Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Kyaw Min Tun, Annie S. Hong, Kavita Batra, Yassin Naga and Gordon Ohning (all Medicine), published an article, "A Systematic Review of the Efficacy and Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in the Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy and Clostridioides difficile Infection in Patients With Cirrhosis" in the Cureus journal.
Thomas Vida, Robert Sotille, Herpreet Singh, and Anne Weisman (all Medicine) published a review article, "Unraveling the Mysteries of Mental Illness with Psilocybin," in the journal Cureus. This article reviews the role of psilocybin as a therapeutic molecule to treat mental illness. Sotille and Singh are students.
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) delivered an invited talk, “Utilizing the Multi-theory Model (MTM) to Measure Determinants of the Intent to Overcome Implicit Bias among Emergency Department Personnel” to the Florida State University Emergency Medicine’s Annual Research Day. The talk highlighted a joint…
Sungyoun Chun, Jinwook Hwang, Pearl Kim, Jay Shen (all Healthcare Administration), Dr. Ji Yoo (Medicine), and Seong Park (Criminal Justice) recently published a paper, “Trends and Age-related Characteristics of Substance Use Hospitalizations of Homeless Population: 2007-2015" on Medicine.
Edward Wang, Ravisha Bai, Talha Khan, Ajay Kumar, Ana Mrkaic, Amber Champion, Charmaine Yap, and Kenneth Izuora (all Medicine) presented four abstracts, Thyroid Myopathy after Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine, Methimazole Induced Steven-Johnson-Syndrome, Levothyroxine Intolerance: Alternative Approach and A Case of McCune Albright Syndrome…
Dr. Deborah A. Kuhls (Medicine) accepted the invitation to serve as a representation for the American College of Surgeons to the University of Michigan's Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention External Advisory Committee.
Dr. Aditi Singh and Dr. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj (both Medicine), along with former School of Medicine faculty member Dr. Miriam Bar-on, presented their initiative, "Wellness on a Budget," as a poster at the Association for Hospital Medical Education's Annual AHME Institute and at the American Association of American Medical Colleges…
Lauren Schmidt, Kavita Batra, Allison G. McNickle, Douglas R. Fraser, Deborah A. Kuhls, Paul J. Chestovich (all Medicine), and Rachael Robnett (Psychology), along with Lynde Lutzow of Temple University Hospital, presented their research, “Implicit Bias Affects Surgical Technical Skill Evaluations” at the Association for Surgical Education annual…
Drs. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj, Aditi Singh, Jennifer Baynosa, and Oriaku Kas-Osoka (all Medicine), along with former School of Medicine faculty member Dr. Miriam Bar-on, presented their medical education innovation, "Learning Leadership Together: A Collaborative Approach," as a poster at the Association of American Medical Colleges 2022 Group on…
Manoj Sharma, Siddharth Raich (both Social and Behavioral Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) with Francesco Chirico of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy) published an article, “A Multi-theory Model-based Analysis of Correlates for Initiating and Sustaining Mammography Screening Behavior among Hispanic American Women in the United…
Jeremy R. Anderson, Kavita Batra, Allison McNickle, Douglas Fraser, Laura Gryder, Paul Chestovich, and Deborah Kuhls (all Medicine) presented their research, “Injury Burden of On-vs. Off-road Vehicular Crashes in Nevada: A Comparative Analysis,” at the Southwestern Surgical Congress 2022 annual meeting in Arizona.
Vishvaas Ravikumar (Medicine) is a 2022-23 recipient of the Society of Hospital Medicine's Student and Resident Research Grant, one of three selected nationally per year, for a quality improvement project on an educational intervention to optimize SEP and CBC lab orders in the hospital setting. He is a rising fourth-year medical student.
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