UNLV School of Medicine News
UNLV is creating a world-class center for medical education, patient care, and research that prepares Nevada’s doctors with the most innovative and technologically advanced forms of medical training while serving the health care needs of a diverse and urban population through community partnerships.
Current Medicine News
Medical ethicist Dr. Johan Bester on the balance between public health and the individual’s rights and questions on parental authority and the obligation of physicians to protect society.
Caleena Longworth has overcome numerous obstacles on the way to a medical career.
Dr. Douglas Fraser says teamwork is key to successful trauma care.
Dr. Kahn is a hematologist, medical oncologist, professor, and administrator at Tulane University School of Medicine; he will join UNLV April 1.
A collection of news stories from 2019 highlighting UNLV's impact in Southern Nevada and beyond.
A collection of stories highlighting UNLV faculty and students who made the news in 2019.
Medicine In The News
For years during the Cold War, large swaths of land in Nevada were used for atomic weapons testing. Nuclear bombs were dropped just miles from small towns and the people living in them.
The push to develop a new UNLV School of Medicine building, long hindered by disagreements between the university’s donor community and Nevada higher education officials, could be reaching a conclusion.
UNLV named Dr. Marc J. Kahn the new dean of the School of Medicine. Kahn is currently a senior associate dean at Tulane University School of Medicine and was selected following a national search for the position. He takes his post at UNLV on April 1.
UNLV announced Dr. Marc J. Kahn as the new dean of the School of Medicine, and he officially takes his post at UNLV on April 1.
A senior associate dean at Tulane University School of Medicine has been named as the new dean of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, medical school.
A senior associate dean at Tulane University School of Medicine has been named as the new dean of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, medical school.
