With plans to become a surgeon, medical student and award-winning equestrian Shaunicy Sturm wants 'to change a patient’s life so that they wake up to a better future.'

Third-year medical students are set to be the first pair of identical twins to graduate from the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV.

After her sister's childhood cancer diagnosis, Courtney Thornton learned firsthand the importance of access to quality medical care.

A residency with the University of California, San Diego awaits Monica Celine Fortich after graduation — but, she'll always call Las Vegas home.

Jessica Fields, medical student and All-American collegiate athlete, knows 'that the discipline that came with athletics will help me as a physician.'

The associate professor in thoracic surgery says not only did her mother influence her career choice, but was also the person to drive home the importance of a good education.

Karl Aharonian's path to UNLV began thousands of miles from Las Vegas.

Thanks to a Nobel-prize winning algorithm, these internal medicine residents — and married couple  — could begin their residency, together, at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine.