In The News: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
With state and local leaders at his side, Gov. Steve Sisolak appeared in Las Vegas two months ago to announce a philanthropic partnership to develop a medical education building for UNLV.
With the recent news that Nevada’s population has surpassed 3 million residents, the demand for health care has never been greater.
The 2020 outlook for Las Vegas is extremely optimistic as local experts believe the region will thrive in the year ahead.
Malcolm Douglas remembers how the close relationship he had with his pediatrician growing up with a single mother in Brooklyn, New York, helped him feel safe and respected.
Malcolm Douglas remembers how the close relationship he had with his pediatrician growing up with a single mother in Brooklyn, N.Y., helped him feel safe and respected.
The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents Thursday approved the broad framework for a new, privately-funded medical school building at UNLV, subject to mutually-agreed conditions with the project’s donors that require construction to start by Feb. 1 of next year.
The Nevada Board of Regents on Thursday approved the next step in the development of a building for UNLV School of Medicine, voting in a favor a plan to allow a nonprofit funded mostly by donors to construct the building at 625 Shadow Lane in the city’s medical district.
With spring allergy season right around the corner, UNLV Medicine ear, nose & throat doctors offer a number of effective procedures to combat seasonal allergies, including a using balloon like device to open up and clear the nasal passages.
A new respiratory virus has killed more than 40 people and sickened 1,000 in China, prompting authorities there to lock down Wuhan, the disease’s epicenter, and nearby cities.
For years during the Cold War, large swaths of land in Nevada were used for atomic weapons testing. Nuclear bombs were dropped just miles from small towns and the people living in them.
The push to develop a new UNLV School of Medicine building, long hindered by disagreements between the university’s donor community and Nevada higher education officials, could be reaching a conclusion.
UNLV named Dr. Marc J. Kahn the new dean of the School of Medicine. Kahn is currently a senior associate dean at Tulane University School of Medicine and was selected following a national search for the position. He takes his post at UNLV on April 1.