Brett Allen, Alexis Knutson, Noama Iftekhar, Casey Giles, Jarrell Patterson, Joshua MacDavid, and Richard Baynosa (Surgery and Plastic Surgery) published an encompassing review article on the cutting edge field of robotic breast reconstruction.

Robert C. Wang, Suparna Shah, Jeffrey Moxley, Erik Kubiak and Muhammed F. Shand (all Medicine) published work titled, "Feasibility of Laryngeal Joint Replacement: A Proof of Concept Study in Cadavers." Their findings appeared in The Laryngoscope, a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal in the field of otolaryngology (ENT). The surgeons, working on…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), in collaboration with the GBD 2021 Japan Collaborators, co-authored the study, "Three Decades of Population Health Changes in Japan, 1990-2021: A Subnational Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021," published in The Lancet Public Health. This research provides a comprehensive analysis of mortality, morbidity…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) as Deputy Editor and Jagdish Khubchandani as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health, along with Michael Wilblishauser, Fern J. Webb, and R. Andrew Yockey, published an editorial titled "Reforming Public Health Organizations in the Post-COVID Era." The commentary highlights the increasing…

Aaron Peterson, Philip Borsellino, Ryder Davidson, Edozie Ezeanolue, Gemma Lagasca, Jared Diaz, Kavita Batra, and Anne Weisman (all Medicine) presented their research findings on "The Effectiveness of Mind-Body Intervention on Psychological Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Interventional Study" at the International Conference on…

Acute Care Surgery fellows Kevin Petersen, Vivek Pamulapati, and Christopher Demme (Medicine) presented challenging trauma cases to a panel of surgeons as part of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma's "Experts on the Hot Seat" national webinar series. The panel was moderated by acute care surgery program director Allison McNickle.

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article association with coauthors from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences titled, “The effects of saffron supplementation on inflammatory factors and clinical outcomes in sepsis patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU): Study protocol for a double-blind…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article association with coauthors from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences titled, “The effects of concurrent alpha-linolenic acid, L-carnitine supplementation on clinical symptoms, mental health, and quality of life in women with migraine: A randomized, triple-…

Mark Guadagnoli, Whitney Elks, Kencie Ely, Abigail W Cheng, Kavita Batra, Charles Randolph St Hill (all Medicine) published a study, "Good, Better, How,” Educational Intervention: Potential Benefits of Utilizing Feedback in General Surgery; Sequential Mixed-Methods Study of an Educational Intervention" in the Advances in Medical Education and…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article as a senior collaborator in the GBD 2021 Adult BMI Collaborators Group titled, “Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: A forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021,” in The…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Jason Geddes Rising Researcher Award, a distinguished recognition bestowed by the NSHE Board of Regents. This prestigious award celebrates exceptional early-career researchers whose work demonstrates outstanding promise, innovation, and the potential to make a lasting…

Dr. Erum Chowdhry (Medicine) has won second place in the 2025 Clark County Medical Society Virtual Research Symposium. Her presentation on Pediatric Asthma Action Plans placed second among medical students and residents, and she was awarded at their event in the Mob Museum on February 13, 2025.