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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

Anirudh “Ani” Singh, DO, and Joel Jimenez Vargas, MD, are third-year residents in the department of psychiatry and behavioral health.
Business and Community |

With a passion for helping people, psychiatry residents Dr. Anirudh Singh and Dr. Joel Jimenez Vargas value human connection while serving the Las Vegas community.

Aerial view of the Las Vegas Medical District sign with the Las Vegas skyline in the background.
Business and Community |

Community is what ultimately defines the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV's mission and purpose.

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Campus News |

A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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Research |

UNLV-led study used long-term health data from nearly 1,000 participants to track relationship between DNA methylation and blood pressure.

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People |

With programs spanning bachelor’s through doctoral levels, students can tailor their education to their specific professional goals.

Edwin Avallone, DO (left), with third-year, internal medicine resident Ryan Parto, MD (right).
People |

Dr. Edwin Avallone mentors internal medicine residents at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, emphasizing diagnostic reasoning and patient-centered care.

Medicine In The News

Tech Times

Transferrin Receptor Hijacking Delivers a 1,000-Fold Brain Exposure Leap for Oligonucleotides

AVIXA

One of this year's tours returned to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, which first welcomed InfoComm attendees in 2024. While the five-story building itself hasn't changed, many of the technologies and workflows inside it have.

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New research is drawing attention to a critical link between women’s reproductive health and long-term heart health, with studies suggesting that some common gynecological conditions may raise the risk of serious cardiovascular problems later in life.

Everyday Health

Results from a late-stage clinical trial of the pill daraxonrasib offers new hope for a notoriously deadly disease, doctors say.

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine is being honored for the design and operation of its main building. The school says its the first academic institution in Nevada to get LEED Platinum certification from the U.S Green Building Council.

NeurologyLive

The 2026 Alzheimer disease drug development landscape highlights a growing shift toward diverse disease-modifying strategies, from amyloid and tau targeting to metabolic and neuroprotective approaches.

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Recent Medicine Accomplishments

Ana Corral (Libraries, Medicine) recently served as an expert List Selector for the July 2026 Doody's Special Topics List, "Resident Preparation & Well-Being." As part of a three-member team, she researched and co-curated a collection of 47 essential books and resources that help health sciences librarians and medical institutions worldwide…
Asma Awan (Dental) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) presented a virtual talk titled, “Strengthening Local Public Health Workforce Capacity through Experiential Learning: Outcomes from an ARPA-Funded Workforce Pipeline Initiative” at the 2026 NACCHO360 Conference, held in Louisville, KY form July 13-17, 2026. The…
Deborah Kuhls, MD (Medicine) was awarded the Mitchell D. Forman, DO Award for Execmplary Dedication to the Medical Education of Future Nevada Physicians at the Clark County Medical Society 72nd Presidential Installation and Awards Ceremony held on June 20, 2026. 
Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine), professor and section chief of hematology, and his mentee from the University of California San Francisco recently published a chapter in the book, Blood Substitutes and Oxygen Biotherapeutics, published by Springer. Their chapter, titled, "The Erythrocruorins as Synthetic Blood Products: What Is New?," describes the…
Terrence Sanvictores (Medicine) published an original case report with Johnson Ukken (Medicine) on a rare presentation of hemidiaphragmatic segmental zoster paresis in the Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases. Sanvictores T, Ukken J. Hemidiaphragmatic segmental zoster paresis. AIMClinicalCases. 2026;5:e250824. doi:10.7326/aimcc.2025.0824
David Basulto; Jacqueline Gamboa; Guadalupe Vazquez-Perez; Vidhani Goel;Roberto Sagaribay; Jyoti Desai; and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) published a study "Educational Interventions for Labor Epidural Awareness in the United States: Protocol for a Scoping Review" in JMIR Research Protocols. This scoping review aims to map the extent,…