Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 51ԹϺ
James King (Medicine), assistant director of AV services, and Justin Pulsipher (Medicine), IT technician IV, were both nominated in the 2024 Top Tech Awards. Each year, the Top Tech Awards recognizes Las Vegas tech leaders for their innovative work in business.
Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with researchers from Italy, published a study titled "The Work-Related Well-Being of Social Service Workers Post COVID-19 Pandemic: The Psychosocial Impact of Remote vs. In-Person Work" in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. The results offer valuable insights into managing relationships with users and…
Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with researchers from Italy, Argentina, Tokyo, China, Morocco, Turkey, and Iran, published a study titled "Prevalence and Factors Associated with Burnout Syndrome in Resident Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study in Italy" in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. This research, consistent with prior studies,…
Qurrat-ul-ain Aziz, Kavita Batra, Sanna Fatima, Jared Splinter, Amber Laurel Champion, Ajay M. Kumar, Kenneth E Izuora (all Medicine) published an abstract "Clinical Accuracy Of Continuous Glucose Monitoring In Post-kidney Transplant Patients With Type 2 Diabetes" in Journal of the Endocrine Society.
Nataliyah Tahir, Sophie Ahmad, Kavita Batra, Ashok Gupta and Kenneth E Izuora (all Medicine) published an abstract "Assessing The Relationship Between Oral Health And Bone Disease Among Post-menopausal Women" in Journal of the Endocrine Society. Tahir and Ahmed are medical students.
Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with her GBD 2021 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Collaborators published a study "Global, regional, and national burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021," in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine. Batra serves as the Senior Collaborator…
Acute care surgery fellow Dr. David Velez (Medicine) was recognized with an Innovation in Education Award by the Society of Critical Care Program Directors Society for his web-based Educational Review Resource for Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery. Dr. Velez created the Operative Review of Surgery website which provides a free…
Dr. Jaineet Chhabra (Medicine) was featured on WOAY-TV, a television station in West Virginia, for presenting a sports medicine career day talk to high school students after presenting a $2,000 grant to the Woodrow Wilson High School tennis team.
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a paper titled, “The advent of the fourth-generation multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change in health promotion research” at the World Summit on Public Health and Health Sciences held in Bern, Switzerland held between October 14 -16. The presentation was about the…
Dr. Jaineet Chhabra (Medicine) will be doing a lecture at the Far West Athletic Trainers' Association (FWATA) Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium occurring from April 16-19, 2025. His lecture will be on his proposal, "The Coupling of Cardiovascular and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics: Advancing Sports Biodesign and Injury Prevention.”
Dr. Brandon Eddy (Medicine) has been named a recipient of the 51ԹϺ Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award. Members of the selection committee were impressed with his exemplary efforts in the classroom. Dr. Eddy will receive a $5,000 stipend and be recognized at the 2025 Academic Achievement Awards Ceremony to be held in spring.
Dr. Amy Stone (Medicine) was one of the authors of a published a paper titled "Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 compared to the viral genetic test in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis " in the journal JBI Evidence Synthesis. The journal published an editorial describing its impact …