Center for Autism first stage of UNLV’s School of Medicine

The first batch of prospective UNLV School of Medicine students will visit campus today for interviews that could grant them admission and full-ride scholarships. The fledgling medical school received preliminary accreditation last month, paving the way for it to begin accepting applications Oct. 29. Since then, the school has received about 650 applications from interested students, about half of whom have some tie to Nevada, administrators said.

Actress Pia Zadora wants families in the Las Vegas Valley dealing with autism to know that “it’s going to get better.” Zadora is a supporter of the new UNLV Medicine Ackerman Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment Solutions, 630 S. Rancho Drive, Suite A, which opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 13.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine has gotten the official go-ahead to start classes in July, but Nevada children are already benefiting from it. The school started sifting through applications during the first week of November to select its first class after it was recently granted preliminary accreditation.

The upstart UNLV School of Medicine just cleared its biggest hurdle yet.

The school was granted preliminary accreditation today by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, paving the way for the school to teach its first class starting next summer.

It’s official: UNLV’s burgeoning medical school has been granted preliminary accreditation, allowing the institution to begin recruiting and accepting students for its first class in 2017.

It’s well known that Nevada rarely tops lists when it comes to accessibility of mental health services. The Silver State ranked 50th among U.S. states in 2013 for number of psychiatrists per capita and routinely falls at the bottom of Mental Health America’s overall ranking of access to care.

It’s well known that Nevada rarely tops lists when it comes to accessibility of mental health services. The Silver State ranked 50th among U.S. states in 2013 for number of psychiatrists per capita and routinely falls at the bottom of Mental Health America’s overall ranking of access to care.

One of the most visible components of the budding UNLV medical school debuts Thursday as officials open the doors on a downtown center that will provide a comprehensive suite of diagnostic services and treatment for children and young adults with autism.

William lives in a high-crime neighborhood. Julia doesn’t own a car and has few public transportation options. Michael lost his job two years ago and now is homeless. Ever since her husband died, Andrea, a retiree, has spent most of her time at home alone. Are these health-related issues? While we think of crime, homelessness, housing, transportation, poverty, unemployment, and loneliness as social and economic issues, they all can affect your health. So much so that the UNLV School of Medicine is addressing these issues in its curriculum.

Offering basic health services to underserved kids at school isn’t a novel idea.

But as the budding UNLV School of Medicine prepares for its proposed July 2017 debut, the institution says it will take over four Clark County school-based health facilities with plans for innovation.

Kalyan Tatineny, a radiologist with Radiology Associates of Nevada, projected two chest X-rays side by side on screen in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas classroom. One showed an internal image of a typical, healthy body — each translucent rib in alignment, a clearly defined, asymmetric heart and nearly invisible lungs. The image on the right was atypical, showing an enlarged heart with less clearly defined borders.