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Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) and a colleague recently published a paper in the Physician Leadership Journal titled, "The Three Stages of Physicians' Careers." The three stages of a physician's career described include: Stage 1: Time and energy but no money; Stage 2: Money and energy but no time, and; Stage 3: Time and money but no energy.

Samantha E. John (Brain Health), along with Jalal Uddin, Drew Blasco, Timothy J. Grigsby, Chad L. Cross, and Jason D. Flatt (all Public Health), recently published a study titled, "Exploring Discharge to Hospice for Dementia-Related Healthcare Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups in Southern Nevada," in the Journal of Palliative Medicine.…

Karl Aharonian, Jeffrey Martin, and Henry Krasner, Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Meher Yepremyan (Retina Consultants of Nevada, Las Vegas), recently published a study titled, "Climate and Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: A Retrospective and Multi-Site Study in the High Desert of the United States,” in the journal Clinical Ophthalmology. This study…

Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) has been appointed  a committee member of the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME) for a three-year term. The LCME is the accrediting body for US MD-granting institutions. The LCME is comprised of 17 professional members, two student members, and two public at-large members.

Myung-Rho Kim, Jasmine Dugal, Shawn Wang, Spencer Taylor, Vidhani Goal, Amaan Shafi, Aditi Singh, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) co-authored the study titled "Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Procedure and Antithrombotics: Less May Be Enough for Lower-Risk Patients – A Single-Center Observational Study," published in the journal Medicine. The…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), in collaboration with researchers from Italy and Poland, published the study titled "Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBDs) vs. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS): A Comparative Qualitative Study on Prevalent Themes, Emotions, and Quality of Life (QoL)" in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. While previous research has…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) co-authored the article titled "Environmental Influences in the Global Incidence of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Longitudinal Analysis of Historical Trends (2010–2021) Across 204 Countries" published in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. The study highlights the potential…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was interviewed by New India Abroad on his new book, Introspective Meditations for Complete Contentment (Santosha) (2nd edition), on the International Yoga Day. New India Abroad is a leading newspaper for the Indian diaspora residing in the United States and other countries. The…

Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy; Center for Health Disparities Research) and Fye Pinera and Pearl Pinera (both Healthcare Administration and Policy), Ji Yoo (Medicine) presented "Association of Atrial Ablation and Palliative Care for High-risk Mortality Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in U.S. Hospitals" at the 19th World Congress…

Magnus Chun, Tahne Vongsavath, Sneh Sonaiya, Lily Liu, Kyaw Min Tun, Kavita Batra, and Robert G. Gish (all Medicine) conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate whether adding somatostatin therapy to standard treatment improves outcomes for non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB). They found that adjunctive…

Casey Barber, Lung-Chang Chien, Brian Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Edwin Oh (School of Medicine and the College of Sciences), Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Global Health), and colleagues published an article on "Application of joinpoint regression to SARS-CoV-2 wastewater-based epidemiology in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA" in…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Geographical distribution disparities and prediction of health satisfaction among middle-aged and elderly adults in China: An analysis based on national data” in the journal, Annals of Epidemiology (Impact factor 3.3) in collaboration with coauthors…