• School of Medicine staff performing curbside testing for SARS-CoV-2 in the parking lot of the 1707 Charleston location in 2020..
  • Medical student doing research in the lab of Edwin Oh, Ph.D.
  • A student looking at a research poster at the Medical Research Society 2nd Annual Student Research Symposium in 2021.

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Dr. Edward Co is an associate professor and a residency associate program director at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine.

After completing the internal medicine residency program, Dr. Edward Co chose to stay with the medical school to train future generations of physicians.

Melba Borrero, Dr. David Di John, and Aaryana Mostafaeipour posing in a clinic hallway.

The Maternal Child Wellness Program provides family-centered outpatient care for low-income women, infants, children, and youth affected by HIV.

Dr. Nadia Gomez and Dr. Yarini Quezada alongside medical equipment.

Two national studies led locally by UNLV Health physicians expand options for patients while raising the profile of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV as a center for clinical research.

Dr. John Menezes posing outdoors.

Dr. John Menezes, Las Vegas’ only fellowship-trained craniofacial surgeon specializing in cleft lip and palate repair, helps lead a new multidisciplinary clinic for patients.

Katie Houk sitting with the medical humanities collection placed around her.

Katie Houk builds a medical humanities collection that gives students at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine space to reflect, create, and better understand the people they will care for.

Dr. Laura Shaw treating a patient inside an exam room

Nevada RESEP is working to ensure those impacted by radioactive fallout receive services, education, and compensation.

UNLV Health Mojave Counseling team members posing for a photo while clients engage in crafting activities.

At UNLV Health Mojave Counseling, caring for Southern Nevada’s most vulnerable residents means addressing severe mental illness with compassion and resilience.

Dr. Aftab Merchant and Owen McCloskey in the school of medicine's prosection lab.

The anatomical education program at the medical school has rapidly evolved into one of the most advanced in the region.

Elissa Palmer, MD, FAAFP, and medical students at the UNLV Community Clinic, located at Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada’s Ruffin Family Clinic.

The clinic provides care to the most underserved members of the Las Vegas community, all while offering critical learning experiences to Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV students.

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