Reflections from the Dean
 I celebrated my upcoming one-year anniversary as dean with several presentations at the Board of Regents meeting on May 31 and June 1, where I had a chance to update them on what you all have accomplished over that time. I wish you could have been there with me to hear how enthused they are about the School of Medicine. The response by literally every Regent who spoke at both committees, and by several others in private conversations, was positive.
Do they like everything that is happening at the School of Medicine? Of course not, but they like a lot and certainly more than some times in the past.
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Gifts to medical school jump-start clinical research
In an effort to address the state's most pressing needs, including health care, Phil and Jennifer Satre announced a $5 million gift to the University of Nevada, Reno Foundation from the Satre Family Fund.
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Researcher leads the way in muscular dystrophy therapy
The nation's leading scientists and clinicians exploring treatment breakthroughs for congenital muscular dystrophy met April 22-24 on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno, where research by School of Medicine associate professor Dean Burkin has led to a potential therapy.
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Taking specialty expertise to rural physicians
Project ECHO is coming to rural Nevada and no one is happier about this new program than Evan Klass, M.D., of the internal medicine department in Reno.
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New ENT residency begins in Las Vegas
The School of Medicine began Nevada's first residency training program for otolaryngology this month and earned a three-year accreditation cycle for the program from the American Council on Graduate Medical Education.
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Partnership leads to opportunity for graduating student
A newly-graduated University of Nevada School of Medicine student participated in a medical mission to Panama later this spring thanks to the generosity of the pediatric cardiologists of Children's Heart Center of Nevada.
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Medical students reach out to high schools
The University of Nevada School of Medicine continues its partnership with two Las Vegas high schools that focus on a medical professions track for their young students.
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