For immediate release: June 20, 2007
Contact: Anne McMillin
Public Relations Specialist
775-682-9254
amcmillin@medicine.nevada.edu
Daniel Spogen, M.D. named chair of the
Department of Family and Community Medicine in Reno
RENO, Nev.—Daniel Spogen, M.D., professor of family and community medicine, was recently named chair of the University of Nevada School of Medicine’s Department of Family and Community Medicine in Reno where he will oversee the scholarly, clinical and administrative operations of the department.
Spogen is a practicing clinician in the school’s Family Medicine Clinic in which nearly a dozen attending physicians and 17 residents provide medical services ranging from minor surgery to obstetric care and pediatrics.
“In this position, Dr. Spogen will continue to provide his acclaimed skills as a physician educator to the department and its patients on behalf of the School of Medicine,” said John. A. McDonald, M.D., Ph.D., vice president of health sciences and medical school dean.
In addition to his clinical and academic duties, Spogen provides guidance to the school’s Student Outreach Clinic where each month medical students care for Washoe County’s medically underserved. Every clinic is supervised by a licensed faculty physician. Spogen regularly provides that supervision in addition to serving on the Student Outreach Clinic board. For his contributions to the Student Outreach Clinic, Spogen is a two-time recipient of the prestigious Association of American Medical Colleges Humanism in Medicine Award, an honor for which the recipient is nominated by his or her students. He is also a Diplomate of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Spogen’s research projects include a current study on the barriers to healthcare access and cancer prevention amongst indigent populations in Reno and a study on utilization of internet resources to create interactive methods of teaching.
Before joining the School of Medicine, Spogen worked in private practice in Reno and Sparks for nearly 21 years.
He is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Medicine and he completed his residency training in family practice at the Glendale Adventist Medical Center in Glendale, Calif. Spogen earned a masters of science in biomedical engineering from USC and his undergraduate degree in biophysics from Occidental College in Los Angeles.
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 ten 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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