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Armenia’s Honorary Consul in Las Vegas, Adroushan Andy Armenian met with Dr. Marc J. Kahn, M.D., Dean of the ÐÔÊӽ紫ý School of Medicine, which was recently named after Las Vegas philanthropist Kirk Kerkorian.

Nevada has one of the lowest rankings in the country regarding the number of doctors in the state, but now that the valley has three medical schools and a promising supply of physicians, the state is making progress. But there’s still one issue holding us back.

Advocates for reopening school-based health centers are seeking answers after a proposal to do so was pulled from the Clark County School Board’s agenda for the second time in two years.

Faun Lee Botor is one of 50 students in the first class of the university’s Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine who will be celebrating their graduations Friday at the university’s Thomas &Mack Center. And her plans to stick around are no doubt music to the ears of the medical school’s founders.

The University of Nevada-Las Vegas (ÐÔÊӽ紫ý) will graduate its very first class of 50 medical students today, marking a milestone in a fight to attract more doctors to the Silver State.

Eighteen of 50 new doctors marking their graduations Friday as the inaugural class of the ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine plan to stay in Nevada for their residencies, officials said.

The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý celebrated its first graduating class Friday, with speakers emphasizing the significance of the milestone moment.

Officials say 18 of 50 new doctors graduating as the inaugural class of the ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine plan to stay in Nevada for their residencies.