Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV News
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV is becoming a world-class center for medical education, patient care, and research. We aim to prepare Nevada's doctors with the most innovative and technologically advanced forms of medical training while also forming community partnerships to serve the healthcare needs of our diverse and urban population.
Current Medicine News
Some of the hottest headlines featuring UNLV faculty, staff, and students.
Driven by all kinds of research, Dr. Magnus Chun has a keen interest in gastroenterology topics.
From student to resident physician to assistant professor at the medical school, Dr. Ashley Prandecki remains committed to serving Nevada.
How medical students are mastering anatomy through human body dissection, plastinated specimens, and immersive technologies.
This operations specialist at the School of Medicine is powered by main-character energy and a lot of sticky notes.
Dr. Jennifer Chen shares her passion for emergency medicine and how the specialty complements her lifestyle.
Medicine In The News
Congresswoman Dina Titus is set to announce a new grant of more than $1 million supporting UNLV’s Instrumentation for Pathogen Detection in Water project on Thursday. The funding will be used to purchase new equipment that can measure pathogen levels in water and strengthen public health and water security efforts across Nevada.
Could a new kind of blood test find cancer early, even before symptoms appear?
A big milestone for 66 UNLV medical students as they receive their white coats, marking the next phase of their medical education.
The white-coat ceremony, held at the Artemus Ham Concert Hall on the university’s main campus, signifies the shift from student to student-physician, as participants will begin working alongside doctors in caring for patients during the final two years of medical school.
The new report, published in the peer-reviewed academic journal Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, involved medical experts and researchers in dementia from the National Institutes of Health in Baltimore, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, and the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C.
The UNLV School of Medicine, which opened in 2017, is a foundational partner in the Las Vegas Medical District. Dean Allison Netski said a centralized medical hub is key to retaining graduates in the state.
