Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 51ԹϺ
Dr. Paul Lewis (Medicine) presented a poster entitled "Tread Lightly: Evaluating Geographic Distribution and Severity of Pedestrian vs. Auto Injuries in a Major Metropolitan Area" at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma in Las Vegas, on behalf of his school of medicine colleagues Ahmed Nadeem-Tariq, Deborah…
Dr. Jo-Lawrence Bigcas (Medicine), Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental), and ENT resident Dr. William Montagne (Medicine), along with a colleague at Washington State University, co-authored "Diagnosis and Prognostic Implications of Primary Intraosseous Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review," which published Sept. 11 in the journal Cureus. The article…
Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with GBD 2021 Upper Respiratory Infections Otitis Media Collaborators, published a study "Global, regional, and national burden of upper respiratory infections and otitis media, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021," in the Lancet Infectious Diseases. This study reported the…
Ryan Grinnell (Medicine) presented a poster, "Growing Pains: Expanding on the BIG Criteria to Include Minor Fractures," at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Annual Meeting in Las Vegas on behalf of his coauthors Dr. Matt Perryman and Dr. Allison McNickle (both Medicine). This project evaluated whether…
Kenneth Izuora (Medicine), Amalie Alver (Medicine), Arpita Basu (Kinesiology), Kavita Batra (Medicine), Shelley Williams (Dental Medicine) and Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental Medicine) published “The Association of Dietary Micronutrient Intake and Systemic Inflammation among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study” in the journal…
Dr. Beverly Neyland and Dr. Jeremy Kilburn (both Medicine) have been honored as Healthcare Heroes by Nevada Business Magazine. Neyland was awarded Educator of the Year, and Kilburn was named Community Partner of the Year. The magazine relies on a panel of judges to sort through nominations and determine the top healthcare professionals in their…
Christopher J. Fang (Medicine) gave a research poster presentation at Clinical Orthopaedic Society’s 112th annual meeting.
Amy Stone (Medicine), along with colleagues recently published an article, "Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of rapid antigen tests for COVID19 compared to the viral genetic test in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis," in the journal JBI Evidence Synthesis.
Kenneth Izuora (Medicine) presented at a plenary session of the National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit held in Atlanta, GA on August 16. The presentation titled Process and Pearls for Successful Adult Vaccination Workflow Improvement in an Endocrinology Clinic described the approach taken by the 51ԹϺ Health quality improvement…
Dr. Allison McNickle and Dr. Shirong Chang (both Medicine), along with collaborators from University Medical Center published an article, "A Pediatric Brain Injury Guideline Allows Safe Management of Traumatic Brain Injuries by Trauma Surgeons" in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
Deborah A. Kuhls, Bertille Mavegam Tango, Kavita Batra , Noehealani Antolin (all Medicine), along with Courtney Coughenour, Max Gakh, William Porter, Darin Mains, Kacie Washburn (all Public Health), and William Sousa (Urban Affairs), presented findings from the Statistical Transparency of Policing (STOP) Project, resulting from SB 236 (…
Noehealani Antolin, Ana Reyes, Nicole Bacani, Merika Charupoom, Kavita Batra, Bertille Mavegam Tango, and Deborah A. Kuhls (all Medicine) presented "An Overview of Nevada Non-adjudicated Citations 2018-2021 - A Descriptive Analysis" at the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP) Conference on August 14 in San Diego,…