Russell P. Gollard, M.D., F.A.C.P. has taught at UNLV since 1998, both in the English department and the Honors College. Dr. Gollard is interested in the depiction of illness in literature as well as in works chronicling the training of health care providers. He is interested in perceptions of illness on the part of both the patient and the practitioner. Dr. Gollard has a full-time practice specializing in adult hematology and medical oncology.