Making the Rounds

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Nadia Gomez, MD (center), with several other faculty and staff members from the recently renamed department of gynecologic surgery and obstetrics.

The new naming convention undoes the widely held notion that gynecologists and obstetricians solely function as primary care providers.

Eric Kawana, Class of 2025 medical student

For medical student Eric Kawana, personal health issues have highlighted the importance of 'critical thinking' in medicine.

Samantha Mujica

Working her way through high school and college has prepared Samantha Mujica for medical school’s demanding hours and expectations.

Medical student Daniel Houston

Daniel Houston founded student-led group Medical Students for Disability and Chronic Illness at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV.

Class of 2027 Orientation Week

The medical school welcomes the 66 members of the class of 2027, its largest class of students to date.

Jacob Altholz, MD

Dr. Jacob Altholz's selection for NASA Aerospace Medicine clerkship leads to a unique research opportunity at the space center in Houston, Texas.

Shaunicy Sturm, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Class of 2026 student

With plans to become a surgeon, medical student and award-winning equestrian Shaunicy Sturm wants 'to change a patient’s life so that they wake up to a better future.'

Lisa Gavin, MD, Forensic Pathology Fellowship Director

Forensic Pathology Fellowship Director Lisa Gavin calls the program 'paramount' in bringing more specialists to the state.

Keith (left) and Kevin Noorda (right), third-year medical students.

Third-year medical students are set to be the first pair of identical twins to graduate from the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV.