Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 性视界传媒
Medical student Christina Dantam (Medicine) and assistant professor Dr. Rooman Ahad (Pediatric Neurology), in collaboration with the Grant a Gift Autism Foundation 鈥 Ackerman Center and the 性视界传媒 Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, recently published a case study titled, "Case report of paroxysmal dystonia in a child with KBG syndrome: Expansion of鈥
Jaineet Chhabra (Medicine) held the inaugural camp of 鈥淒r. Jai Basketball: It鈥檚 for Everyone!鈥 This camp marked the beginning of an initiative meant to empower autistic children who are often underserved in traditional athletic environments.
Axel Rivas (Medicine) published an article titled, "Unexpectedly Low Rate of Metastasis and Death Among Patients Treated for Uveal Melanoma with Brachytherapy, Vitrectomy, and Silicone Oil," in the special issue of Cancers, Advances in Treatment of Uveal Melanoma. The article focuses on patients with melanoma arising in the eye have a鈥
Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health); Ashish Kumar Biswas (Epidemiology and Biostatistics); and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published a brief report titled, "Human Metapneumovirus: An Emerging Threat to Respiratory Health Globally" in the Italian journal, Advances in Medicine, Psychology and Public鈥
Ahmed Nadeem-Tariq, Matthew Michelberger, Christopher J. Fang, Jeffrey Lucas Hii, Sukanta Maitra, and Brock T. Wentz (all Medicine) published 鈥淎ddressing the Leadership Gap: A Systematic Review of Asian American Underrepresentation in Orthopaedic Surgery鈥 in Healthcare (MDPI). This review found that, despite strong representation in鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) guided a doctoral scholar from Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences and coauthored an article titled, "A qualitative study to identify the determinants and strategies for the prevention of dengue fever in Iran," in the journal Scientific Reports (Impact factor 3.9). The qualitative鈥
Kavita Batra (Medicine), associate editor of the Journal of Health and Social Sciences (JHSS), co-authored a new article titled, "Towards Responsible AI Use in Scientific Publishing: A Comprehensive Generative AI Policy." In response to the growing use of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude in academic publishing, JHSS adopted a鈥
Anam Fatima (Social & Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled "Nutrition Behavior Change in Pregnancy: Mapping Evidence through a Scoping Review" in the BioSocial Health Journal. The review highlighted the effectiveness of educational behavioral change鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), in association with coauthors from China and Australia, published an article titled "Depressive symptoms and associated factors among middle-aged and older patients with chronic kidney disease: Gender differences based on a health ecological model" in the journal Healthcare (Impact鈥
Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health), Ashish Kumar Biswas (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, "Stress, anxiety, and depression as psychological distress among college and undergraduate students: A scoping review of reviews guided by the socio-鈥
Twenty-five faculty at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 性视界传媒 were featured as Castle Connolly Top Doctors in Desert Companion's health issue. This Nevada Public Radio publication highlights the top 7% of all U.S. practicing physicians for being best-in-class healthcare providers, embodying excellence in clinical care as well as鈥
Zahra Mojtahedi and Pearl Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Ji Yoo (Medicine), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy; Center for Health Disparities Research) recently published "Socioeconomic differences in discharge against medical advice and hospital admission among emergency department visits associated with鈥