Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Dr. Marc J Kahn (Medicine) and his colleagues published an article, "When Are Results of Single-arm Studies Dramatic?" in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. Although randomized phase three studies are a gold standard in medicine, this article describes an algorithm for determining when clinical go/no-go decisions can be made using data from single-…
Dr. Joshua J. Goldman (Medicine) has worked with residents in the department of plastic & reconstructive surgery as contributing authors to the StatPearls initiative, providing high quality, PubMed-indexed review articles and board-style questions on aesthetic and reconstructive surgery topics. The residents and their topics are:
Dr. Aradhana…
Dr. Joshua J. Goldman (Medicine) published a successful, complex reconstruction of the upper cervical spine and craniovertebral junction with a free vascularized fibula osseocutaneous flap. The case was the longest of its type with reconstruction to the skull base. This research is being followed with a meta-analysis of similar reconstructions…
Johan Bester (Medicine) has published an article in the American Journal of Bioethics. This article reviews the implications of ethical arguments surrounding the practice of intentionally leaving children unvaccinated to chicken pox to benefit older people. The article concludes that it is wrong to withhold what is morally owed children purely to…
Buddha Dawn (Medicine) co-authored an article, “A Phase I Study to Evaluate Two Doses of Wharton’s Jelly-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for the Treatment of de novo High-risk or Steroid-refractory Acute Graft Versus Host Disease,” in Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. This study evaluated the safety of Wharton’s jelly MSCs in 10 patients with…
Dr. Awad Javaid (Medicine) recently presented his quality improvement project, “Heart Failure Quality Improvement at the Las Vegas VA” at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Conference. His abstract was published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Javaid analyzed factors contributing to heart…
Dr. Jordana Haber (Medicine) published a case report, "Rare External Jugular Vein Pseudoaneurysm," in Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine.
She also published a peer-reviewed manuscript, "Top 10 Evidence-based Countermeasures for Night Shift Workers," in Emergency Medicine Journal, addressing recommendations to increase sleep,…
Dr. Caleb Murphy (Medicine) published a manuscript, “The Leadership Baseline: Assessing Servant Leadership and Leadership Self-Efficacy in First-year Health Professions Students” in the Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice. This study evaluated leadership attitudes among health professions students, an important gap in the…
Dr. Ross P. Berkeley (Medicine) published a manuscript, "Duty To Warn In The Emergency Department: Three Medical Legal Cases That Illustrate Provider’s Broad Risk and Liability" in the August issue of Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine. The manuscript delves into medical-legal cases that define a physician’s duty to…
Jay Shen, Pearl Kim (Health Care Administration), and Ji Yoo (Medicine), along with Sung-Youn Chun and Jinwook Hwang, former international visiting scholars at the School of Public Health, and others recently published an article, "U.S. Trends of Opioid-use Disorders and Associated Factors among Hospitalized Patients with Spinal Conditions and…
Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) wrote an editorial that appeared on the front page of the Las Vegas Sun advocating for the growth of the academic health center at UNLV as necessary for providing quality care for the community.
Dr. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj (Medicine) was interviewed on ways physicians should maintain their well-being in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic because of her role as the American College of Physician's Nevada Chapter Well-being Champion. Internal medicine residents Dr. Caleb Murphy, a current third-year resident, and Dr. Banreet Dhindsa, who…