For immediate release: July 24, 2007

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Christie Elliott, M.D., joins School of Medicine’s pathology department

1996 medical school alumna continues career in Reno

RENO, Nev.— Christie L. Elliott, M.D., has joined the University of Nevada School of Medicine’s pathology department as an assistant professor where she will be instructing second year medical students and practicing surgical pathology.

Elliott joins the School of Medicine team after five years working for pathology consulting firms in Reno and practicing forensic pathology at the Washoe County Coroner’s Office.

A graduate of both the University of Nevada, Reno and the School of Medicine, Elliott completed her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver and a fellowship in forensic pathology with Emory University at the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office in Atlanta.

Her teaching experience includes being a member of the adjunct clinical faculty at the School of Medicine and a guest lecturer at both the School and the National Judicial College in Reno. She has also provided instruction for third and fourth year medical students rotating in pathology, paramedic and nursing students and coroner trainees through the Washoe County Coroner’s Office.

As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been meeting statewide healthcare, educational, and clinical needs since 1969.  The School of Medicine encompasses 16 clinical medical education departments, including Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as well as five nationally-recognized departments within basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering.  As the largest multi-specialty healthcare focus within the state, the School of Medicine employs more than 185 doctors who both teach and practice medicine throughout Nevada.  The school’s statewide faculty physician practice group has a combined 25 different medical specialties with seven physician practice offices located in the Reno-Sparks area and five physician offices located in Las Vegas.

The University of Nevada School of Medicine utilizes a best-practice approach to medicine and is committed to addressing the health needs of Nevada now and in the future. For more information, please visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.

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