In the News
In the News
Good things are happening at UNLV Medicine, the medical practice where UNLV School of Medicine doctors treat patients.
Here you will find the latest news stories and contact information for media relations. Our media relations team is available to assist with news inquiries involving UNLV clinics, doctors, patients, and programs.
If you are a journalist looking for more information about UNLV Medicine clinics, or the UNLV School of Medicine, our media relations team can help you with:
- Setting up interviews with our expert physicians and other healthcare professionals
- Access to our facilities for reporters/photographers/videographers and news crews.
We look forward to working with you. You can find more information about UNLV Media Policies, or contact our manager of media relations, Mr. Paul Joncich at (702) 895-1696 for stories about our doctors and medical clinics.
UNLV School of Medicine Vice Dean
He’s excited to help build the UNLV School of Medicine and UNLV Medicine from the ground up. “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity with all of the advantages and disadvantages of a startup. Since we’re new and small, since we’re not held to deals that were made 20, 30, 50 years ago. At some level that’s our weakness, but also our strength. We can do things differently.”
Surgeons Train on UNLV’s Virtual Surgery Simulator
It’s like a flight simulator, but for young doctors who are learning how to perform arthroscopic surgery. Orthopedic residents, training in their specialty, manipulate real surgical instruments inside an artificial knee while feeling the same type of tactile pressure they would if they were passing through tissue or bone. Giving young surgeons the ability to become skilled fairly quickly. An incredibly useful device that few medical schools possess.
UNLV Program Helping Kids With Autism
For families who have children with autism, finding help can be exhausting and often includes traveling all over the state from one specialist to another. Now there is a promising program diagnosing and treating kids earlier and all in one place at the UNLV Medicine Ackerman Autism Center.
UNLV Center Offers More Autism Therapy Options
The UNLV School of Medicine Ackerman Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment Solutions provides several programs for people with autism, up to age 22. The Early Start Denver Model, the program being used to treat Hannah, is one of the newer ones.
Quick Take: Dr. Mark Doubrava on the School of Medicine
Why UNLV’s school of medicine is so important
Dr. Mark Doubrava, a Las Vegas ophthalmologist, is also a Nevada System of Higher Education regent and a member of the UNLV School of Medicine’s Community Advisory Board, so he has a unique perspective on medical education in Nevada.
UNLV Receives $20 Million NIH Grant Renewal to Lead Research Network
Clinical Research
Thanks to a five-year $20.3 million grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), UNLV will continue to lead a health research network of 13 universities across the Mountain West region.
The Mountain West Clinical Translational Research Infrastructure Network(CTR-IN) began in 2013 and is designed to expand the research capacity of UNLV and partner institutions across seven states with a focus on improving the health of residents.
UNLV’s Community Health Worker Program Aims To Bridge Barriers To Quality Care
Wanted: health care professionals, no medical degree required. That’s the pitch for a new UNLV School of Medicine program that aims to fill “a vital gap” in the health care system by producing community health workers who can help patients overcome social and physical barriers preventing them from receiving quality medical care.