Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Dr. Awad Javaid (Medicine) recently presented his quality improvement project, “Heart Failure Quality Improvement at the Las Vegas VA” at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Conference. His abstract was published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Javaid analyzed factors contributing to heart…
Dr. Jordana Haber (Medicine) published a case report, "Rare External Jugular Vein Pseudoaneurysm," in Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine.
She also published a peer-reviewed manuscript, "Top 10 Evidence-based Countermeasures for Night Shift Workers," in Emergency Medicine Journal, addressing recommendations to increase sleep,…
Dr. Caleb Murphy (Medicine) published a manuscript, “The Leadership Baseline: Assessing Servant Leadership and Leadership Self-Efficacy in First-year Health Professions Students” in the Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice. This study evaluated leadership attitudes among health professions students, an important gap in the…
Dr. Ross P. Berkeley (Medicine) published a manuscript, "Duty To Warn In The Emergency Department: Three Medical Legal Cases That Illustrate Provider’s Broad Risk and Liability" in the August issue of Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine. The manuscript delves into medical-legal cases that define a physician’s duty to…
Jay Shen, Pearl Kim (Health Care Administration), and Ji Yoo (Medicine), along with Sung-Youn Chun and Jinwook Hwang, former international visiting scholars at the School of Public Health, and others recently published an article, "U.S. Trends of Opioid-use Disorders and Associated Factors among Hospitalized Patients with Spinal Conditions and…
Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) wrote an editorial that appeared on the front page of the Las Vegas Sun advocating for the growth of the academic health center at UNLV as necessary for providing quality care for the community.
Dr. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj (Medicine) was interviewed on ways physicians should maintain their well-being in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic because of her role as the American College of Physician's Nevada Chapter Well-being Champion. Internal medicine residents Dr. Caleb Murphy, a current third-year resident, and Dr. Banreet Dhindsa, who…
Dr. Caleb Murphy (Medicine) recently published a manuscript titled “Choosing Daily Labs Wisely in the Hospital: A Novel Tool for Assessing Laboratory Testing Appropriateness” in Quality Management in Health Care Journal. He described an original framework for assessing the appropriateness of common inpatient laboratory tests at the point of…
Pearl Kim, Chris Cochran, Jay Shen (all Healthcare Administration), Ji Yoo (Medicine), Seong-Min Park (Criminal Justice), and former international visiting scholars Sungyoun Chun and Yong-Jae Lee published a paper, "Trends and Associated Factors of Use of Opioid, Heroin, and Cannabis among Patients for Emergency Department Visits in Nevada: …
Dr. Nabil Noureddin (Medicine) published his research paper, “MR Elastography-Based Liver Fibrosis Correlates with Liver Events in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Patients: A Multi-Center Study” in the Liver International Journal. Noureddin collaborated with a team in a multi‐center retrospective study to assess the relationship between…
Dr. Lily T. Garcia (Dental) and Angela Amar (Nursing) accepted an invitation by Las Vegas City Councilman Brian Knudsen to appear on the city’s Access City Council program and share their thoughts about Southern Nevadans returning to their health care providers. They also discussed the multiple steps medical offices take to ensure safety during…
Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) recently published an editorial in the Las Vegas Sun titled, "In Protecting Against COVID-19, It's Best to Take Our Mother's Advice," advocating for the use of masks or face coverings to decrease the impact of the epidemic.