Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Dr. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj (Medicine) published her paper, “Cancer Survivorship in Hematologic Malignancies: Lifestyle Changes after Diagnosis” in the Cancer Medicine Journal. Wahi-Gururaj and colleagues performed a cross‐sectional study of 116 patients at a community oncology center who completed anonymous questionnaires. The study demonstrates…
Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) in association with Ram Lakhan of Berea College published an invited commentary, “Alcohol Advertising: Implications for Reducing the Negative Impact on Underage Drinking” in the Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education. The commentary brings to the forefront the…
Dr. Majid Mekany (Medicine) published his paper, “Patient Sleep Quality in Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation,” in PM&R journal. He is a coauthor on this original research project that aimed to assess patient sleep quality in the acute inpatient rehabilitation setting. The authors provided a validated sleep questionnaire to 73 patients admitted to…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored an article entitled, "Assessing the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 among College Students: An Evidence of 15 Countries" with co-authors from Coforge and University of Utah. The study is a meta-analysis of psychological conditions…
Dr. Ross P. Berkeley (Medicine) presented on "Cognitive Overload: Impact on Quality & Patient Safety" at the annual Southwest Regional Emergency Medicine Conference, along with speakers from multiple other emergency medicine residencies. Berkeley discussed several cases in which cognitive overload contributed to a missed diagnosis, and…
Dr. Nabil Noureddin (Medicine) published a paper, “Sex Differences in Age at Wait-List Registration for Liver Transplantation (LT) with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) as Primary Indication,” in Clinical Transplantation journal. He is the co-first author on this project that showed there is a shift in which NASH is becoming the leading…
Dr. Rajany Dy (Medicine) published an original research paper “Thrombosis, Bleeding, and the Observational Effect of Early Therapeutic Anticoagulation on Survival in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19” in Annals of Internal Medicine Journal. Dy is one of the principal investigators of the STOP-COVID study, a multicenter cohort study of 3,239…
Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) was recently published in the Journal of The National Medical Association, one of the leading peer-reviewed journals in the industry. Dean Kahn co-authored a study showing a relationship between participation in the U.S. News and World Report survey and decreased diversity at medical schools.
Dr. Will Johnson (Medicine) had his street-art-influenced work displayed at the Helios Fina Art Studio during a local art show called "The Sign" as well as at First Friday Las Vegas. Johnson, a resident in internal medicine, believes that cultivating one's well-being is crucial for physicians to be better providers in the long term.
Dr. Jordana Haber (Medicine) published an article, "Are Virtual Conferences a Blessing for Women?" in ACEP NOW. She is part of the emergency medicine department.
Benita Wolff (Medicine) last month presented "From Conversation to Action: Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging" as part of the Princeton University department of physics and department of astrophysics Seminar Series on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion with Christopher Stubbs, dean for science and Samuel C. Moncher…
Dr. Buddha Dawn (Medicine) has been appointed to serve on the editorial board of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry for a three-year term. Published by Springer Nature, the journal includes original research papers and short communications, as well as review articles relevant to the molecular basis of cellular function and disease processes. A…