• 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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Las Vegas ophthalmologist and UNLV alum Dr. Mark Doubrava was an early proponent of the need for a "homegrown" medical school.

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Dr. Rebecca Meyers says she often stops to think that the care she provides to infants today may be impacting people who will be alive 100 years from now.

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Graduating students in the School of Medicine's charter class learn their future homes as residents in one of the most important days of a medical student's career.

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School of Medicine student Diane Han turns to the ER after an attentive doctor played a key role in her father's hour of need.

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Drew Robinson credits the treatment by numerous UNLV physicians for his recovery after a suicide attempt.

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Dr. Brandi Alexander chose family medicine because it provides a range of challenges and opportunities to advocate for women of color.

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A bout with malaria put Oluwafunmilola Okuyemi on the path to becoming a physician. Today she and UNLV colleagues have pioneered a way to lessen COVID-19 spread during surgery.

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UNLV Medicine workers part of the COVID-19 battle as vaccine rollout is just beginning.

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The 36-bed skilled nursing site is expected to add an important dimension to students’ clinical education.

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