎉 #classof2025 #graduation2025

In the home stretch of Senior Send-offs we have Dr. Thomas Szamocki 📸 You will be missed!. Where are you headed: Heading to Milwaukee, working at a community site in Mt. Pleasant, WI. What will you miss most: I will miss my coworkers the most. 🥰.#emresidency #residencylife

Congratulations Dr. Mikus!! 🎉🎉🎉 You will do great and we wish you the best!! #classof2025 #graduation2025 #emresidency #residencylife

What will you miss most: The people. Our program leadership, nurses and other staff made it a joy to train at UNMC 🥰. Incoming Intern advice: See as many patients as you can. There’s no better way to learn. Also, make sure to enjoy time off with family and friends.

Our next Senior Send-offs is Dr. Ryan Mikus 📸. Where are you headed/doing: Nebraska Emergency Medicine at Bryan Health Lincoln NE . Your favorite memory: Getting to know everyone better at retreat each year 🥳

Congratulations Dr. McCabe! 🎉🎉🎉 We wish you all the best and will miss you! #classof2025 #graduation2025 #emresidency #residencylife

Your favorite memory/rotation/story: My favorite memory is clearing all of the patients out of the emergency department during my second year. 💪. Incoming Intern advice: You will optimize your learning by pushing yourself to see a high volume of patients.

Our next Senior Send-off is Dr. Keegan McCabe 📸. Where are you headed/doing: I'm working per diem around Omaha for a year while my wife finishes her OBGYN residency and then we are going to Brainerd, MN . What will you miss most: I'll miss my co-residents and attendings.🥰

Congratulations Dr. Powers! 🎉🎉🎉 We are proud of you and wish you the best!!! #graduation2025 #classof2025 #emresidency #residencylife

What you will miss most:.All my ED friends ♥️. Incoming intern advice:.Be kind and try to learn something from everyone you meet. Alternatively, get a dog or two 🐶