Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) have co-edited a book titled, “Effective Use of Social Media in Public Health,” published by Elsevier (ISBN: 9780323956307). The book presents a current and extensive review of social media and its role in public health and health care. The book is…
Syed Saquib, Paul Chestovich, Carmen Flores, Joseph Carroll, Douglas Fraser, Jessica Tullington, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) published an abstract for their study, "The Role of Body Mass Index in Hospitalized Burn Patients," in the Journal of Burn Care & Research. These findings were also presented at the 2023 Annual Conference of the…
Hannah Nemec, Abigail Cheng, Paul Chestovich, Syed Saquib, Douglas Fraser, Carmen Flores, Joshua Ho, and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published an abstract for their study, "Assessing the Impact of Prone Positioning Among Adult Burn Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome," in the Journal of Burn Care & Research. These findings were also…
Assistant professor Kristina Domanski, MD, (Emergency Medicine) co-authored a case report titled, "Bilateral knee septic arthritis after prostatic urethral lift," which was recently published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports. Dr. Domanski is the assistant director of research for the department of…
Samuel C. Cohler, Paul Chestovich, Kavita Batra, and Syed F. Saquib (all Medicine) presented their research, "Evaluation of Socioeconomic Status and Burn Injuries: A Retrospective Review from a Desert Burn Center," at the 2023 American Burn Association annual meeting held in Grapevine, Texas. This research found that patients from the more…
Dr. Marc J. Kahn, dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and Paul J. Hauptman, dean of the UNR school of Medicine recently co-authored an editorial in STAT News detailing the need for more graduate education spots (residencies and fellowships) in order to help solve Nevada's physician shortage problem.
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors associated with opioid addiction helping behaviour in tri-state Appalachian counties: Application of the PRECEDE–PROCEED model–cross-sectional analysis,” in the journal, BMJ Open (Impact Factor: 3.007), in…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article entitled, “Probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics in type 1 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of clinical trials,” in the journal, Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews (Impact Factor: 8.128) in association with colleagues from Ishafan…
Philip Borsellino, Reese I. Krider, Deanna Chea, Ryan Grinnell (Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine students), and assistant professor Thomas Vida (Medical Education) published "Ketamine and the Disinhibition Hypothesis: Neurotrophic Factor-Mediated Treatment of Depression" in the journal Pharmaceuticals. Traditional antidepressant medications…
Mark Hsu, Kyaw Min Tun, Kavita Batra, Lubaba Haque, Tahne Vongsavath, and Annie S. Hong (all Medicine)
Hong published a study, "Safety and Efficacy of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Pediatric Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," in the Microorganisms (Impact Factor=4.926)…
Sara Hunt (Behavioral Health Sciences; Mental and Behavioral Health Coalition) was recognized at the Nevada Psychological Association's (NPA) annual conference with the Outstanding Contribution to NPA Award.
Each year, the Nevada Psychological Association recognizes professional contributions to the organization and the practice of…
Kenneth Izuora (Medicine) co-authored the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management Algorithm — 2023 update.