For immediate release: April 17, 2009

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School of Medicine Class of 2009 to host
annual senior class golf tournament

Public invited to participate in May 13 event at Lakeridge

RENO, Nev.— University of Nevada School of Medicine Class of 2009 will be hosting its annual senior class golf tournament Wednesday, May 13 at the Lakeridge Golf Course in Reno. The shotgun start is at 8 a.m. and the festivities will last throughout the day.

“This is a social event allowing us to interact with community physicians and the public,” said Jeffrey Raskin, president of the Class of 2009.

Registration fees of $75 per person are due by April 24 and include green’s fees, a cart, breakfast and lunch. There will be hole-in-one and closest-to-the-pin challenges as well as raffle prizes. Sponsorship opportunities are available for local businesses and the event is open to the public.

To sponsor or sign up to play, please call or e-mail event coordinator  Ben Jaquish at bjaquish@medicine.nevada.edu or (775)750-6083.

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.