Dr. Kyaw Min "Daniel" Tun (Medicine) has co-authored several articles that have been published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. They are: "A Case of Pleuro-Biliary Fistula Formation and Intrapulmonary Gallstones Due to Complication From Prior Cholecystectomy" "Gastric Siderosis: An Under-Recognized Side Effect of Oral Ferrous…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with researchers from Saudi Arabia and India, published an article, "Literature Review of Omicron: A Grim Reality Amidst COVID-19," in the journal "Microorganisms."

Dr. Sadaf Fakhra (Medicine) was accepted into the American College of Cardiology IM Women in Cardiology program. She will be the resident advocate in Nevada for other female residents interested in cardiology, and will promote and foster that interest. Fakhra will be attending seminars to train to become a mentor for interested residents, and be…

Manoj Sharma, Christopher Johansen, Siddharth Raich (all Social and Behavioral Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) have published a manuscript, "Explaining Correlates of Cervical Cancer Screening among Minority Women in the United States" in the journal Pharmacy. The article provides evidence for Sharma's multi-theory model (MTM) of health…

Kathryn Houk (Libraries) is the lead author of an article, "We are ML: A Qualitative Case Study on the Medical Library Association’s 2019 Communities Transition," published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association. She is an assistant professor and undergraduate medical education librarian in the School of Medicine Library at the…

Kevin Lee and Osman Rahimi (both Medicine) recently published an article, "A Meta-Analysis: Coronary Artery Calcium Score and COVID-19 Prognosis," in the journal Medical Sciences. Both are internal medicine residents. 

Ariyon Schreiber (Medicine), along with two co-authors, has had two articles published recently. "Cardiac Transplant Recipient with COVID-19 Induced Acute Hypoxic Respiratory Failure: A Case Report" appeared in European Heart Journal. "Collapsing FSGS with Concurrent Class 2 and 3 Lupus Nephritis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature" was…

Dr. Banveet Kaur (Medicine) recently published "Electromagnetic Interference from Left Ventricular Assist Device in Patients with Transvenous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator" in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.  

Dr. Annabel Barber (Medicine) has been named vice chair of the best practices work group of the Board of Governors for the American College of Surgeons. She also recently co-authored two manuscripts, one of which has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. The other manuscript is currently under review.

Drs. Jay Fisher and Beth Warren (Medicine) co-authored an evidence-based review, "Pediatric Chest Pain: Using Evidence to Reduce Diagnostic Testing in the Emergency Department," which recently was published in the peer-reviewed Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice. Fisher is the director of pediatric clinical education for the department of…

Johan Bester (Medicine) published an international textbook in pediatric ethics, Pediatric Ethics: Theory and Practice, with a host of co-authors. The book is edited by Bester and a clinical ethicist from MD Anderson, Nico Nortje. The book combines contributions from leading experts in pediatric ethics from all over the world, and is intended…

The Department of Graduate Medical Education (Medicine) has been granted Continued Accreditation after being reviewed by the Institutional Review Committee (IRC) for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The IRC commended the school of medicine for its substantial compliance and without any citations.