News: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV

young girl getting a shot
Campus News |

Despite the spread misinformation, vaccines remain essential for children.

A woman with children
Business and Community |

Addy Guida’s battle with cancer as a student-athlete inspired a new career path in medicine.

Palm trees and U.N.L.V. banner
Campus News |

Highlights include $25 million gift for UNLV medical school and record year for athletics fundraising; UNLV has raised $243 million in past three years.

Med School Students Make It Official
People |

UNLV School of Medicine's inaugural class prepare for first day as med students in stethoscope ceremony.

stethoscope
Research |

The Mountain West Clinical Translational Research Infrastructure Network helps 13 universities support the faculty and research that will improve human health in seven states.

Palm trees and U.N.L.V. banner
Campus News |

Bills include funding for the UNLV School of Medicine, College of Engineering, and student veterans.

Vladislav Zhitny looks at a test tube
People |

Vladislav Zhitny, who came to Las Vegas from Ukraine in 2006, ends undergrad studies ready to become a member of UNLV School of Medicine's inaugural class.

Jeff Fahl examines an x-ray
People |

This pediatrics professor and chair of anatomy in UNLV's new School of Medicine says that throughout his career interactions with patients and students have made him a better physician every day.

Georgiann Davis speaks at Ted Talks
People |

Sociologist Georgiann Davis embraces her public persona as she delves into sociological issues in the medical community.

Nursing students practice on a manikin
Campus News |

Step into the custom-designed training center for UNLV nursing students where manikins talk, blood is made by the gallon, and life-saving skills are mastered.

Dr. Mark Dubrouva
People |

The Las Vegas physician and higher education regent discusses his own educational experience and why UNLV’s School of Medicine is so important to health of our community.

Pamela Beal
People |

After receiving two kidney transplants over the last two decades, the associate dean of clinical affairs dedicated her life to improving health care for others.