News: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV

Members of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Class of 2028 during orientation week.
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Members of the class of 2028 were treated to a week full of activities where they were introduced to the medical school and their fellow classmates.

SEFTY Summer '24
People |

Professor Edwin Oh’s 'SEFTY' program is providing a slice of life for future scientists, giving high schoolers an authentic lab experience.

Aron Rogers, DO, associate professor, rural family medicine program director,  and family medicine clerkship director at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV.
Business and Community |

Dr. Aron Rogers shares how small towns stir up big feelings for residents in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine's rural family medicine program.

Josh Hawkins, UNLV
Campus News |

News highlights featuring UNLV students and staff who made (refreshing) waves in the headlines.

Qlub Med, with the help of the school of medicine faculty, planned an event for students, faculty, and staff to learn about gender affirming care, covering diagnosis to surgery.
Business and Community |

Qlub Med hopes to fix health disparities and inequities among the LGBTQ+ community through education.

adeste sipin sitting at a black grand piano
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When it comes to challenges, the medical school's director of academic support services likes to remind students that practice makes perfect.

Father and child in a consultation with a pediatrician.
Business and Community |

The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine makes it their core mission to provide care to those with the greatest need in our community.

Kristina Cho, who gave birth about 10 days earlier to Hazel, and father Paul Cho.
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UNLV couple and family therapist Brandon Eddy talks about the evolving involvement of dads in society and how to create healthy relationships with kids.

Sisi Tian, MD
People |

The assistant professor of otolaryngology finds beauty in the complexities of the human anatomy.

older man speaking in front of audience
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Despite a guidance counselor's naysaying, the former UNLV president has racked up a lifetime of achievements too long to list.

Members of the BeHERE NV team from left to right – Jill Manit, PhD, MSW; Sara Hunt, PhD; Eterniti Claggett, BS; and Adriana Monroy, BS – at the UNLV Mental Health Initiatives Forum in April 2024.
Business and Community |

The Behavioral Health Education, Retention, and Expansion Network of Nevada aims to improve the mental health workforce in the state.

Dr. Vladislav Zhitny, an original member of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Charter Class.
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Anesthesiology resident Dr. Vladislav Zhitny still makes time to help UNLV medical students get their work published in peer-reviewed journals.