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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

Declan Feery, MD
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Dr. Declan Feery credits his great teaching to lessons learned from his attendings and co-residents while working with medical students.

Fall colors 2025
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Some of the biggest news headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

AI Chatbot
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UNLV researcher Soon Cho takes on the nascent space of human relationships with artificial intelligence, and the impacts of using chatbots for therapy.

UNLV alumna and returning student Faria Tavacoli
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Faria Tavacoli is the first Nevada student to be selected for the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service.

Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV residents Drs. Demitri and Jessica Franzoni alongside their two dogs.
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Members of the school's second graduating class, now fourth-year residents, are committed to serving Nevada together.

Holiday blues
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UNLV therapist Dawn Moore explains how to manage relationships, navigate tricky topics, and shares tips to stay happy as the sun sets on another year.

Medicine In The News

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This week, the Food and Drug Administration said it's working to remove the “black box” warning on many hormone treatments for women with menopause symptoms. The 'black box' warning is the FDA's strongest drug label alert.

Guardian

While they can be seen as a luxury, massages are often part of healthcare – here’s how they affect physical and mental health.

KSNV-TV: News 3

As we find ourselves back into the holiday season just thinking about managing the interactions ahead — with family, friends, and even our own thoughts — it can be a lot. It’s also easy to become overwhelmed with finances, complicated family relationships, or the current political climate and if you’re feeling weight on your shoulders, you’re certainly not alone.

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We're taking a closer look at heart disease and examining the status of heart transplants in the wake of Dick Cheney's death. Cheney, the former Vice President of the United States, died Monday at the age of 84 due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. He had his first heart attack at the unusually young age of 37. He would go on to survive four more before his heart declined enough to qualify for that transplant.

U.S. News & World Report

For a long time, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was thought to be a behavioral disorder. Developmental challenges that children and adults with ASD experience in communicating, learning, problem-solving, interacting with others and maintaining composure or control over behavior were interpreted only as impairments or problems to be fixed. However, these views on ASD are changing.

Healthline

Men may need about twice as much weekly physical activity as women to achieve comparable cardiovascular benefits, a new study suggests.

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Recent Medicine Accomplishments

Four members of the Department of Internal Medicine were honored at the 2025 Nevada Chapter of the American College of Physicians Annual Meeting. Dr. Amber Champion was awarded the Woman Physician of the Year Award. She was recognized for her distinguished career in areas of exceptional patient care and medical education. Champion has been a…
Dr. Alex Rowan (Medicine) presented a poster entitled "Institution of a Rib Fracture Guideline at a Level 1 Trauma Center" at the 2025 Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) Annual Conference in Chicago on behalf of co-authors Dr. Kevin Petersen, Dr. Christopher Gonzalez, Dr. Odessa Pulido, Dr. Allison McNickle and Dr. Deborah Kuhls (all…
Dr. Allison McNickle (Medicine) presented a poster entitled "Implementation of a Whole Blood Program at a Level 1 Trauma Center" at the 2025 Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) Annual Conference in Chicago on behalf of co-authors Dr. Deborah Kuhls, Dr. Keith Berry, Lisa Rogge and Dr. Mark Dugan (all Medicine) describing the development of…
Jayme Ching (Medicine) presented a poster entitled "A Retrospective Evaluation of Psychiatric Recommendations Using the Injured Trauma Survivor Screen" at the 2025 Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) Annual Conference in Chicago on behalf of co-authors Larissa McNeil, Yvonne Ramos and Allison McNickle (all Medicine) evaluating mental health…
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a virtual paper titled “Online teaching for public health in program planning” at the 18th Annual International Conference of Education, Research, and Innovation (ICERI), 2025, held in Seville, Spain. The presentation highlighted his pedagogical approach using the multi-…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was a co-presenter of 31 presentations with his students and colleagues at the 153rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association held in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2-5. The topics of his presentation ranged from public health workforce training in Nevada, mental health…