Jennifer Pharr and Emylia Terry (both Public Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) presented "Protective and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women in the United States" at the American Public Health Association Conferences in Boston.

Dr. Deborah A. Kuhls (Medicine), professor of surgery, received the "Emergency Medicine Implementer of the Year" Traffic Safety Award during the 2022 Nevada Traffic Safety Summit, which was held on Oct. 19-20 in Carson City, Nevada.

Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine), professor of surgery presented, "Women in Trauma Surgery," at the 70th Annual Detroit Trauma Symposium on Nov. 3, 2022.

Mark Hsu, Kyaw Min Tun, George Chen, Skylar Davidson, Lina Chan, Christy Lee Carpenter Diuguid, Privanthi Jinadasa, Jose Aponte-Pieras, Joseph Fayad and Bhavana Bhaya (all Medicine), presented, "Metastatic Anorectal Melanoma as a Rare Cause of Hematochezia: A Case Report," at the American College of Gastroenterology conference. All are a part of…

Mark Hsu, Katrina Naik, Amith Subhash, Jose Aponte-Pieras, Annie Hong, Yousif Elmofti, Muhammad Talha Farooqi, and Shahid Wahid (all Medicine) presented, "Pancreatic Rosai-Dorfman Disease Diagnosed Without Surgery," at the American College of Gastroenterology conference. All are a part of the department of internal medicine in the Kirk…

Drs. Awad Javaid and Chowdhury Ahsan (both Medicine) recently co-authored a manuscript, "Anterior-Posterior versus anterior-lateral electrodes position for electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials," in International Journal of Cardiology Heart and Vasculature. The analysis showed no…

Dr. Jo-Lawrence Martinez Bigcas (Medicine), assistant professor and residency program director of the department of otolaryngology – head and neck surgery at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, recently authored "Indocyanine Green Angiography as the Principal Design and Perfusion Assessment Tool for the Supraclavicular Artery…

Buddha Dawn and Guangming Cheng (both Medicine) wrote an invited commentary in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. In this article titled, “Prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors for cardioprotection: A cautiously optimistic outlook,” Drs. Dawn and Cheng discuss the potential therapeutic benefits of PHD2 inhibition to achieve protection…

Christina Fanous, Max Nguyen, Omar Sanyurah, Wilbur Ji, Kavita Batra, and Rajany V. Dy (all medicine), presented a poster, "Does Covid-19 Increase the Risk of Developing Cystic Lung Disease?" at the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) annual meeting. CHEST is the global leader in advancing best patient outcomes through…

Deborah Kuhls, MD, (Medicine) has been named second vice-president-elect of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Based in Chicago, the ACS is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care.  

Mark Hsu, Katrina Naik, Amith Subhash, Jose Aponte-Pieras, Annie Hong, Yousif Elmofti, Muhammad Talha Farooqi, and Gordon Ohning (all Medicine), presented, "Ischemic Hepatitis Associated with Influenza A Infection," at the American College of Gastroenterology Conference.

Mark Hsu (Medicine) presented, "Obstructive Jaundice From Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater," at the American College of Gastroenterology Conference.