News: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
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UNLV Medicine’s Mojave Counseling Youth Clinic offers assistance to some of Nevada's youngest patients.
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Medical school class president combines education and science degrees as he prepares for emergency medicine.
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Back-to-school events to highlight UNLV campus traditions and student involvement.
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A new group of resident physicians recently came on board, just as the school bade farewell to a group who had completed their residencies.
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Fildes, professor and chair of UNLV's department of surgery, will begin as interim dean Sept. 1.
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A moment paying tribute to an organ donor helps families heal while raising awareness of the need for more donors.
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While teaching classes at the University of Salzburg, Katherine Hertlein also explored uses of technology.
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UNLV Medicine surgeons reviewed pavement burn admissions to a Las Vegas burn center over five years to determine how hot is too hot.
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The ear, nose, and throat clinics operated by UNLV Medicine assist about 1,500 patients a month.
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Charter class at School of Medicine starts moving into clinical training.
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Lawyer Crane Pomerantz advises new doctors that there's more to being successful than practicing good medicine.
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The UNLV Medical School and its students have been among the beneficiaries.