Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Jared Griffard (Medicine) published in the Surgical Clinics of North America with a review of blunt chest trauma.
Dr. Declan Feery, a general surgery resident, and faculty members Dr. Kevin Kuruvilla and Dr. Allison McNickle (all Medicine) authored "Non-operative management strategy for blunt pulmonary artery pseudoaneuysm: A case report" published in Trauma Case Reports.
Dr. Syed Saquib (Medicine), associate professor of surgery, is being honored with the designation of Fellow of the American Burn Association (FABA). Dr. Saquib is an acute care surgeon who is also burn director at University Medical Center’s Lions Burn Care Center. Saquib was recognized for his dedication, expertise and contributions to the field…
Noehealani Bareng-Antolin (Medicine) presented at the 2023 Driving School Association of the Americas International Conference on October 18 in Las Vegas, Nevada on, "Traffic Safety Research at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine." Led by Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Associate Dean for Research Dr. Deborah Kuhls, the traffic safety research…
Jennifer Hurtado (Medicine), a dedicated second-year student from the Class of 2026, has earned the prestigious 2023 Hispanic Health Professional Student Scholarship, awarded by the National Hispanic Health Foundation (NHHF). This competitive honor spotlights individuals who have shown exemplary academic prowess, leadership qualities, and a deep-…
Gregory Schreck (Class of 2022 graduate, current Internal Medicine resident), Dale Netski, Edward Simanton, and Rosalie Kalili (all Medicine) co-authored an article, “Teaching Skills Training for Pre‑clinical Medical Students Through Weekly Problem‑Based Learning Teaching Topic Presentations and Directed Feedback,” in the Journal of Medical…
Class of 2026 medical student Claire Ong (Medicine) won the Medical Student Research State Champion for her poster presentation at the American College of Physicians (ACP) 2023 Nevada Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting held October 6-7, 2023, at the UNLV Thomas & Mack Center. As the winner representing Nevada, she will present at…
Jacob Altholz, MD, (Medicine) has been elected vice speaker of the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA). EMRA, founded in 1974, is the oldest and largest resident organization in the world and takes on the mission to be "the voice of emergency medicine physicians-in-training and the future of our specialty."
Dr. Nate Hollister (Medicine), John Mercer (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and Scott McDonald of Magnum Opus organized the second Circus Performance Research Roundtable on Oct. 13.
UNLV Sports Innovation and Magnum Opus, a Southern Nevada research group, hosted this roundtable for UNLV faculty, students (undergraduate, M.S., and…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) will be receiving the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs (ATOD) Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA) at their 151st Annual Meeting in Atlanta. This national award celebrates an individual who has long and distinguished career…
Sophie Ahmad, Rafae Nauman, Kavita Batra, Ashok Gupta, and Kenneth Izuora (all Medicine) published an abstract of their study, "Relationship between bone loss and oral health among post-menopausal women with or without diabetes," in the Journal of Endocrine Society.
Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with researchers from Italy co-published a study titled, "Conspiracy theories and COVID-19: Coping mechanism or cognitive dissonance? A longitudinal study," in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. The primary aim of the study was to evaluate whether the belief in conspiracy theories was significantly…