Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine) published "Survey of American College of Surgeons Members on Firearm Injury Prevention" in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. This publication represents the largest survey of an American medical organization related to firearm injury prevention to date.
She also co-authored an article "…
Dr. John Fildes (Medicine) has been selected by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians to receive the 2021 Norman McSwain Leadership Award. The award is bestowed on individuals who demonstrate outstanding leadership and commitment to trauma care excellence. Fildes will receive the award at the World Trauma…
Dr. Jay Fisher (Medicine), director of pediatric clinical education for the department of emergency medicine, co-authored a case report titled "Rapid and severe neurologic deterioration due to influenza associated encephalopathy in a healthy child," which was recently published in the peer-reviewed The American Journal of Emergency…
Dr. Marc J. Kahn, dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and vice president for health affairs worte a front-page editorial for the Aug. 8 edition of the Las Vegas Sun, "Altruism Offers a Path Out of the Pandemic," detailing the need for universal vaccination for COVID-19.
Jennifer R. Pharr (Public Health) & Kavita Batra (Medicine) were recently appointed as guest editors for a special issue titled "The Impact of Exercise on the Mental Health and Quality of Life of People" in the journal Healthcare. This special issue aims to publish innovative studies (original investigations and review…
Drs. Banveet Kaur Khetarpal and Awad Javaid (both Medicine) recently co-authored an abstract published in Heart Rhythm Journal titled "Noise and Oversensing in Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation."
Dr. Kavita Batra (Medicine) recently published a study titled "Surgical outcomes between temporal, extratemporal epilepsies and hypothalamic hamartoma: Systematic review and meta-analysis of MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy" in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. This study involved…
Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) was recently named the Medical Professional of the Year by the Nevada Biotechnology & Health Science Consortium. Kahn, Dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and vice president for health affairs, received the award at a ceremony July 15.
Mayra Corn, Ruby Nugent, and Aidy Weeks (Libraries), along with colleagues Melanie Dixson and Niki Kirkpatrick at the University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries, presented "POC in LIS Cohorts" at the 2021 People of Color in Library & Information Sciences Summit.
Dr. Kenneth Izuora (Medicine) was invited to the editorial board of the journal Endocrine Practice, the official journal of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.
Drs. Awad Javaid, Banveet Kaur Khetarpal, Aditi Singh, Jimmy Diep, and Chowdhury Ahsan (all Medicine) recently co-authored an abstract published in European Heart Journal: Cardiovascular Imaging titled "Clinical course and surgical outcomes in middle-age adults with anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery." This study retrospectively analyzed…
Dr. Deborah Kuhls, Laura K. Gryder, Dr. Kavita Batra, Merika Charupoom, Emily Carter, Ana Reyes, and Emily Strickler (all Medicine) implemented hands-on training in Statistics for Traffic Safety at the 2021 National Summer Transportation Institute to a cohort of advanced high school students interested in traffic systems and STEM.