For immediate release: December 18, 2007
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Brian Passalacqua, M.D., joins School of Medicine's Family
and Community Medicine Department

Arrival marks completions of 14-year career circle

RENO, Nev.— The University of Nevada School of Medicine and its multispecialty clinical practice, University Health System, announce the arrival of Brian Passalacqua, M.D., to its clinical and teaching ranks.

          “Dr. Passalacqua’s presence in the Family Medicine Center will enhance our ability to serve patients, especially those expecting the arrival of a baby,” said Daniel Spogen, M.D., chairman of the School’s Family and Community Medicine Department in Reno. “He will also bring to the department private practice experience that will be important to improve our practice plan efficiency.”

          Passalacqua’s background is in obstetrics where he practiced for several years with a multispecialty practice followed by several more years with a single specialty family practice group. More recent positions include working in an office with an electronic medical record and part-time in a rural Nevada emergency room.

          He graduated from University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of Nevada School of Medicine’s Family and Community Medicine Department, where he served as chief resident.

          Passalacqua’s career has come full circle after 14 years in private practice as he returns to the School of Medicine and University Health System where he will see patients, deliver babies and teach medical students and residents.

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.