Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV

Drs. Awad Javaid and Chowdhury Ahsan (both Medicine) recently co-authored original research that was presented at the 2022 American Heart Association's annual Scientific Sessions and published in Circulation. The title of the project was "Comparison of Impella, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, and Vasopressors Alone in Patients With Acute Myocardial…
From the Nevada State Aging Disability Services Division, UNLV ($196,739), UNR, and Comazine Health are awarded to train Nevada healthcare providers to enhance their digital health capabilities of serving Nevada older and vulnerable adults. 4M (What Matters, Mobility, Medication, Mentation) framework is overarched with the ACGME competencies. The…
Andrew Manfra, Claire Chen, Kavita Batra, Kyaw Min Tun, and Mutsumi John Kioka (all Medicine) published a study, "Factors associated with improved outcome of inhaled corticosteroid use in COVID-19: A single institutional study," in the Medicine journal. 
Dr. Ji Yoo, Dr. Abebe Muraga, and colleagues published an article, "Clinical significance and long-term prognosis of ulcerative colitis patients with appendiceal orifice inflammation," in BMG gastroenterology 2022 Dec 21;22(1):532. doi: 10.1186/s12876-022-02627-w. This article was aimed to evaluate the clinical implication of…
Abigail W Cheng, Hannah Nemec, Joshua Ho, Kavita Batra, Carmen Flores, Syed Saquib, Douglas Fraser, Paul Chestovich (all Medicine) presented "Assessing the Impact of Prone Positioning Among Adult Burn Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome" at the American College of Surgeons COT Residents' Essay Region IX Competition event held in…
Vishvaas Ravikumar, presenter, and Jacob Berkowitz, co-author, (both Medicine) won the medical student clinical vignette category for their poster, "Novel Presentation of B-ALL in a Patient in Remission from AML", at the Nevada Chapter Scientific Meeting 2022 of the American College of Physicians (ACP). They will be traveling to San Diego in April…
Kyaw Min Tun, , Mark Hsu, Kavita Batra, Chun-Han Lo, Tooba Laeeq, Tanhe Vongsavath, Salman Mohammed, and Annie S. Hong (all Medicine), published an article, "Efficacy and Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infection among Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," in the journal…
The Division of Acute Care Surgery, Pediatrics, and Pediatric Surgery in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV collaborated on a pediatric cervical spine clearance guideline for treating children after traumatic injuries. The results of this quality initiative project titled, "A Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance Guideline Leads to Fewer…
Three team members from Traffic Safety Research at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV were recognized last week at the School of Public Health's Delta Omega Honor Society Induction Ceremony. Laura Gryder was inducted as an honorary member. Kavita Batra and Bertille Mavegam Tango Assoumou were elected to serve as Delta Theta chapter…
Christoph W. Sossou, Sadaf Fakhra, Kavita Batra, Dalia Hawwass, Aditi Singh, Buddhadeb Dawn, and Chowdhury H. Ahsan (all Medicine), along with a diverse group of researchers from the University of British Columbia, Emory University, St. George's University School of Medicine, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, and Newark Beth Israel…
Bertille Assoumou (Medicine), Courtney Coughenour (Environmental and Occupational Health), Amruta Godbole (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Ian McDonough (Economics) published an article titled, "Senior food insecurity in the USA: a systematic literature review," in the journal Public Health Nutrition. After examining 20 articles, they found…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) were featured in the news outlet, "Sunday GuardianLive," through which they discussed the problem of excessive "screen-watching" among preschoolers in India. This has come to light through their previous research study published in the Community Health Equity Research…