Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 性视界传媒
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鈥
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鈥
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鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a virtual paper titled 鈥淥nline teaching for public health in program planning鈥 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-鈥
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鈥
Graduate student Grace Goodwin (Psychology), undergraduate Sebastian Mehrzad (Princeton University), and faculty Jorge Fonseca (Computer Science), Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health), and Samantha John (Brain Health) recently published their research article, "Classification of AD and bvFTD using neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric variables: a鈥
Dr. Alexander Rowan (Medicine) won the Nevada Chapter of the American College of Surgeon's Committee on Trauma Resident Paper Competition held on Oct. 25. He presented his research titled, "Pavement Burns in the Homeless Community: The Epidemiology of a Growing Public Health Issue." Rowan now will compete at the ACS Region 9 Paper鈥
Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health), Ashis Kumar Biswas (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, 鈥淪uicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and non-suicidal self-injury associated with opioid misuse among adolescents and young adults in the USA: A scoping鈥
Ovunc Bardakcioglu (Medicine) coauthored an article in the American Journal of Surgery, titled "The Impact of ERAS Protocols on Postoperative Outcomes in Robotic, Laparoscopic, and Open Colorectal Surgery: A Multicenter Retrospective Study." This article investigates the effectiveness of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) across robotic,鈥
Ovunc Bardakcioglu (Medicine) coauthored an article in Jama Network Open, titled "Development of a Clinical Prediction Model for Anastomotic Leakage in Colorectal Surgery." This article investigates whether a predictive model that integrates multiple base models鈥 predictions and patient-specific features accurately predict the incidence of鈥
Dr. Rebecca Scherr (Medicine) , chair of the Department of Pediatrics was inducted into the Alpha Omega Honor Medical Society during the induction ceremony held at Red Rock Casino on October 16.
Membership in A惟A is a mark of distinction and is considered one of the most prestigious honors a U.S. medical student or physician can receive. Members鈥
Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published, with colleagues Kenneth Izuora, Amber Champion, Shauna Groven (all Medicine), findings on circulating antioxidant biomarkers from a 28-week randomized controlled trial in adults with prediabetes. Pamela Devillez is an alum of the MS program in Nutrition Sciences. The trial was鈥