The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV held its 6th Annual Dinner & Induction Ceremony on October 1, 2026. Faculty members, residents, and Class of 2027 students were inducted into the school’s Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and Gold Humanism Honor Society chapters.
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Faculty Inductees
- David Jackson, MD, Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics
- Mason Jahnke, MD, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Resident Inductees
- Jordan Nichols, MD, General Surgery
- Rakhi Patel, MD, Internal Medicine
- Paulette Rodriguez Colon, MD, Internal Medicine
- Sneh Sonaiya, MD, Internal Medicine
Class of 2027 Students
- Brett Dixon
- Marianne Estrada
- Nabih Ghani
- Paige Hewitt
- Michael Hixon
- Ryan Jannoud
- Brian Kerlin
- Larissa McNeil
- Ahmed Nadeem-Tariq
- Claire Ong
- Guang Orestes
- Sarah Saxe
- Steven Tata
Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductees
Faculty Inductees
- Annabel Barber, MD, Surgery
- Caitlin Chen, DO, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
- Yonatan Ghiwot, MD, Internal Medicine
- Jill Humphrey, MD, PhD, Pediatrics
Resident Inductees
- Samantha Belmore, DO, Surgery
- Sabel Hicks, MD, Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics
- Haley Icen, DO, Family and Community Medicine
- Emma Kiefer, DO, Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics
- Jose Lazarte Loayza, MD, Internal Medicine
- Timothy Shaw, MD, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Class of 2027 Students
- Madelyn Colbert
- Kendra Coleman
- Eileen Enriquez
- Marianne Estrada
- Iren Gharibyan
- Ryan Jannoud
- Samrawit Misiker
- Megan Sherman Olcott
- Guang Orestes
- Sarah Saxe
- Lois Suh
- David Viets
