Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 性视界传媒
Dr. Vishisht Mehta (Medicine) published an invited editorial in CHEST titled, "The Second Multicenter Intrapleural Sepsis Trial Dosing Regimen of Intrapleural Enzyme Therapy Remains the Benchmark in Parapneumonic Effusions and Empyema, Even Without Dwell Time." This editorial provided commentary on the underlying paper analyzing the effects of鈥
Kavita Batra (Medicine), whose primary research focuses on maternal and neonatal health, along with her GBD 2023 Maternal Mortality collaborators, co-authored a study in The Lancet: Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women鈥檚 Health titled, "Global, regional, and national levels and trends in maternal mortality, progress towards the Sustainable Development鈥
Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with the GBD 2021 AEMT collaborators, published "Global burden of adverse effects of medical treatment from 1990 to 2021: a Global Burden of Disease Study 2021" in the Korean Journal of Internal Medicine. Using GBD 2021 data from 204 countries, the study quantified the global burden of adverse effects of medical鈥
Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with Jagdish Khubchandani (New Mexico State University), Andrew Yockey (University of Mississippi), and Srikanta Banerjee (Walden University), co-authored an editorial in the Journal of Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health arguing that reporting study limitations is not just stylistic but an ethical responsibility,鈥
Kavita Batra, Aditi Singh, and Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj (all Medicine) along with their collaborators, including former medical residents and colleagues from the University of California, San Francisco, presented their work as a poster and published the abstract in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) on "Characteristics and鈥
Brandon Eddy, Ph.D., (Couple and Family Therapy) recently presented at the International Family Therapy Association Conference in Bergen, Norway. He presented with a former graduate of the 性视界传媒 Couple and Family Therapy Program, Ashley Bloomberg.
Soon Cho (Medicine) published "The Systemic Model of the Brain Disease of Addiction: A Holistic and Comprehensive Theoretical Perspective" in the Journal of Family Theory and Review.
Highly interdisciplinary team, Lois Suh (Medicine), Euiseong Ko (Computer Science), Beomsu Baek (Computer Science), Jiwon Yoo (Medicine), Jay J. Shen (Public Health), and Mingon Kang (Computer Science) published a paper, entitled "Examining Ethnic and Racial Variations in Opioid-related Hospitalizations Using Western U.S. Electronic Health Records鈥
Emily Janes and Soon Cho (both Medicine) published the article, "Infidelity Decision鈥怣aking by Emerging Adult Women: A Grounded Theory," in Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has been awarded the 2025 Wiley Top Cited Article Award for 鈥淚nvestigating perceived core disaster competencies of nurses in Iran: A case study of northwest hospitals,鈥 which he coauthored in 2024 in Public Health Nursing (Cite Score 3.3, Impact Factor 1.3, Acceptance Rate 4%).
Dr. Jaineet 鈥淛ai鈥 Chhabra (Medicine) was re-invited to the Las Vegas Raiders Facility to mentor local high school students and share his journey. Joined by members of the Raiders healthcare team, Chhabra discussed pathways into sports medicine, his clinical journey, and his developing research interests in biomechanics and wearable-based鈥
Dr. Nadia Gomez (Medicine) has been recognized as a Castle Connolly Exceptional Woman in Medicine. Awardees are recognized annually, based on peer nominations and outstanding accomplishments and dedication to the field of medicine. These women have contributed to the advancement of healthcare through clinical care, research, community鈥