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.

  • Sabrina Cerny, MD, ABFM, FAAP

    Program Director

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  • Wade Fornander, MD, ABFM

    Director of Medical Student Education & Recruitment

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  • Matthew Jacobsen, MD, ABFM

    Faculty Physician

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  • Jack Lionberger, MD, PhD, ABIM

    Faculty Physician

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  • Eddie Pierce, MD, ABFM

    Faculty Physician

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  • Beth Sanley, MD, ABFM

    Faculty Physician

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  • Doug States, MD, ABFM

    Faculty Physician

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Clinical Faculty

Nearly 350 doctors from Lincoln and surrounding communities, representing all medical specialties, serve as volunteer faculty for the program.

Providers
Frank Wierman, MD
Frank Wierman, MD

Family Medicine

Dennis Connolly, MD
Dennis Connolly, MD

Family Medicine

Josue Gutierrez, MD
Josue Gutierrez, MD

Saline Medical Specialties

Todd Johnson, DO
Todd Johnson, DO

Access Family Medicine

Alan Linderman, MD, MMM
Alan Linderman, MD, MMM

Nebraska Internal Medicine

Scott Ingham, MD
Scott Ingham, MD

Family Medicine

Michael Pace, MD
Michael Pace, MD

Lincoln Internal Medicine

Mary Christensen, APRN
Mary Christensen, APRN

Tabitha, Geriatrics and Skilled Nursing

OB/GYN

Providers
Sean Kenney, MD
Sean Kenney, MD

Center for Maternal & Fetal Care

Ben Byers, DO
Ben Byers, DO

Center for Maternal & Fetal Care

Gregory Heidrick, MD
Gregory Heidrick, MD

Lincoln OB/GYN

Behavioral Health

Program Support

Providers
Cristina Linder, MBA
Cristina Linder, MBA

Practice Administrator

Lupe, CMA
Lupe, CMA

Care Coordination Team

Brenda, CMA
Brenda, CMA

Care Coordination Team

Sarah, CMA, LRT
Sarah, CMA, LRT

Lead Medical Assistant

Melissa, CMA
Melissa, CMA

Lead Medical Assistant

Julie
Julie

Program Coordinator

Tricia
Tricia

Administrative Assistant

Pediatrics

Providers
Phil Boucher, MD
Phil Boucher, MD

Frontier Pediatric Care

Stacey Houston, MD
Stacey Houston, MD

Doctors of Children

Taryn Boik, MD
Taryn Boik, MD

CHI Health Prairie Lake

Nadia Abraham, MD
Nadia Abraham, MD

Children’s Nebraska

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.