Resident Profile - Tracey Harbert (Capek), M.D.

Tracey Harbert (Capek), M.D.
PGY1
traceycapek@creighton.edu

Education

  • Undergraduate
    Peru State College, Peru, Nebraska 8/1999 - 5/2000
    University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 8/2000 - 5/2005
    Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska 1/2004 - 5/2005
  • Medical School:
    University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, 5/2009
  • Residency:
    Creighton University Medical Center, Department of Pathology Residency Program (Anatomic & Clinical Pathology) Omaha, Nebraska
    July 2009 – present (1st year resident)

Research Experience

  • 5/2004 - 8/2004 Average Hours/Week: 40 UNMC Pharmacology Department
    Summer Research - Protocol development for Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor in humans and rats.
  • 5/2005 - 8/2005 Average Hours/Week: 40 UNMC Pharmacology Department
    Summer Research - Protocol development for Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor in humans and rats.

Teaching Experience

Medical School Teaching:
2009-2010	   PTG461 Introduction to Pathology Practice (4th year Medical Students, elective, 16 students yearly).  
                   Provide daily guidance into a broad introduction in the practice of pathology in the art of gross description, 
                   microscopic evaluation and diagnosis.

2009-2010	   PTG462 Topics in Pathology (4th year Medical Students, elective, 8 students yearly).  Designed to be 
                   undertaken in one section of the laboratory and may be taken with a clinical or research emphasis. 
                   Individualized specific objectives will be developed prior to the rotation. 

2009-2010	   PTG467 Survey of Pathology Practice (4th year Medical Students, elective, 11 students yearly). 
                   Provide a broad introduction in the practice of pathology built around interaction with clinicians,
                   pathologists, residents, and technical staff.  This elective is designed to offer each student an 
                   opportunity to gain an introductory understanding of the practice of clinical and anatomic pathology. 

Spring 2010 CAN640 Clinical Rotations in Surgery, Radiology, and Pathology 
	   (Graduate Students, shadow grossing procedures and techniques)
                   22 students, Jan – May, daily

Interdisciplinary Teaching:
• Tumor Board Interdisciplinary Patient Care Conference (weekly conference involving Surgery, Pathology, and Radiology)
     • Conduction and Presentation of Pathology Component
• Hospital Grand Rounds Presentations

Hobbies

Cellist/bassist in ensembles with fellow students, weddings, community orchestras and musicals. Pianist and electric bassist for fun. Avid science fiction fan, including but not limited to, works of Isaac Asimov, Douglas Adams, J.R.R. Tolkien, Gene Roddenberry and George Lucas. Community events such as library parties, zoo activities, Czech days, Oktoberfest, Lauritzen Botanical Gardens.