For immediate release: July 2, 2008
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Michael Daines, M.D., Gregory Brown, M.D. to head
School of Medicine's psychiatry operations in Nevada
Responsibilities divided between Reno and Las Vegas to cover the state
LAS VEGAS/RENO, Nev.— With Ole J. Thienhaus taking over as dean of the University of Nevada School of Medicine on July 1, leadership changes follow in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science where he previously served as chair.
Effective July 1, Michael K. Daines, M.D., will head the psychiatry operation in Reno while Gregory P. Brown, M.D., will do the same for Las Vegas.
Daines, who is board-certified in both psychiatry and internal medicine, has served as vice chair of the School of Medicine's psychiatry department since 2004. He has served as the medical director of the school’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health outpatient clinic since 2002 and has more than 25 years experience in both academic and private practice psychiatry.
Daines has demonstrated a commitment to community service in healthcare quality improvement by serving as a council member and trustee of HealthInsight, a non-profit partnership serving Nevada and Utah.
Brown, an associate professor at the School of Medicine, was also residency training director in Las Vegas and medical director of the Department of Psychiatry in Las Vegas. He has held medical director positions at several medical institutions in Las Vegas and conducts civil commitment evaluations for Clark County. He is board-certified in forensic and general psychiatry.
Both appointments are for two-year terms.
As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been a leader in healthcare, medical education and research in Nevada since 1969. The School of Medicine includes 16 clinical departments including family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and five nationally recognized departments in basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. The more than 185 doctors of University Health System, the school’s clinical practice, offer care in more than 40 medical specialties and subspecialties with eight physician offices in the Reno/Sparks area and seven in Las Vegas. The school is committed to a best practices approach to medicine and is dedicated to exceptional healthcare for Nevada now and in the future. For more information visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.