Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Four members of the Department of Internal Medicine were honored at the 2025 Nevada Chapter of the American College of Physicians Annual Meeting.
Dr. Amber Champion was awarded the Woman Physician of the Year Award. She was recognized for her distinguished career in areas of exceptional patient care and medical education. Champion has been a…
Dr. Alex Rowan (Medicine) presented a poster entitled "Institution of a Rib Fracture Guideline at a Level 1 Trauma Center" at the 2025 Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) Annual Conference in Chicago on behalf of co-authors Dr. Kevin Petersen, Dr. Christopher Gonzalez, Dr. Odessa Pulido, Dr. Allison McNickle and Dr. Deborah Kuhls (all…
Dr. Allison McNickle (Medicine) presented a poster entitled "Implementation of a Whole Blood Program at a Level 1 Trauma Center" at the 2025 Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) Annual Conference in Chicago on behalf of co-authors Dr. Deborah Kuhls, Dr. Keith Berry, Lisa Rogge and Dr. Mark Dugan (all Medicine) describing the development of…
Jayme Ching (Medicine) presented a poster entitled "A Retrospective Evaluation of Psychiatric Recommendations Using the Injured Trauma Survivor Screen" at the 2025 Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) Annual Conference in Chicago on behalf of co-authors Larissa McNeil, Yvonne Ramos and Allison McNickle (all Medicine) evaluating mental health…
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a virtual paper titled “Online teaching for public health in program planning” at the 18th Annual International Conference of Education, Research, and Innovation (ICERI), 2025, held in Seville, Spain. The presentation highlighted his pedagogical approach using the multi-…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was a co-presenter of 31 presentations with his students and colleagues at the 153rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association held in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2-5. The topics of his presentation ranged from public health workforce training in Nevada, mental health…
Graduate student Grace Goodwin (Psychology), undergraduate Sebastian Mehrzad (Princeton University), and faculty Jorge Fonseca (Computer Science), Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health), and Samantha John (Brain Health) recently published their research article, "Classification of AD and bvFTD using neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric variables: a…
Dr. Alexander Rowan (Medicine) won the Nevada Chapter of the American College of Surgeon's Committee on Trauma Resident Paper Competition held on Oct. 25. He presented his research titled, "Pavement Burns in the Homeless Community: The Epidemiology of a Growing Public Health Issue." Rowan now will compete at the ACS Region 9 Paper…
Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health), Ashis Kumar Biswas (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and non-suicidal self-injury associated with opioid misuse among adolescents and young adults in the USA: A scoping…
Ovunc Bardakcioglu (Medicine) coauthored an article in the American Journal of Surgery, titled "The Impact of ERAS Protocols on Postoperative Outcomes in Robotic, Laparoscopic, and Open Colorectal Surgery: A Multicenter Retrospective Study." This article investigates the effectiveness of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) across robotic,…
Ovunc Bardakcioglu (Medicine) coauthored an article in Jama Network Open, titled "Development of a Clinical Prediction Model for Anastomotic Leakage in Colorectal Surgery." This article investigates whether a predictive model that integrates multiple base models’ predictions and patient-specific features accurately predict the incidence of…
Dr. Rebecca Scherr (Medicine) , chair of the Department of Pediatrics was inducted into the Alpha Omega Honor Medical Society during the induction ceremony held at Red Rock Casino on October 16.
Membership in AΩA is a mark of distinction and is considered one of the most prestigious honors a U.S. medical student or physician can receive. Members…