• 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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More than 100,000 vaccinations have been given so far.

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Cory Colombini and Sabrina Novenschi will continue their education in Southern Nevada after graduating next month as part of the charter class of the ºÚÁÏÍø School of Medicine.

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Residencies and fellowships are crucial tools to helping grow the number of doctors in Southern Nevada.

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As she prepares to graduate from the ºÚÁÏÍø School of Medicine next month, Ashley Newell Prandecki looks back at the self-doubt that almost stopped her from pursuing her passion.

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More than 25,000 subscribers are following first-year student Shaun Andersen’s progress toward becoming a physician.

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Las Vegas ophthalmologist and ºÚÁÏÍø alum Dr. Mark Doubrava was an early proponent of the need for a "homegrown" medical school.

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Dr. Rebecca Meyers says she often stops to think that the care she provides to infants today may be impacting people who will be alive 100 years from now.

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Graduating students in the School of Medicine's charter class learn their future homes as residents in one of the most important days of a medical student's career.

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School of Medicine student Diane Han turns to the ER after an attentive doctor played a key role in her father's hour of need.

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