Accomplishments: UNLV Health Primary Care: Internal Medicine

Lindsay Buczek; Fadi Azar; Kavita Batra; and Sandhya-Wahi Gururaj (all Medicine), along with Justin Bauzon (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) and Caleb Murphy (University of Chicago), published an article, "The Data Error Criteria (DEC) for retrospective studies: development and preliminary application," in the Journal of Investigative Medicine. …
Dr. Aditi Singh (Residency Program Director, Internal Medicine) recently received a "Distinguished Teacher/Mentor Award" from the American College of Physicians (ACP) Nevada Chapter, 2022. Dr. Singh received this award in 2017, as well, which demonstrates her continued efforts and excellence in mentoring medical residents. Additionally, she is the…
Ahmad Gill, Omar Al-Taweel, Sadaf Fakhra, Kyaw Min Tun, Dalia Hawwass, and Chowdhury Ahsan (all Medicine) published, "Short-term Outcomes of Patients Transferred From Non-Acute Care Centers With Sick Sinus Syndrome," in the European Heart Journal.
Congratulations to Jenna Sutton, Hazem Aboaid, and Lubaba Haque (all Medicine) for winning the Nevada ACP Chapter Doctor's Dilemma. They will be representing Nevada at the National ACP Doctor's Dilemma Competition!
Mark Chang (Internal Medicine) and colleagues published the article, "Genomic and Transcriptomic Predictors of Response from Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Patients with Oligoprogressive Renal Cell Carcinome," in European Urology Oncology.
Kyaw Min Tun (Internal Medicine) and colleagues published the article, "Single Incision Needle Knife Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Subepithelial Tumors: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis," in the journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Kyaw MinTun; MarkHsu; Kavita Batra; Chun-Han Lo; Tooba Laeeq; Tahne Vongsavath; Salman Mohammed; and Annie Hong (all Internal Medicine), published, "Efficacy and Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Treatment of Clostridioides Difficile Infection Among Pediatric Patients: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis in the journal,…
Andrew Manfra, MD; Claire Chen, DO; Kavita Batra Ph.D.; Kyaw Min Tun, DO; and Mutsumi John Kioka, MD (all Internal Medicine) published the article, "Factors Associated With Improved Outcome of Inhaled Corticosteroid Use in COVID-19: A Single Institutional Study," in the journal Medicine.
Chalette Lambert-Swainston (Internal Medicine) and colleagues published the article, "High-fidelity Detection, Subtyping, and Localization of Five Skin Neoplasms Using Supervised and Semi-supervised Learning," in the Journal of Pathology Informatics.
Kevin Burningham (Internal Medicine) and colleagues published an article, "Cost Effectiveness of Melanoma in Situ Resection and Repair by Dermatology Compared to Non-Dermatology Specialties at a Single Institution," in the journal Archives of Dermatology Research.
Kenneth Izuora and Amber Champion (both Internal Medicine) participated in a round table discussion with Senator Catherine Cortez Masto at the Silver Sky Assisted Living Facility in Las Vegas. The two physicians joined other medical professionals to provide input on how the Inflation Reduction Act might impact Medicare patients using insulin…
Ariyon Schreiber, Kim Inciong, Wilbur Ji, Justin Bauzon, Omar Al-Taweel, Keaton Nasser, Binna Chokshi, Jimmy Diep, Chowdhury Ahsan (all Internal Medicine), published "A Single-center Retrospective Study on the Incidence and Clinical Significance of the Electrocardiographic "Triangular QRS-ST-T Waveform" Pattern in Heart and Lung" in the Journal of…