Our Faculty
The Lincoln Family Medicine Residency Program is dedicated to education and creating our nation’s finest family physicians. We understand that reputation and networking are vital to any career and we are proud to provide the reciprocal support that LFMP and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) demonstrate toward one another as a long-standing tradition. This mutually supportive approach contributes to our success in training family medicine physicians to provide first-class health care for citizens throughout the state and Great Plains.
Our faculty members hold private practice experience and full hospital privileges. Lincoln’s medical community demonstrates continuous commitment in training our residents, who are first in line for all procedural experience. A faculty of nine board-certified family physicians and a practice manager is the driving force that enables residents to realize their full potential.
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Sabrina Cerny, MD, FAAFP, ABFM
Program Director
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Beth Sanley, MD, ABFM
Associate Program Director
Director of Medical Student Education & Recruitment
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Wade Fornander, MD, ABFM
LFMC Medical Director
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Matthew Jacobsen, MD, ABFM
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Jack Lionberger, MD, PhD, ABIM
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Philip Stark, MD, ABFM
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Doug States, MD, ABFM
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Nadia Abraham, MD, MBA, ABP
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Jeffery Hollis, MD, ABFM
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Ben Martin, MD, ABFM
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Clinical Faculty
More than 300 Volunteer Clinical Faculty from Lincoln and surrounding communities, in partnership with our core faculty, provide residents with invaluable mentorship and clinical experience. Collectively, their expertise ensures that the next generation of family physicians are prepared to meet the needs of patients and communities with excellence and empathy.
Program Support
One-to-one Support
As Lincoln’s only training program for MDs and DOs, our residents are able to work on the front lines performing procedures and patient care with one-to-one supervision. We continually consider this one of our most valuable assets of our residency. Our progressive family medicine center receives strong financial support from the medical community and physicians. Major funding for our program comes from Bryan Health, CHI Health St. Elizabeth, and UNMC health systems, and from fees for patient services.