For immediate release: March 25, 2008
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School of Medicine holds clinician's ceremony April 4
Ceremony marks medical students' transition to clinical setting
RENO, Nev.— The University of Nevada School of Medicine will host its annual Clinician’s Ceremony on April 4 beginning at 4 p.m. in the Joe Crowley Student Union Ballroom on the University of Nevada, Reno campus.
This transitional ceremony for the Class of 2010 marks their move from basic sciences classroom instruction to the clinical years of medical education. The ceremony itself has several important elements including the awarding of Professionalism Awards for outstanding student examples of professionalism from the ranks of the Class of 2010. These awards are special because awardees are nominated by their peers.
In addition, six medical residents will be recognized with the Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Awards from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Those awardees include Julian Almeyda-Perez, M.D., internal medicine resident in Las Vegas; Richard Baynosa, M.D., and Parker Fillmore, M.D., surgical residents in Las Vegas; Brion Hill, M.D., and Noah Niufar, M.D., family medicine residents in Reno; and Shawn Rowles, M.D., pediatrics resident in Las Vegas.
Finally, 10 students and residents will be inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society which recognizes exceptional medical students, residents and physician-teachers for excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service.
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.