Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) were coauthors among GBD 2021 Stroke Risk Factor Collaborators on the article, “Global, Regional, and National Burden of Stroke and its Risk Factors, 1990–2021: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021” published in Lancet Neurology…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) with her international collaborators from Iran, Italy, Nigeria, Fez-Morocco, published a study "Efficacy of Foot Orthoses with Sensorimotor Bars on Gait, Postural Control, and Muscle Activity in Healthy Individuals and Those with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Systematic Review" in the Iranian Rehabilitation Journal.
Dr. Kavita Batra (Medicine) was recently interviewed by the Las Vegas Review Journal to share her insights about a dental clinic "Changing Smiles Pediatric Dentistry," a new nonprofit dental facility in North Las Vegas. Through this article, Batra discusses the preventive strategies in reducing the disparities in oral health outcomes, especially…
Dr. Ayodele Ogunlela (Medicine), a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, will be presenting at the 2024 National Conference on Correctional Health Care. His presentation is titled, "Outside the Walls: Best Practices in Juvenile Reentry," and the…
Dr. David Di John and Karen Gordon (both Medicine) presented at the 2024 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment in Washington, D.C. on August 22. Their talk, “Preparing 16-24-year-old youth living with HIV to become peer navigator/community health workers,” was given as part of a Symposium on Community Engagement and…
Dr. Thomas Irons (Medicine) presented a quickshot entitled “Risk Factors for DVT in Pediatric Trauma Patients: A 5 Year Review of the NTDB” at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Dr. Irons worked with faculty Dr. Jared Griffard on the project.
Dr. Paul Lewis (Medicine) presented a poster entitled "Tread Lightly: Evaluating Geographic Distribution and Severity of Pedestrian vs. Auto Injuries in a Major Metropolitan Area" at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma in Las Vegas, on behalf of his school of medicine colleagues Ahmed Nadeem-Tariq, Deborah…
Dr. Jo-Lawrence Bigcas (Medicine), Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental), and ENT resident Dr. William Montagne (Medicine), along with a colleague at Washington State University, co-authored "Diagnosis and Prognostic Implications of Primary Intraosseous Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review," which published Sept. 11 in the journal Cureus. The article…
Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with GBD 2021 Upper Respiratory Infections Otitis Media Collaborators, published a study "Global, regional, and national burden of upper respiratory infections and otitis media, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021," in the Lancet Infectious Diseases. This study reported the…
Ryan Grinnell (Medicine) presented a poster, "Growing Pains: Expanding on the BIG Criteria to Include Minor Fractures," at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Annual Meeting in Las Vegas on behalf of his coauthors Dr. Matt Perryman and Dr. Allison McNickle (both Medicine). This project evaluated whether…
Kenneth Izuora (Medicine), Amalie Alver (Medicine), Arpita Basu (Kinesiology), Kavita Batra (Medicine), Shelley Williams (Dental Medicine) and Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental Medicine) published “The Association of Dietary Micronutrient Intake and Systemic Inflammation among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study” in the journal…
Dr. Beverly Neyland and Dr. Jeremy Kilburn (both Medicine) have been honored as Healthcare Heroes by Nevada Business Magazine. Neyland was awarded Educator of the Year, and Kilburn was named Community Partner of the Year. The magazine relies on a panel of judges to sort through nominations and determine the top healthcare professionals in their…