For immediate release: May 26, 2009
Contact: Edgar Antonio Nunez
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University of Nevada School of Medicine pediatrics department launches pediatric residency alumni program
LAS VEGAS, Nev.— The University of Nevada School of Medicine will be holding it’s first annual meeting for alumni of its pediatric residency program. The meeting takes place on Saturday, June 13 at the Thomas and Mack Center at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
The new alumni program features the Bernard Feldman Distinguished Lectureship Award in honor of the the former professor of pediatrics who helped create the pediatric residency training program at the School of Medicine. Dr. Feldman also developed the first neonatal program in Nevada, helping to decrease neonatal morbidity and mortality and providing a training ground for students and residents.
The annual award honors individuals who promote and advance the care of children.
This year’s award recipient is Beverly Neyland, M.D., professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine. Dr. Neyland joined the medical school in 1996 and is an advocate of children’s health care. She is president of the American Academy of Pediatrics (Nevada chapter) and chair of the governor’s maternal and child advisory board.
The event is open to practicing pediatricians and alumni of the medical school’s pediatric residency program.
Funding for the program was provided by an unrestricted educational grant from Abbott Nutrition to University Medical Center.
To register and for program details, contact Jack Lazerson, M.D. at 702-671-2231.
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.