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News & Events
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
• March 25, 2019 marks the 50 year anniversary of the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med), Nevada’s first public medical school. This evening, the School of Medicine commemorated the major milestone with a Golden Gala sold-out celebration at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno.
• Fourth-year medical students from the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) received residency assignments today during a Match Day ceremony at The Grove in Reno.
• Neda Etezadi-Amoli, M.D., ‘02 is assuming the OB/GYN Chair for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med). Dr. Etezadi-Amoli has served as interim chair of the newly-developed, OB/GYN department at UNR Med since spring, 2017.
• Alison Westfall, M.D., FACOG has joined the department of OB-GYN at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med), and is now accepting patients in the UNR Med Women’s Health Center.
• Watching the seconds tick down—that's what University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine students will be doing, along with about 18,000 medical students across the country, on Friday, March 15. They have all been waiting four years for Match Day, to learn where they will train in their specialty of choice in their next phase of medical education.
• Lauren Siri has joined the Advancement and Engagement department at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) as manager of events and protocol.
• Northern Nevadans who are uninsured, underinsured or without a social security number can receive free medical care this March and April 2019 at upcoming University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) Student Outreach Clinics.
• Over 2 million Nevadans, or 67.3 percent of the state's population, live in a federally designated primary health care physician shortage area. And over 80 percent of Nevada’s rural and frontier population live in health care shortage areas, according to new data from the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) 2019 Nevada Rural and Frontier Health Data Book.
• With heart disease and stroke causing one in three deaths in women each year-more than all cancers combined-it's important that women know the signs of a heart attack, additional risk factors and their individual "numbers." In honor of National Heart Month, we asked Dr. Neda Etezadi-Amoli, FACOG, assistant professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, how women can safeguard their most important vital organ.
• State legislators, city officials, CEOs and community leaders experienced four years of medical school in one day! From a human heart dissection, to learning how to suture, participating in medical simulation labs and research meetings, the group had a full-on immersion into a day in the life of a medical student.
• In March 1969, the University of Nevada (now Reno) School of Medicine was founded with a special mission of expanding primary care throughout the state of Nevada, particularly to rural, isolated communities. As we celebrate our first 50 years, and look ahead to the next 50, our strategic focus has expanded to the wider vision of contributing to a Healthy Nevada, even as we transition to our fully-developed "home" in Reno and northern Nevada. While we have much progress to report for 50 years of work, there is much left for us to do.
• A 50 for FIFTY Giving Campaign is being launched, today at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. To commemorate 50 years, for 50 days, from February 4 through March 25, 2019, UNR Med will be raising funds in support of better health and better health care for the state, for northern Nevada and for all residents.
• The Sanford Center for Aging and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) Division of Endocrinology, Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism will host free weekly workshops for individuals living with pre-diabetes starting February 4, 2019 and will continue to February, 2020.
• The use of social apps—Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat—has become an integral part of most people's lives. In contrast to traditional media where one source is going to many receivers, social media operates in a dialogic transmission system, whereby many sources interact, sometimes simultaneously, with many receivers. This provides for superior interactivity between its users. Not surprisingly, it also plays a major role in the lives of our children once they are old enough to understand how to access and use social media.
• The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) announces a new post in the Office of the Dean, with Carolyn Brayko, Ph.D., named director, organizational development and strategic planning.
• The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) is expanding both health care services and clinical education for medical students, physician assistant students and residents in northern Nevada with the purchase of 745 West Moana Lane in Reno. UNR Med is transforming the existing three-story building into a multi-specialty clinical practice that will be patient-centered as both a model of outstanding medical care and medical education.
• Welcome to the New Year! The end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019 give us the opportunity to reflect on the past while looking towards a promising future. For the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med), 2018 was a year of tremendous celebration and growth. We earned full accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, kicked off our year-long 50th anniversary recognition and launched a new Physician Assistant Studies Program. As we head into 2019, the future promises continued transformation and growth, and, yes, celebration.
• About 9 percent of men and nearly 11 percent of women of reproductive age in the United States have experienced fertility problems, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In one-third of infertile couples, men are often the cause of the infertility. A new study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) corrects a 150-year-old concept regarding sperm transport through cilia beat. The findings could lead to new methods in treating male infertility.
• March 25, 2019 marks the 50 year anniversary of the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Nevada’s first public medical school. Last May, the school embarked on a year-long, community-wide celebration themed “Unrivaled history. Unlimited future.” that will conclude at UNR Med’s Hooding Ceremony in May 2019.
• The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) welcomed Tamara Martinez-Anderson as director of admissions for the Office of Academic Affairs and Melody Alijani as director of graduate medical education.
• We are soon to celebrate the close of one of the most extraordinary years in the history of the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. UNR Med emerged as a “new” school, but one with a 50-year history and a tradition of educating health care professionals and scientists who go on to serve the community, the state and the world.
• Northern Nevadans who are uninsured, underinsured or without a social security number can receive free medical care from December through February 2019 at upcoming University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) Student Outreach Clinics including a Rural Outreach Influenza Vaccination Clinic in Silver Springs, Nevada.
• The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) is bringing a new model of prenatal care to northern Nevada, offering women due around the same time, a group prenatal care experience. CenteringPregnancy is an innovative, evidence-based model of group care that is effectively addressing the complex social determinants of health in pregnancy.
• Rural and frontier Nevada communities are among the state’s most picturesque and desirable places to live. Those who call rural Nevada home have an abundance of diverse outdoor adventure at their disposal or can opt for a relaxed, peaceful off-the-grid lifestyle. But, when it comes to having access to specialty health care – rural Nevadans have to look farther.
• Saturdays are for adventure and/or power tool jobs, and today, the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) outfitted local high school girls with just that. Approximately 40 northern Nevada teenagers wearing safety goggles and with power tools, pins, clamps and rods in hand, sawed through artificial bone during mock surgery sessions while learning the basics of orthopedic surgery and engineering concepts.
