• School of Medicine staff performing curbside testing for SARS-CoV-2 in the parking lot of the 1707 Charleston location in 2020..
  • Medical student doing research in the lab of Edwin Oh, Ph.D.
  • A student looking at a research poster at the Medical Research Society 2nd Annual Student Research Symposium in 2021.

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ºÚÁÏÍø medicine surgeon plays critical role in treating burn patients.

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Family COVID diagnoses didn't slow Genesis Krisel Leon's determination to help those underserved in medicine.

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School of Nursing grad Mason Montano turns his attention to Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at ºÚÁÏÍø after spending years working in hospitals.

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Already deeply involved in cancer research, Bobak Seddighzadeh plans to become a hematologist-oncologist.

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Dual program will prepare physicians to deal with the business aspects of health care in addition to the medical needs of patients.

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Much of Ana Mrkaic’s practice involves helping people fight the disease that plagues nearly 10 percent of the U.S. population.

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Ten graduating students from the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at ºÚÁÏÍø become the first members of the university's Alpha Omega Alpha chapter.

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Horacio Guerra said the chance to provide preventative care and to develop long-lasting relationships with patients drew him to his specialty.

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Cancer delayed Addy Guida’s medical education. Now she says the experience will help make her a better doctor.

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