Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV News
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV is becoming a world-class center for medical education, patient care, and research. We aim to prepare Nevada's doctors with the most innovative and technologically advanced forms of medical training while also forming community partnerships to serve the healthcare needs of our diverse and urban population.
Current Medicine News
The Maternal Child Wellness Program provides family-centered outpatient care for low-income women, infants, children, and youth affected by HIV.
UNLV, UMC, and military medicine partners are on a mission to strengthen healthcare in Southern Nevada.
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, Las Vegas’ only fellowship-trained craniofacial surgeon specializing in cleft lip and palate repair, helps lead a new multidisciplinary clinic for patients.
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.
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Alumnus of the Year left biotechnology to join UNLV’s charter class. Now he's teaching the next generation of physicians.
Medicine In The News
Pneumonic plague is rare in the United States, but its something that can become serious very quickly. On ARC Las Vegas we talked with our health expert, Dr. Marc J. Kahn, Professor and Chief of Hematology at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV.
Between 2017 and 2024, emergency departments nationwide treated an estimated 380,000 e-scooter–related injuries and 155,200 e-bike injuries. That’s according to data published in the latest Traffic Research and Education Newsletter from the Traffic Safety Research Group at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. It documents the growing number of e-micromobility-related accidents in Nevada between 2021 and 2025.
Between 2017 and 2024, emergency departments nationwide treated an estimated 380,000 e-scooter–related injuries and 155,200 e-bike injuries. That’s according to data published in the latest Traffic Research and Education Newsletter from the Traffic Safety Research Group at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. It documents the growing number of e-micromobility-related accidents in Nevada between 2021 and 2025.
About 40% of UNLV medical students have remained in Nevada for residency, while 60% leave because the state lacks programs in certain specialties, said Dr. Alison Netski, interim dean of UNLV’s Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. Among graduates who complete residencies or fellowships in Nevada, 65% stay to practice in the state.
Nine years after the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, medical professionals at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada say the night of 1 October still shapes how they prepare for disaster — and how they understand the lasting emotional toll on a community.
An upset stomach is common, but persistent digestive symptoms that linger, change or interrupt sleep can signal something more serious, including colon cancer.
