Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 51ԹϺ
Dr. Steven Mowen (Medicine) won the Exemplary Plenary Research Presentation Award at the Western Regional Society of Academic Emergency Medicine meeting held at UC Irvine on April 10-11, 2025. Mowen is an emergency physician (completed his EM residency at the KKSOM, Department of Emergency Medicine) and is a current Critical Care Fellow at the…
Bob Rakosi, Jera Davis, Jordan Miller, Henry Krasner, Kavita Batra, Sukanta Maitra, Allison McNickle
Bob Rakosi, Jera Davis, Jordan Miller, Henry Krasner, Kavita Batra, Sukanta Maitra and Allison McNickle (all Medicine) co-authored a study entitled "CT vs MRI C-Spine Imaging for C-Spine Clearance in Obtunded Patients in Low-Energy Trauma Mechanisms" published in the American Surgeon.
Deborah Kuhls (Medicine), who serves as professor and chief of the Acute Care Surgery Division and associate dean of Research, received the Nevada Public Health Associations' Public Health Advocate Award on April 9, 2025 in recognition of her exceptional contributions to public health. This honor reflects her unwavering commitment and…
Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published with colleagues at the 51ԹϺ School of Medicine (Kenneth Izuora, Amber Champion, Shauna Groven) and Dental Medicine (Jeffrey Ebersole) findings from a 28-week randomized control trial titled, "Strawberries improve insulin resistance and related cardiometabolic markers in…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Determinants of infertility treatment from the point of couples referring to infertility treatment center in Southern Iran,” in association with coauthors from Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences in the journal Scientific Reports (Impact factor 3.8…
Dr. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj (Medicine) associate professor of internal medicine and Governor of the Nevada Chapter of the American College of Physicians, was awarded two 2025 John Tooker Evergreen Awards for enriching, educating, and engaging membership. The Nevada Chapter partnered with the Arizona Chapter to engineer debates between residency teams…
Kathryn Houk (Libraries; Medicine) is the winner of the Libraries' Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award. She was nominated for her exceptional work on the publication Toward Inclusive Academic Library Hiring Practices, which she co-edited. She also contributed a chapter, co-written with colleagues Christina Miskey and Jason Aubin, about…
Dr. Kevin Petersen (Medicine) presented at the 2025 Southwest Surgical Congress in Sonoma Valley, California, on behalf of colleagues: Dr. Deborah Kuhls and Dr. Allison McNickle. The presentation, titled "Are we waiting too long? Evidence of a delay in treatment of patients with blunt cerebrovascular injury and concomitant traumatic brain injury…
Raul Saucedo (Medicine) presented at the 2025 Southwest Surgical Congress in Sonoma Valley, California, on behalf of colleagues: Dr. Vivek Pamulapati, Dr. Alex Chen, Dr. Jared Griffard and Dr. Allison McNickle. The presentation, titled "Small Bleeds, Thin Blood: Do We Need to Aggressively Manage TBI Patients on Anticoagulants and Antiplatelets?,"…
George Alhwayek (Medicine) presented at the 2025 Southwest Surgical Congress in Sonoma Valley, California. The presentation titled, "Pre- and Post-Operative Hemoglobin Levels, Intra-operative Resuscitation, and Subsequent Complications in Geriatric Patients Undergoing Femur Fracture Fixation," focused on optimizing the intra-operative…
ScholarGPS has named Dr. Jeffrey L. Cummings (Brain Health) the “World’s #1 Ranked Scholar” in the fields of dementia and drug development.
Cummings, a highly respected research professor at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 51ԹϺ, who previously served as founding director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Exploring barriers to formal mental health help-seeking among Iranian adolescent girls: A qualitative study using the PRECEDE model,” in the International Journal of Adolescence and Youth (5-year Impact factor 3.8) with coauthors from Shiraz University of…