For immediate release July 23, 2007
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Scoppettone Joins School of Medicine as Development Director
Brings Nearly 30 Years Marketing Experience to Nevada’s Medical School
RENO, Nev.— Stefanie Scoppettone, Ph.D., joins the University of Nevada School of Medicine as Director of Development.
In this capacity she will cultivate potential and known donors with the objective of major gift solicitation on behalf of the School of Medicine. Working with the school’s dean, faculty and other stakeholders to create giving opportunities, Scoppettone is responsible for the development of proposals, foundation agreements and other materials that support and document the philanthropic process.
“The School of Medicine is extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Scoppettone to its ranks and put her experience in fundraising and marketing to work for the benefit of the school,” said John A. McDonald, M.D., Ph.D., vice president health sciences and medical school dean.
Previously Scoppettone served as development director of the University of Nevada, Reno College of Business Administration. She also has an extensive background in marketing and development with Bally Gaming and Systems and Unisys Corporation, both in Reno. She has served as lecturer in the western tradition program at UNR as was a teaching fellow while completing her doctorate in English literature.
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 five nationally-recognized departments within basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. As the largest multispecialty healthcare focus in the state, the School of Medicine employs more than 185 doctors who teach and practice medicine throughout Nevada. The school’s statewide faculty physician practice group has 25 different medical specialties with seven physician practice offices in the Reno/Sparks area and five physician offices 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, visit medicine.nevada.edu.