Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) co-edited a research monograph, "Integrative, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Healthcare." The monograph complies latest research advances on these modalities of treatment being employed in health care. The intended audience for this monograph are researchers…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with researchers from the United States, Australia, and China, published a manuscript titled "Mental disorder symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America – a systematic review and meta-analysis" in the journal Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. This study provides meta-analytical evidence on mental…
Kavita Batra ('20 Ph.D. Public Health and Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine) with Farooq Abdulla (University Medical Center of Southern Nevada), and Patricia Cruz, Chad L. Cross, Neeraj Bhandari, Jennifer R. Pharr, and Mark P. Buttner (all Environmental & Occupational Health), co-authored an article, "Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures of…
Drs. Gregory P. Brown, Lisa Durette, Timothy Ebright, and Katie Cho, wrote the lead article, "Restoring Wholeness to Psychiatry: Models of Understanding." for the International Journal of Healing and Caring. All four are from the department of psychiatry and behavioral health.
Rachell A. Ekroos (Medicine) and colleagues from multiple outside organizations published an article in the Journal of Forensic Nursing titled “Improving the Forensic Documentation of Injuries Through Alternate Light: A Researcher–Practitioner Partnership.” The translation-into-practice project introduced in the article focuses on developing and…
Anne Weisman and Dr. Marc J. Kahn (both Medicine) recently wrote an editorial that appeared in the Las Vegas Sun titled, "Reconnecting Body, Mind, and Spirit after the Pandemic." The authors recommend socialization and engagement as means to stay healthy as we come out of the current pandemic.
Dr. Ariyon Schreiber (Medicine), Kalaimani Elango, Chris Soussu, Sadaf Fakhra, Shabada Asad, and Chowdhury Ahsan, recently published "COVID-19 Induced Cardiomyopathy Successfully Treated with Tocilizumab" in Case Reports in Cardiology.
Dr. Paul Chestovich, Dr. Allison McNickle, Kathie Velez, Dr. Douglas Fraser, and Dr. Deborah Kuhls (all Medicine) have published an article in the Journal of Surgical Research. Velez is a student.
Gregory Schreck (Medicine) recently presented at the 2022 Association of American Medical Colleges Western Group on Educational Affairs regional meeting. His presentation, “A Novel Framework for Teaching Skills Training Through Weekly Learning Issues,” won the Medical Education Scholarship, Research and Evaluation (MESRE) Section Award of…
Johan Bester (Medicine) recently presented at the 2022 Association of American Medical Colleges Western Group on Educational Affairs regional meeting. His presentation, “How to Make Your Students Love Epidemiology,” won the Medical Education Scholarship, Research and Evaluation (MESRE) Section Award of Excellence for best poster in the category of…
Drs. KaChon Lei, Toyokazu Endo, and Chowdhury Ahsan (all Medicine) published the article "Cardiac Tumor In The Left Ventricular Outflow Tract: Atypical Presentation of Calcified Amorphous Tumor" in the Journal of Surgical Case Reports.
Calcified amorphous tumor (CAT) of the heart is a rare non-neoplastic tumor. The authors report a 71-year-old…
Drs. Michelle Skuba Gray, Ian Isby, and Jamie Baydoun (all Medicine) recently delivered an oral presentation, ‘"Low Fidelity Pork Rib Ultrasound-Guided Serratus Anterior Nerve Block Simulation" at the annual Western Regional Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) conference held at Stanford University. This low-cost animal…