For immediate release: June 14, 2007
Contact: Emily Wofford Cobb
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Second pediatric allergy and immunology specialist to join northern Nevada faculty
RENO, Nev.—Mary Beth Hogan, M.D. will join the University of Nevada School of Medicine pediatrics department in Reno as a full professor and specialist in pediatric allergy and immunology in July. Hogan is the second faculty member to join the School of Medicine and one of only a handful of physicians in Reno to bring a rare board certification in pediatric allergy and immunology to northern Nevada.
Hogan joins her colleague Nevin Wilson, M.D. who joined the School of Medicine in April as professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics. She comes to the School of Medicine from West Virginia University in Morgantown where she served as a full professor of pediatrics and a clinician at the Children’s Hospital, West Virginia University. Hogan originally joined West Virginia University in 1995 as an assistant professor. She was promoted to associate professor in 2000 and was later named full professor in 2006.
“Dr. Hogan is an accomplished researcher, teacher and clinician in allergy and immunology,” says Wilson, who is an alumnus of the University of Nevada School of Medicine. “She is an excellent addition to our faculty and to our community.”
Hogan boasts an impressive background in research and has published numerous reviews, journals and books. She has received many professional awards and honors including being named to the Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare in 2006 and being named the International Health Professional of the Year in 2004. She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics as well as the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology as well as the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
Prior to joining the faculty of West Virginia University School of Medicine, Hogan served as an assistant professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University in Chicago. Hogan completed her Allergy and Immunology Fellowship at Northwestern University and conducted her pediatric internship and residency training at The Ohio State University. She received her M.D. at the University of Cincinnati in 1989 and was awarded her bachelor of science degree in chemistry and life science at John Carroll University in 1985.
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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