Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Buddha Dawn (Medicine) was recently appointed as a member of the Nevada Chapter Council of the American College of Cardiology for a two-year term (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025). With 49,000 members, the American College of Cardiology is one of the largest organizations of cardiovascular professionals in the USA and globally. This appointment is a…
Jeremy Kilburn, Angelica Honsberg, and Buddha Dawn (all Medicine) and co-authors from several other institutions recently published an article titled, “Beyond trauma: High-volume critical care medicine in a military medical center-based military-civilian partnership,” in Military Medicine, which is published on behalf of the Association of…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), Christopher Johansen (Social and Behavioral Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), Ravi Batra (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Aditi Singh (Internal Medicine) along with a faculty member from University of Southern Mississippi published…
Dr. Jo-Lawrence Martinez Bigcas, MD, assistant professor and residency program director of UNLV Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, is featured in the first edition of Advancements and Innovations in OMFS, ENT, and Facial Plastic Surgery. In this textbook, Bigcas and his colleague, Dr. Garren Low, author a chapter titled, "Advancements in…
Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) and his colleagues recently published a chapter titled, "Anemia in the Critical Care Setting" for the 9th edition of Irwin and Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine published by Wolters Kluwer.
Mohammad Sohail Akhter (Social and Behavioral Health), an incoming graduate student received the Injury and Prevention Student Research Grant from The Injury and Violence Prevention Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Campus for the academic year 2023-24. His project is titled, “Theory-based determinants of stopping drowsy driving…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) has recently joined the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Council established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]. The NORA is a partnership program to stimulate innovative research and improved workplace practices. NORA councils are a national venue for individuals and organizations with…
Kathryn Houk (Libraries, Medicine) is the co-author of an article, "Inclusive Hiring in Academic Libraries: A Qualitative Analysis of Attitudes and Reflections of Search Committee Members," published in College & Research Libraries.
Glendell de Guzman, MD, (Medicine) from the Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics Department, published an article titled, "Intrauterine device experience in lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, pansexual, and asexual cisgender women," in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Congratulations to the 25 faculty physicians named as "Top Docs" in Desert Companion. Every year, a physician-led team surveys the qualifications of and reviews for a peer-nominated list of practitioners to produce a list of "Top Docs." This year, the faculty physicians named on this prestigious list are: Ovunc Bardakcioglu, MD (…
Kathryn Houk (Libraries; Medicine) and colleague Jordan Nielsen, Middle Tennessee State University, published a proceedings paper, "Exploring Academic Librarian Candidates’ Experiences on the Job Market," from the 2023 Association of College and Research Libraries Conference. Houk is an associate professor and the Undergraduate Medical…
Sidath Kapukutuwa, Laurencia Bonsu, Anita Chatterjee (Social and Behavioral Health), Miguel Fudulig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Examining the Gambling Behavior of University Students: A Cross-Sectional Survey Applying the Multi-Theory Model (MTM…