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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

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Business and Community |

Community is what ultimately defines the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV's mission and purpose.

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Campus News |

A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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Research |

UNLV-led study used long-term health data from nearly 1,000 participants to track relationship between DNA methylation and blood pressure.

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People |

With programs spanning bachelor’s through doctoral levels, students can tailor their education to their specific professional goals.

Edwin Avallone, DO (left), with third-year, internal medicine resident Ryan Parto, MD (right).
People |

Dr. Edwin Avallone mentors internal medicine residents at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, emphasizing diagnostic reasoning and patient-centered care.

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Campus News |

A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

Medicine In The News

KSNV-TV: News 3

New research is drawing attention to a critical link between women’s reproductive health and long-term heart health, with studies suggesting that some common gynecological conditions may raise the risk of serious cardiovascular problems later in life.

Everyday Health

Results from a late-stage clinical trial of the pill daraxonrasib offers new hope for a notoriously deadly disease, doctors say.

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine is being honored for the design and operation of its main building. The school says its the first academic institution in Nevada to get LEED Platinum certification from the U.S Green Building Council.

NeurologyLive

The 2026 Alzheimer disease drug development landscape highlights a growing shift toward diverse disease-modifying strategies, from amyloid and tau targeting to metabolic and neuroprotective approaches.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

From training more doctors in Southern Nevada to finding money for transit programs, many of the topics that committees decided need lawmaker attention have been the subject of local coverage here in the valley.

Las Vegas Sun

The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV has received LEED Platinum Certification for the operations and maintenance of its Medical Education Building, the highest tier in the world’s most widely used green building rating system, university officials said in a news release.

Medicine Experts

An expert on the transition to parenthood, postpartum depression, infertility, and miscarriage.
An expert in pediatric infectious diseases, and clinical care for women, infants, and children with HIV/AIDS.
An expert in oral health, epidemiology, and health disparities.
A renowned expert on Alzheimer's Disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. 
A brain injury researcher exploring the use of stem cells and other methods to regenerate blood vessels after strokes.
An expert in hematology, medical education, and the business of medicine. 

Recent Medicine Accomplishments

Terrence Sanvictores (Medicine) published an original case report with Johnson Ukken (Medicine) on a rare presentation of hemidiaphragmatic segmental zoster paresis in the Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases. Sanvictores T, Ukken J. Hemidiaphragmatic segmental zoster paresis. AIMClinicalCases. 2026;5:e250824. doi:10.7326/aimcc.2025.0824
David Basulto; Jacqueline Gamboa; Guadalupe Vazquez-Perez; Vidhani Goel;Roberto Sagaribay; Jyoti Desai; and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) published a study "Educational Interventions for Labor Epidural Awareness in the United States: Protocol for a Scoping Review" in JMIR Research Protocols. This scoping review aims to map the extent,…
Researchers from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, including Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine), published the following article on workplace violence in trauma centers: Liepert A, Fallat M, Capella J, Fox A, Kuhls D, Galink G, Fischer P, Gates J, Toscano N, Kelley K, Chung S, Doucet J. Workplace violence in trauma centers is a…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored a manuscript titled “Application of the multi-theory model to improve self-reported determinants of appropriate antibiotic prescribing among veterinary students” with coauthors from Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bam University of Medical Sciences, University of…
Researchers from the CANE (Cognitive Aging & Neuropsychological Equity) Lab: Stacey Moeller (Clinical Psychology), Katie Singsank (Clinical Psychology), Grace Goodwin (Clinical Psychology), and Samantha John (Brain Health), along with collaborators, published a study in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical…
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled “Development and validation of the Persian childbearing intention questionnaire based on the Multi-Theory Model (MTM) among women with only one child” in the Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery (Impact factor 0.29) in association with…