David Jackson, MD, Intermountain Healthcare of Nevada Endowed Chair in Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, and Edozie Ezeanolue, member of the class of 2026, at the Class of 2026 White Coat Ceremony.

As a medical student with an entrepreneurial spirit, Edozie Ezeanolue envisions technology transforming the future of healthcare.

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.'

Karl Aharonian

Karl Aharonian's path to UNLV began thousands of miles from Las Vegas.

photo of Marine Corporal Justin Atkins

After serving in Iraq, Marine Cpl. Justin Atkins was inspired to become a doctor by the physicians who treated his injuries after an IED explosion.