Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Dr. Aditi Singh (Residency Program Director, Internal Medicine) recently received a "Distinguished Teacher/Mentor Award" from the American College of Physicians (ACP) Nevada Chapter, 2022. Dr. Singh received this award in 2017, as well, which demonstrates her continued efforts and excellence in mentoring medical residents. Additionally, she is the…
Ahmad Gill, Omar Al-Taweel, Sadaf Fakhra, Kyaw Min Tun, Dalia Hawwass, and Chowdhury Ahsan (all Medicine) published, "Short-term Outcomes of Patients Transferred From Non-Acute Care Centers With Sick Sinus Syndrome," in the European Heart Journal.
Congratulations to Jenna Sutton, Hazem Aboaid, and Lubaba Haque (all Medicine) for winning the Nevada ACP Chapter Doctor's Dilemma. They will be representing Nevada at the National ACP Doctor's Dilemma Competition!
Mark Chang (Internal Medicine) and colleagues published the article, "Genomic and Transcriptomic Predictors of Response from Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Patients with Oligoprogressive Renal Cell Carcinome," in European Urology Oncology.
Dr. Gregory Brown's (Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Medicine) article, "A Case for Age Regression in Flying Phobia," was published in the 5-PATH Journal of the International Association of Hypnosis Professionals. Volume 32: Winter 2022 [current issue from December].
John Menezes, Vladislav Zhitny and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) published, "A Nationwide Analysis of Gunshot Wounds of the Head and Neck: Morbidity, Mortality and Cost," in the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.
Kyaw Min Tun (Internal Medicine) and colleagues published the article, "Single Incision Needle Knife Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Subepithelial Tumors: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis," in the journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Kyaw MinTun; MarkHsu; Kavita Batra; Chun-Han Lo; Tooba Laeeq; Tahne Vongsavath; Salman Mohammed; and Annie Hong (all Internal Medicine), published, "Efficacy and Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Treatment of Clostridioides Difficile Infection Among Pediatric Patients: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis in the journal,…
Matthew Gyger (Social Work), Stephanie Borene (Educational Outreach), Ramona Denby (Social Work), and Sara Hunt (Medicine), along with Efren Gomez from the University of Michigan and Amanda Klein-Cox from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, co-authored the paper, "Using SBIRT (Screen, Brief Intervention, and Referral to…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) has once again been listed on Elsevier and Stanford University’s annual report of the top-cited researchers from across the globe based on the work completed during a single year and throughout the person’s career. The most recent list was published on Oct. 10, 2022, in PLOS Biology.…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) has published a book titled, Evaluation and Measurement in Health Promotion, with Dr. Rick Lingyak Petosa of The Ohio State University through the publisher Wiley. The book guides current and future public health professionals in becoming experimenting practitioners who take a data-…
Crystal Oden, Emily Weinschreider, and Hilary Linzie (all Medicine) published an article titled, "Self-inflicted Stabbings as Non-fatal Suicide Attempts: A Systematic Review and Case Series," in the Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.
Oden and Weinschreider are medical students at the Kirk Kerkorian School of…