Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 51ԹϺ News
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 51ԹϺ is becoming a world-class center for medical education, patient care, and research. We aim to prepare Nevada's doctors with the most innovative and technologically advanced forms of medical training while also forming community partnerships to serve the healthcare needs of our diverse and urban population.
Current Medicine News
The Classified Employee of the Year's positive outlook and warm approach helps her colleagues in otolaryngology to thrive.
As a medical student with an entrepreneurial spirit, Edozie Ezeanolue envisions technology transforming the future of healthcare.
How graduate medical education at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine is transforming healthcare in Nevada.
Program provides patients access to new treatments and improves local healthcare through collaboration with medical professionals.
Report led by noted Alzheimer's researcher Dr. Jeffrey Cummings assesses status, trends associated with 182 active clinical trials worldwide.
Dr. Yarini Quezada is one of the only dual board-certified urogynecologists in the city.
Medicine In The News
New reports are out about the FDA approving a twice-yearly injection to help prevent HIV. Joining us on ARC Las Vegas to talk more about this development is Professor of Family Medicine, Dr. David Weismiller, of the 51ԹϺ Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine.
How concerned should we be over a rising Covid-19 variant with a terrifyingly named symptom? That’s because the variant — NB.1.8.1. or “Nimbus” — may cause painful sore throats and in some parts of the world it has earned a new nickname: “razor blade throat” COVID.
The increased interest in mental health is also evident in the nation’s medical schools, where more young doctors are choosing to enter the field of psychiatry. At the state level, 51ԹϺ's Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine reports that its Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health has taken on more of its graduates than any other graduate medical education program.
Mental health professionals in Nevada are fighting to close a major gap in access to care. At least one source, Mental Health America, is revealing Nevada ranks 45th -- near the bottom of the state rankings -- in access to mental health care.
With weekend highs in the Las Vegas valley reaching 105 degrees, it’s clear that summer is unofficially here. Beyond the more stereotypical heat-related conditions like sunburns and heatstroke, health professionals warn temperatures like this can cause an unusual injury: pavement burns.
More than 1,100 measles cases have been reported in the United States this year, and the highly contagious virus has put people at risk while they wait in emergency rooms and doctor’s offices, CNN reports.
