Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Drs. Matthew Earle, James Bailey, and Ross P. Berkeley (all Medicine) co-authored a case report titled "Hampton’s Hump – a Notable Finding in a Patient with Infectious Endocarditis," which recently was published in the peer-reviewed Case Reports in Emergency Medicine. The case involved a previously healthy 35 year-old…
Hyunhwa 'Henna' Lee (Nursing) and her transdisciplinary team, including graduate students Maiko Suarez (Medicine), and Jacob White (Anthropology), published “Exosomal microRNA Differential Expression in Plasma of Young Adults with Chronic Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Healthy Control” in Biomedicines for the special issue Brain Injury…
Johan Bester (Medicine) is the author of a book, The Limits of Parental Authority: Childhood Wellbeing as a Social Good , which was published last month by Routledge.
This book offers a novel theory of childhood well-being as a social good, and explores the moral foundations and limits of parental authority within a free society, as well as its…
Dr. Jay D. Fisher (Medicine) was a co-presenter for two sessions at the National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness conference in Orlando, Florida, last month. The two presentations, 'Preparing Your System for a School Shooting' and 'Pediatric Mental Health', were presented with other members of the Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency…
Dr. Awad Javaid (Medicine) recently wrote a manuscript as first author. "Noninvasive Imaging for Patients with COVID-19 and Acute Chest Pain," was published in The Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal . A multi-modality imaging strategy was described to help clinicians determine the etiology of chest pain in patients with COVID-19.
Tesfaye Yadete (Kerkorian School of Medicine student) is the first author along with Dr. Ian Isby (Emergency Medicine resident), Dr. Ketan Patel (Emergency Medicine faculty), and Dr. Alex Lin (Emergency Medicine resident) on the article "Spontaneous globe subluxation: a case report and review of the literature" in the journal International Journal…
Annie Weisman and Dr. Marc J. Kahn (both Medicine) recently published an editorial in the Las Vegas Sun titled, "Integrating Compassion Back Into Health Care." The editorial describes the importance of a holistic approach in caring for patients.
Tesfaye Yadete, Kavita Batra, Dale M. Netski, Sabrina Antonio, Michael J. Patros, and Johan C. Bester (all Medicine) published a study titled "Assessing Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose among Adult Americans: A Cross-sectional Study" in the journal Vaccines. Findings of this study underscore the need of developing effective…
Dr. Jo-Lawrence Martinez Bigcas (Medicine) is an expert in the treatment of head and neck cancers. His recent article, "The Origin and Risks of Mouth Lesions," was published in a special oral health issue of Vegas Inc. Health Care Quarterly. The article discusses the risk factors for developing oral cavity lesions that may be benign, pre-cancerous…
Dr. Jay D. Fisher (Medicine) and Deb Kuhls delivered a virtual poster presentation at the American Academy of Pediatrics annual meeting Oct. 8 entitled "Evaluating the MCI Preparedness of U.S. Pediatric Emergency Departments". …
Kimberly A. Barchard (Psychology) and Edwin Oh (Medicine) are the recipients of the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) 2021 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award in arts and health and natural sciences, respectively.
Each year during the Office of Undergraduate Research Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium, OUR recognizes and honors UNLV…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) have published the article, “The Role of Vitamin E in Slowing Down Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Narrative Review” in collaboration with Ram Lakhan of Berea College and Frazier Beatty of Regis College.
The article explores the possible neuroprotective effect of…