Bertille Assoumou, Vidhani Goel, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) gave an oral presentation of their abstract entitled "Maternal Marijuana Use and Poor Birth Outcomes in the United States: A Comprehensive Review" at the Nevada Public Health Association Virtual conference on April 17, 2024.

Whitney Elks, Abigail Cheng, Kencie Ely, Kavita Batra, Charles St. Hill, and Mark Guadagnoli (all Medicine) presented their research "Utilizing the 'Good, Better, How' Method of Feedback in Surgery: A Mixed-Methods Study" at the Southwestern Surgical Congress 75th Annual Scientific Meeting held on April 23, 2024. 

Michael Dicaro, Brianna Yee, KaChon Lei, Kavita Batra and Buddhadeb Dawn (All Medicine) published an abstract for their study "Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review," in the Journal of American College of Cardiology. Dicaro and Yee are the medical residents and Lei is a Cardiology Fellow…

Manoj Sharma's (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) article, “Application of the multi-theory model to explain veterinarians' intentions to use telehealth/telemedicine” was recognized as a top-cited article from the Journal of the British Veterinary Association, Veterinary Record, for the period January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2023.…

Kenny Do, Eric Kawana, Dr. Sisi Tian, and Dr. Jo-Lawrence Bigcas (all Medicine) published a systematic review in the Ears, Nose, & Throat Journal. This research paper examines the use of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in treating Warthin's tumors of the parotid gland. Warthin's tumors are the second most common benign tumors of the parotid…

Tina Brandon Abbatangelo, Nancy Nguyen, Rachel Kim, Christina Demopoulos (all Dental Medicine) along with Timothy Grigsby (Public Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine) presented their study, "Investigating e-cigarette use perceptions among dental students: A cross-sectional study," at the Nevada Public Health Association Annual Conference on April 17,…

Lisa J. Toelle, Allison J. McNickle, Declan Feery, Salman Mohammed, Paul J. Chestovich,  Kavita Batra, Douglas R. Fraser (all Medicine) published a study "The pulmonary contusion score: Development of a simple scoring system for blunt lung injury" in the Surgery in Practice and Science journal.  This scoring system with high…

Lisa J. Toelle, Allison J. McNickle, Declan Feery, Salman Mohammed, Paul J. Chestovich,  Kavita Batra, Douglas R. Fraser (all Medicine) published a study "The pulmonary contusion score: Development of a simple scoring system for blunt lung injury" in the Surgery in Practice and Science journal. This scoring system with high specificity and…

School of medicine student Raul Marquez, internal medicine resident Dr. Taha Shaikh, DO, and internal medicine faculty member Dr. Badrunissa Hanif presented a clinical vignette poster - "A Rare Cutaneous Manifestation of Syphilis in an Immunocompetent Patient" at National American Conference of Physicians (ACP) in Boston. Raul Marquez was the…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) and Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) have been awarded a grant titled, “Reducing Implicit Bias among Emergency Room (ER) Staff” by Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Florida. The grant will develop a training program based on Sharma’s multi-theory model (MTM) of health…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) with Ravi Batra (Public Health) co-authored a study, "Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality burden of non-COVID-19 lower respiratory infections and etiologies, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021," which was recently published in Lancet. Ravi Batra is a doctoral…

Irma Corral (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Psychiatry and Behavioral Health) has been elected to a second term as vice president of the Nevada Psychological Association - Southern Region Board. The Nevada Psychological Association is a 501c(6) non-profit professional association representing licensed psychologists and others affiliated with…