Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 51ԹϺ
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) co-authored an interdisciplinary article titled, “Single parenthood and minor children: Vulnerability factors for fear of crime," in collaboration with colleagues from Jackson State University and Auburn University at Montgomery in the journal The Pursuit. The article found…
John Menezes, Kavita Batra, Vladislav Zhitny (all Medicine) published a study, "A Nationwide Analysis of Gunshot Wounds of the Head and Neck: Morbidity, Mortality, and Cost" in the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. Gun-related injuries remain a major public health issue, with many beginning to view this as a national health crisis.
An interdisciplinary collaboration between the dental and medical school resulted in a publication titled, "Extranodal manifestation of mantle cell lymphoma in the submandibular duct: A case report and review of literature." The publication was accepted in Otolaryngology Case Reports. It was written by fourth-year medical student Spencer…
Marc J. Kahn (Medicine), MD, MBA, and Paul J. Hauptman, MD, the deans at each of Nevada's public medical schools wrote an editorial in the Nevada Independent pointing out the the solution to the state's physician shortage is to increase the number of residency and fellowship positions. While the likelihood that a medical graduate from a…
Dr. Peter Kim and Dr. Jo-Lawrence Bigcas (Otolaryngology, Medicine) were invited to speak at the 4th Annual Sin City Sinus conference, hosted by renowned rhinologist Dr. Phil Chen. As 51ԹϺ faculty, Dr. Kim and Dr. Bigcas represented the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 51ԹϺ with presentations on the Management of Epistaxis and…
Yuna Kim, Muhammed Shand, Emily Sagalow, Logan Lee, Kavita Batra, Jo-Lawrence Bigcas, and Robert Wang (all Medicine) presented their study titled "Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) in the Management of Thyroidectomy Incisions" at the Triological Combined Sections Meeting in Coronado.
Marc J. Kahn, Alison Netski (both Medicine), and colleagues recently published a paper titled, "A Game Theory Approach for Strategic Partnerships in Academic Medicine." The article describes partnerships using the framework of a game with players and rules. The authors suggest strategic moves to best accomplish the goals of such…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) delivered a keynote address to the International Conference on Emerging Need to Strengthen Global Public Health Policies and Sports Sciences (ICGPHPSS) titled, “The role of newer health behavior theories in global public health.” The conference was held as a hybrid at Sikkim Manipal…
Tara Nerida (Social and Behavioral Health), Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), Brain Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning) published an article titled, “COVID-19 vaccine acceptance behavior among Hispanics/Latinxs in…
Christopher McNicoll, Allison G. McNickle, Danielle Vanderet, Purvi P. Patel, Patricia Souchon, Deborah A. Kuhls, Douglas R. Fraser, and Paul Chestovich (all Surgery) published an article, "Shot through the heart: A 17-year analysis of pre-hospital and
hospital deaths from penetrating cardiac injuries," in Injury.
Hilary Linzie (Medicine) and two medical students recently published a literature review on self-inflicted stabbings as non-lethal suicide attempts in the Journal of the Academy of Consult-Liaison Psychiatry. The Systematic review detailed the psychiatric characteristics of this unique patient population.
Nathan C. Higgins, Alexandra N. Scurry, Fang Jiang, David F. Little, Claude Alain, Mounya Elhilali, and Joel S. Snyder published a paper titled, "Adaptation in the sensory cortex drives bistable switching during auditory stream segregation," in Neuroscience of Consciousness. Dr. Higgins and Dr. Little were post-doctoral fellows at 51ԹϺ, and…