UNLV’s new School of Medicine has scored its first triumph. Professor Katherine Hertlein, who studies romantic and family relationships for the school’s psychiatry and behavioral health department, has garnered a Fulbright scholarship, one of the most important academic designations in the U.S. It will enable Hertlein, who also is a therapist, to further develop her studies—specifically, how relationships are affected by technology—at the University of Salzburg in Austria, where she’ll teach two classes and conduct a survey starting in March 2019. The Weekly recently spoke with her about her studies and award.

The Clark County Medical Society and the Las Vegas Medical District are proud to present “Meet the New Face of Health Care in Southern Nevada,” a public town hall event on February 27 featuring presentations from Mayor Carolyn Goodman, Mayor Pro Tem Lois Tarkanian, and Clark County Medical Society President Dr. Joseph Adashek.

A major health scare forced Barbara Atkinson away from her duties for about four months last year, leaving a medical school three weeks shy of its opening date hanging in the balance.

With the arrival of the Golden Knights and the Oakland Raiders relocating to Southern Nevada in 2020, the spotlight will focus on Southern Nevada when it comes to sports medicine.

He’s as down-to-earth as they come. I met 53-year-old Benjamin Mays at the UNLV Medical School Clinic on Charleston. He was visiting its plastic surgery department.

UNLV reported a record year of fundraising for fiscal year 2017.

A year after Nevada health officials closed a taxpayer-funded home where mentally ill people lived in filthy conditions, a mental health clinic continued placing people there — until reporting by the Las Vegas Review-Journal prompted state regulators to shut it down again this week.

As a former nurse and hospital administrator, longtime Las Vegas resident Roman Reid saw firsthand how homelessness drains the health care system. That’s why Reid wants the Nevada Legislature to address the issue when it next convenes.

In the bingo game that is Mayor Carolyn Goodman’s annual State of the City address, there are a few spots you can daub before play begins. She’s certain to talk longer than her appointed hour; to spend at least five to eight minutes insisting that she’s going to run long; and to invoke The Oscar. (As in, “My husband always says ‘This is the best job in the world,’” or something along those lines.) But Goodman’s 2018 address took some unexpected turns—a reflection of a city experiencing a period of explosive growth to rival the Downtown Project land rush of several years back.

The Las Vegas sports-medicine community is a small one, doctors say.

New technology and a new way of thinking could put Las Vegas on a path to better health care.

As one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country, it’s no surprise Las Vegas has a strong economic engine.