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University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
• Nevada Appeal
Dr. Susan Knowles, FACP, FACR, is a rheumatologist based in Carson City. She is a native of Nevada, who graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.
• Reno Gazette-Journal
We have some real “first mover” advantages such as: our proximity to the Bay Area; our somewhat insulated multigenerational population; Renown’s focus on “health” rather than health care; the research expertise of the Desert Research Institute, the UNR School of Medicine and its biomedical research; the support of the governor and his Office of Economic Development (GOED); the recent 23andMe collaboration to enroll 10,000 residents for genetic testing; the significant growth of technology in the region; our outdoor quality of life; and our access to Switch, the largest data center in the world – all make us uniquely qualified to lead these efforts to change the health care model for the world!
• The JAMA Network
Primary care physicians have the responsibility for the care of patients with chronic pain… Thomas L. Schwenk, M.D., corresponding author.
• Pahrump ValleyTimes
John Packham, director of health policy research at Office of Statewide Initiatives at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, said the Pahrump Community Health Needs Assessment is currently underway as officials received a few hundred responses.
• Nevada Today
2017 Outstanding Researcher Award recognizes the career and contributions of University of Nevada, Reno Foundation Professor Wei Yan
• KRNV Ch. 4; Fox 11
Of the degrees being conferred this year, 2,278 are bachelor degrees, 469 are master's and doctoral degrees and 61 are from the School of Medicine.
• Record-Courier
During the university's commencement ceremonies this year, 2,278 bachelor degrees, 469 advanced-degree certificates (master's and doctoral degrees) and 61 University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine degrees will be awarded.
• Nevada Today
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Academic Hooding Ceremony is at 1 p.m. Friday, May 19, at Lawlor Events Center.
• AMA Wire
Share a moment with: Chris Clifford, rising fourth-year medical student at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and government relations advocacy fellow at the AMA Medical Student Section.
• Calaveras Enterprise
Osgood received his medical degree from the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University and is certified with the American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons.
• Northern Nevada Business Weekly
Neda Etezadi-Amoli, M.D., has been named interim chair for the newly-developed Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.
• Nevada Today
Dean Burkin's research is showing promise for children with rare and fatal muscular diseases, in particular, congenital muscular dystrophy, a group of diseases that causes muscle weakness at birth.
• Las Vegas Review-Journal
"This transition has to be seamless interm of continuity," said UNR Medical School Dean Thomas Schwenk. "You have patients expecting care and residents expecting training. There can be no break. When we close down at 5 p.m. on June 30, they have to open up at 8 a.m. on July 1."
• KOLO Ch. 8
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine has announced its free Student Outreach Clinics for May 2017, as part of a goal to assist people in northern Nevada’s who have no health insurance.
• Nevada Silver & Blue
Dr. Paul Park ’06 M.D., Ph.D. (cellular and molecular biology) believes telemedicine is the future of patient care in Nevada.
• Nevada Silver & Blue
The Student Outreach Clinic, now located on campus in the Family Medicine Center, came into existence in 1996 when second-year medical students wanted a way to interact with patients while giving back to the community.
• Las Vegas Review-Journal
The University of Nevada, Reno has had a donor program but only for Northern Nevada residents, which leaves the Dotson family out. Their daughter also wants to donate her body to science.Joyce King, UNR’s program administrator for anatomical donations, said the statewide donor program ended March 21, 2016.
• Las Vegas Review-Journal
Dr. John Packham, director of policy research for the Office of Statewide Initiatives at the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, said social and economic factors, such as education and the prevalence of violent crime, hurt Clark County in this category.
• Elko Daily Free Press
A report by the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine shows that Elko County still has a significant number of people without access to health care.
• Pahrump Valley Times
John Packham, director of health policy research at Office of Statewide Initiatives at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, said Nevada Office of Rural Health and the Office of Statewide Initiatives oversees a wide-range of technical assistance and grant programs for rural hospitals and communities.
• AAMC.org
At the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) School of Medicine, medical students can take narrative medicine as a scholarly concentration or as a fourth-year elective. Assignments include 10,000 words of reflective writing on clinical encounters that students must submit to a medical humanities publication. Susan Palwick, PhD, who teaches narrative medicine at UNR, said most students are drawn to write personal essays, though many try their hand at fiction and poetry as well.
• RGJ.com
Kirk Bronander is a physician and associate professor of medicine at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. The views expressed by this author are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the University of Nevada or the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
• Las Vegas Review-Journal
Data from the Center for Traffic Safety Research at University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine showed only 76 percent of Nevadans admitted to a trauma center were wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.
• Missoula Current
Amanda Hartman of Reno, Nevada, attended University of Nevada. Charles Jose of Henderson, Nevada, attended University of Nevada.
• Pahrump Valley Times
The meeting Davila said, will be facilitated by John Packham, PhD, the director of Health Policy Research, and Laima Etchegoyhen, from the Office of Statewide Initiatives for the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.
