For immediate release: Jan. 16, 2009
Contact: Anne McMillin, APR
Health Science Communications
Office 775-682-9254
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School of Medicine, University Health System announce
employees of the year

LAS VEGAS/RENO, Nev.— The University of Nevada School of Medicine and University Health System, its clinical practice, recently announced their employees of the year for 2008.

Luci Young, assistant to David Lupan, Ph.D., senior associate dean for basic science and research, was honored as the School of Medicine’s Dean’s Star winner in Reno while Marsha Gallo, Department of Internal Medicine, was recognized as the School’s Dean’s Star winner for Las Vegas. Isela Rico-Martinez, Department of Surgery, was named the University Health System employee of the year.

The School of Medicine and University Health System annually honor outstanding employees at holiday luncheons or assemblies.

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.