In The News: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
The medical school at UNLV is on schedule to open to 60 students in fall 2017, and it expects thousands of applications, its chief said today.
Almost two years ago, Barbara Atkinson arrived in Las Vegas charged with getting UNLV’s first medical school off the ground.
It's not a ranking anyone in Nevada is proud of. Our state sits near the very bottom of the list when it comes to the number of doctors in our community. But News 3 found out that steps are being taken to fix that.
On a Thursday afternoon, Dr. Tracey Green rushes to make it to another meeting.
Green, formerly Nevada’s chief medical officer with the Department of Health and Human Services, has had plenty of meetings since she assumed her new role as the UNLV School of Medicine vice dean for clinical affairs on Feb. 22.
The UNLV School of Medicine has accomplished another major milestone - it qualified for a site visit from the national accrediting body for U.S. and Canadian MD-granting medical schools.
Nevada's chief medical officer has stepped down to take a new post at the UNLV medical school.
The UNLV School of Medicine is one step closer to recruiting its first class of students.
The gaming and hospitality industries will continue to serve as the cornerstones of the Southern Nevada economy, but they present opportunities for diversification, economic development officials said.
The UNLV School of Medicine will rely on clinical partnerships with University Medical Center, Sunrise Hospital, the VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas and Dignity Health Nevada to train the 60 students per year who will be starting classes beginning in 2017, according to a key document submitted today as part of the school's accreditation process.
In Nevada’s efforts to promote economic diversification, few projects loom as large as the creation of the UNLV School of Medicine. We still are applauding UNLV, the Board of Regents, Gov. Brian Sandoval and the Legislature for creating the school on paper, then funding it for real.
Dr. Barbara Atkinson admits retirement didn’t really suit her — at least the first time.