Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV

Dr. Peter Kim and Dr. Jo-Lawrence Bigcas (Otolaryngology, Medicine) were invited to speak at the 4th Annual Sin City Sinus conference, hosted by renowned rhinologist Dr. Phil Chen. As UNLV faculty, Dr. Kim and Dr. Bigcas represented the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV with presentations on the Management of Epistaxis and…
Yuna Kim, Muhammed Shand, Emily Sagalow, Logan Lee, Kavita Batra, Jo-Lawrence Bigcas, and Robert Wang (all Medicine) presented their study titled "Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) in the Management of Thyroidectomy Incisions" at the Triological Combined Sections Meeting in Coronado.   
Marc J. Kahn, Alison Netski (both Medicine), and colleagues recently published a paper titled, "A Game Theory Approach for Strategic Partnerships in Academic Medicine." The article describes partnerships using the framework of a game with players and rules. The authors suggest strategic moves to best accomplish the goals of such…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) delivered a keynote address to the International Conference on Emerging Need to Strengthen Global Public Health Policies and Sports Sciences (ICGPHPSS) titled, “The role of newer health behavior theories in global public health.” The conference was held as a hybrid at Sikkim Manipal…
Tara Nerida (Social and Behavioral Health), Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), Brain Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning) published an article titled, “COVID-19 vaccine acceptance behavior among Hispanics/Latinxs in…
Christopher McNicoll, Allison G. McNickle, Danielle Vanderet, Purvi P. Patel, Patricia Souchon, Deborah A. Kuhls, Douglas R. Fraser, and Paul Chestovich (all Surgery) published an article, "Shot through the heart: A 17-year analysis of pre-hospital and hospital deaths from penetrating cardiac injuries," in Injury.  
Hilary Linzie (Medicine) and two medical students recently published a literature review on self-inflicted stabbings as non-lethal suicide attempts in the Journal of the Academy of Consult-Liaison Psychiatry. The Systematic review detailed the psychiatric characteristics of this unique patient population.
Nathan C. Higgins, Alexandra N. Scurry, Fang Jiang, David F. Little, Claude Alain, Mounya Elhilali, and Joel S. Snyder published a paper titled, "Adaptation in the sensory cortex drives bistable switching during auditory stream segregation," in Neuroscience of Consciousness. Dr. Higgins and Dr. Little were post-doctoral fellows at UNLV, and…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) has coauthored an article titled, “Diabetes Type 2 Risk Score for African Americans based on Jackson Heart Study data: A cross-sectional study,” in association with colleagues from Jackson State University in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. The article discusses the…
Lindsay Buczek; Fadi Azar; Kavita Batra; and Sandhya-Wahi Gururaj (all Medicine), along with Justin Bauzon (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) and Caleb Murphy (University of Chicago), published an article, "The Data Error Criteria (DEC) for retrospective studies: development and preliminary application," in the Journal of Investigative Medicine. …
Dr. Aditi Singh (Residency Program Director, Internal Medicine) recently received a "Distinguished Teacher/Mentor Award" from the American College of Physicians (ACP) Nevada Chapter, 2022. Dr. Singh received this award in 2017, as well, which demonstrates her continued efforts and excellence in mentoring medical residents. Additionally, she is the…
Ahmad Gill, Omar Al-Taweel, Sadaf Fakhra, Kyaw Min Tun, Dalia Hawwass, and Chowdhury Ahsan (all Medicine) published, "Short-term Outcomes of Patients Transferred From Non-Acute Care Centers With Sick Sinus Syndrome," in the European Heart Journal.