Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV

Drs. Paige Harry, Ian Isby, and Ross P. Berkeley, along with Aaron Johnson and Matthew Earle, both 2021 emergency medicine residency graduates, recently presented their research poster, "Analysis of Fatalities at Lake Mead National Recreation Area," at the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) Scientific Assembly in San Diego. In an…
Dr. Rooman Ahad (Medicine) is the author of a children's book, Amazing Abe Has Autism (Fulton Books, 2021). Abe is amazing. He has autism and works hard every day with his family and therapists to help him with his communication. The best part about Abe is his huge heart. He has so much love to give and loves to share his accomplishments with his…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) have co-edited a book, COVID-19: Impact on Public Health and Healthcare (Volume 2), which was published by MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland). This compendium of studies conducted from around the world focuses on the assessment of the impact of…
Dr. Jordana Haber (Medicine) director of clinical education and simulation for the department of emergency medicine, co-authored a manuscript titled "Overcoming Barriers to Promotion for Women and Underrepresented in Medicine Faculty in Academic Emergency Medicine," which was recently published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American…
Drs. Matthew Earle, James Bailey, and Ross P. Berkeley (all Medicine) co-authored a case report titled "Hampton’s Hump – a Notable Finding in a Patient with Infectious Endocarditis," which recently was published in the peer-reviewed Case Reports in Emergency Medicine. The case involved a previously healthy 35 year-old…
Hyunhwa 'Henna' Lee (Nursing) and her transdisciplinary team, including graduate students Maiko Suarez (Medicine), and Jacob White (Anthropology), published “Exosomal microRNA Differential Expression in Plasma of Young Adults with Chronic Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Healthy Control” in Biomedicines for the special issue Brain Injury…
Johan Bester (Medicine) is the author of a book, The Limits of Parental Authority: Childhood Wellbeing as a Social Good , which was published last month by Routledge. This book offers a novel theory of childhood well-being as a social good, and explores the moral foundations and limits of parental authority within a free society, as well as its…
Dr. Jay D. Fisher (Medicine) was a co-presenter for two sessions at the National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness conference in Orlando, Florida, last month. The two presentations, 'Preparing Your System for a School Shooting' and 'Pediatric Mental Health', were presented with other members of the Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency…
Dr. Awad Javaid (Medicine) recently wrote a manuscript as first author. "Noninvasive Imaging for Patients with COVID-19 and Acute Chest Pain," was published in The Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal . A multi-modality imaging strategy was described to help clinicians determine the etiology of chest pain in patients with COVID-19.
Tesfaye Yadete (Kerkorian School of Medicine student) is the first author along with Dr. Ian Isby (Emergency Medicine resident), Dr. Ketan Patel (Emergency Medicine faculty), and Dr. Alex Lin (Emergency Medicine resident) on the article "Spontaneous globe subluxation: a case report and review of the literature" in the journal International Journal…
Annie Weisman and Dr. Marc J. Kahn (both Medicine) recently published an editorial in the Las Vegas Sun titled, "Integrating Compassion Back Into Health Care."  The editorial describes the importance of a holistic approach in caring for patients.
Tesfaye Yadete, Kavita Batra, Dale M. Netski, Sabrina Antonio, Michael J. Patros, and Johan C. Bester (all Medicine) published a study titled "Assessing Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose among Adult Americans: A Cross-sectional Study" in the journal Vaccines. Findings of this study underscore the need of developing effective…