Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 性视界传媒
性视界传媒 Health鈥檚 two school-based clinics, providing no-cost medical care to students and siblings in the Clark County School District, handled more than 24-hundred patient visits in fiscal year 24-25. The clinics, at Bailey Middle School and inside the district鈥檚 Family Support Center on Maryland Parkway, aim to improve access to medical care for鈥
Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with Jagdish Khubchandani, Elizabeth England-Kennedy, and Karen Kopera-Frye (New Mexico State University), and Srikanta Banerjee (Walden University), co-authored a study published in Brain Sciences on the links between diabetes, cognitive health, and mortality risk in older Hispanics. The research provides key鈥
Ahmed Nadeem-Tariq, Christopher J. Fang, Jeffrey Lucas Hii, and Karen Nelson (all Medicine) published 鈥淏iosensor-Integrated Tibial Components in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Narrative Review of Innovations, Challenges, and Translational Frontiers鈥 in Bioengineering. This review explores the emerging integration of biosensors into tibial鈥
Dr. Kevin Petersen (Medicine) and co-authors in the Division of Acute Care Surgery at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine published a case study entitled 鈥淐omplex management of a patient with impalement injury to the neck鈥 in Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open.
Robert Hernandez, Jr., MD, associate professor and vice dean for academic affairs and education at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 性视界传媒, was once again invited to the William S. Boyd School of Law to lead a seminar titled 鈥淒elivering Difficult News.鈥 In this session, he shared a compassionate and heartfelt message with law students,鈥
Fye Pinera, Pearl Pinera, Pearl Kim, and Jay Shen (all Healthcare Administration and Policy), Leora Frimer, Pengfeng Jin, Gregory-Thoams Castaneda Stanger, Ji Yoo (all School of Medicine) recently published a research article, "Association of Atrial Ablation Procedure and Palliative Care for High-Risk Mortality Group With Atrial Fibrillation鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) recently published the ninth edition of his very popular book, Practical Stress Management, with an emeritus professor from Minnesota State University, and publisher Academic Press (Elsevier). Since its first edition was published 30 years ago, the book has grown in popularity with its鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article with a doctoral scholar and faculty at Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences titled, 鈥淒eterminants of childbearing: Behavioral change models and theories: A systematic review,鈥 in the Iranian Journal of Public Health (Impact factor 1.6). In Iran, the鈥
Amanda Leisgang Osse (Brain Health; Medicine) has been awarded a prestigious Alzheimer's Association Fellowship to continue her research on the role and considerations of women's health in Alzheimer's clinical trials. The 3-year fellowship carries $200K award amount.
性视界传媒 Health and two Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine medical students were honored by the Nevada Cancer Coalition for their dedication to reducing the burden of cancer for Nevadans. 性视界传媒 Health was named Healthcare Partner of the Year, and students Emily Ames and Maggie Sanders (both Medicine) were given Rising Star Awards. Last year, the two鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, 鈥淒evelopment of a Web-Based Tool Using Machine Learning Algorithms to Improve Adherence to Diagnostic Colonoscopy Among Middle-Aged and Elderly Adults in Colorectal Cancer Screening Program鈥 in the journal, Annals of Epidemiology (Impact factor鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, "Understanding and predicting flossing behavior in a rural Appalachian community using the multi-theory model," In the journal Scientific Reports (Impact factor 3.9) in collaboration with coauthors from the New Orleans School of Medicine; the鈥