Our Team | School of Medicine

Samuel Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor/Chair, Medicine/Chief of Internal Medicine, Renown Health

(775) 327-5174

samuellee@med.unr.edu

Karen Bain

Clinical Nutritionist 2

kbain@med.unr.edu

Timothy Baker, M.D.

Professor, Medicine/Vice Dean

(775) 682-7732

tkbaker@med.unr.edu

Kirk Bronander, M.D.

Professor, Medicine

(775) 327-5174

kbronander@med.unr.edu

T. Brian Callister, M.D., FACP, SFHM

Professor, Medicine/Vice Chair/Rural Medical Education Director

(775) 327-5174

tcallister@med.unr.edu

Lisa A Calvo, M.D.

Associate Professor, Medicine/Residency Program, Associate Program Director

(775) 327-5174

lcalvo@med.unr.edu

Gai Elhanan, M.D.

Associate Research Scientist, Computer Science, Medicine/Healthy Nevada Project

gelhanan@med.unr.edu

Joseph Grzymski, Ph.D.

Research Professor, Computational Biology and Genetics, Medicine/Healthy Nevada Project

jgrzymski@med.unr.edu

Jennifer Heck

NSHE Specialist 1, Clinical Department Administration

(775) 327-5174

jheck@med.unr.edu

Thomas Henning

Clinical Fellow 4

thenning@med.unr.edu

David Howard, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Medicine, Associate Dean, Curricular Affairs

(775) 327-5174

djhoward@med.unr.edu

Raheel Islam, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Medicine

(775) 327-5174

rislam@med.unr.edu

Sean Kandel, D.O., M.S., FACP

Associate Professor, Medicine

(775) 327-5174

seankandel@med.unr.edu

Casey Kilgore

NSHE Specialist 1, Clinical Department Administration

(775) 327-5174

ckilgore@med.unr.edu

Daniel Kiser, M.S.

Statistician, Medicine/Helathy Nevada Project

dkiser@med.unr.edu

Craig W Kugler, MBA

Manager, Administration, Medicine/Healthy Nevada Project

ckugler@med.unr.edu

Bruce G Lipp

Senior Scientific Software Engineer, Medicine/Healthy Nevada Project

blipp@med.unr.edu

Leah Machen, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Medicine

(775) 327-5174

lmachen@med.unr.edu

Jim Metcalf, M.S.

Senior Director, Data Science, Medicine/Healthy Nevada Project

jimm@med.unr.edu

John Packham, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Medicine/Associate Dean, Statewide Initiatives

(775) 784-1235

jpackham@med.unr.edu

Monica Payne, M.D.

Clerkship Director, Medicine

(775) 327-5174

mpayne@med.unr.edu

Sujatha Pitani, M.D.

Professor, Medicine/Outpatient Medical Director

(775) 982-1000

spitani@med.unr.edu

Nicole Preston

Simulation Technology Specialist

(775) 682-6326

npreston@med.unr.edu

Robert W Read, M.S.

Senior Data Analyst, Medicine/Healthy Nevada Project

readr3@med.unr.edu

Shalini Reddy, M.D.

Professor, Medicine/Residency Program Director

(775) 327-5174

shalinir@med.unr.edu

Helena Russell, M.D.

Geriatric Fellowship Program Director, Medicine

(775) 327-5174

helena.russell@va.gov

Karen Schlauch, Ph.D.

Research Professor, Bioinformatics and Genetics, Medicine/Healthy Nevada Project

schlauch@med.unr.edu

Brian Talbott, M.D.

Hospice and Palliative Fellowship Program Director, Medicine

(775) 327-5174

briantalbott@unr.edu

Karmella Thomas

Program Director, Nutrition

(775) 982-1000

ktthomas@med.unr.edu

Lorrel Toft, M.D.

Associate Professor, Medicine

(775) 445-7650

ltoft@med.unr.edu

Kellie Watkins, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Medicine

(775) 682-5026

kelliewatkins@unr.edu

John Westhoff, M.D., MPH

Associate Professor, Medicine/Assistant Dean of Student Research

(775) 682-9838

jwesthoff@unr.edu

Dawn Younie

Clerkship Coordinator, Medicine

(775) 682-8517

dyounie@med.unr.edu