The University of Nevada,Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise,Nevada. The 332-acre (134 ha) campus is about 1.6 mi (2.6 km) east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes the Shadow Lane Campus,just east of the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada,which houses both School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine. UNLV's law school,the William S. Boyd School of Law,is the only law school in the state.
Rochelle "Shelley" Berkley is an American businesswoman,politician and attorney who served as the U.S. Representative for Nevada's 1st congressional district from 1999 to 2013. In 2012,she was the unsuccessful Democratic Party nominee for the U.S. Senate. She is a member of the Democratic Party,and is currently running in the upcoming 2024 Las Vegas Mayoral Election.
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMCSN) is a non-profit (teaching) government hospital in Las Vegas,Nevada. It is the only government run hospital owned and operated by the Clark County Commission.
Joseph J. Fins,M.D.,D. Hum. Litt.,M.A.C.P.,F.R.C.P. is an American physician and medical ethicist. He is chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College,where he serves as The E. William Davis Jr.,M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics,and Professor of Medicine,Professor of Public Health,and Professor of Medicine in Psychiatry. Fins is also Director of Medical Ethics and an attending physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center. Fins is also a member of the adjunct faculty of Rockefeller University and has served as Associate for Medicine at The Hastings Center. He is the Solomon Center Distinguished Scholar in Medicine,Bioethics and the Law and a Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He was appointed by President Bill Clinton to The White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy and currently serves on The New York State Task Force on Life and the Law by gubernatorial appointment.
The Hastings Center is an independent,nonpartisan bioethics research institute and think tank based in Garrison,New York. It was instrumental in establishing the field of bioethics and is among the most prestigious bioethics and health policy institutes in the world.
Sham peer review or malicious peer review is a name given to the abuse of a medical peer review process to attack a doctor for personal or other non-medical reasons. The American Medical Association conducted an investigation of medical peer review in 2007 and concluded that while it is easy to allege misconduct and 15% of surveyed physicians indicated that they were aware of peer review misuse or abuse,cases of malicious peer review able to be proven through the legal system are rare.
Joseph John Heck is an American physician and politician who served as the United States representative for Nevada's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2017. Heck is a United States Army major general and a board-certified physician who previously served as a Nevada state senator from 2004 to 2008. He ran for the United States Senate in 2016,losing to Catherine Cortez Masto.
Paul Stuart Appelbaum is an American psychiatrist and a leading expert on legal and ethical issues in medicine and psychiatry.
Lloyd Dee George was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada and the namesake of the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas,Nevada.
I. Glenn Cohen is a Canadian legal scholar and professor at Harvard Law School. He is also the director of Harvard Law School's Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy,Biotechnology,and Bioethics.
Miriam Mattinen Shearing is an American lawyer and retired judge in Nevada. Shearing was the first woman to serve as a Nevada district judge and as justice and chief justice on the Supreme Court of Nevada (1993–2005).
Anthony Alamo Jr. is an American physician and politician who served as the chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission from 2014 to 2020. He is also the founder of the Alamo Medical Clinic in Henderson,Nevada,and was previously chairman of the Nevada State Athletic Commission and,before that,chairman of its Medical Advisory Board.
Jerome D. Mack was an American banker,real estate investor,political fundraiser and philanthropist in Las Vegas,Nevada. He was the founder and president of the Bank of Las Vegas and,later,the Valley Bank. He was the president of the Riviera casino as well as director of the Four Queens and Dunes casinos. He was a major fundraiser for the Nevada Democratic Party and active in Jewish philanthropy both in Las Vegas and Israel. He was one of the founders of the University of Nevada,Las Vegas (UNLV).
Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada,Las Vegas (UNLV), is an academic division of the University of Nevada,Las Vegas (UNLV) with 60 students matriculated on July 17,2017. The students began their education with a 6 week EMT course. The school is the first to grant the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree in Southern Nevada. The school uses facilities in the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMCSN) clinical building at the Las Vegas Medical District.
Souzan El-Eid is a breast surgical oncologist at Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada (CCCN),and serves as the medical director of the Breast Care Center at Summerlin Hospital,cancer liaison physician for the cancer program and co-chair of the Breast Tumor Board at Summerlin Hospital. She is also the president elect for Clark County Medical Society. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor of General Surgery at Touro University Nevada and has served as principal investigator for several clinical research studies. She is the first breast surgeon in Las Vegas certified in both ultrasound and stereotactic breast biopsies.
University of Nevada,Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Nursing is a nursing school affiliated with the University of Nevada,Las Vegas (UNLV). The School of Nursing offers the BSN,MSN,DNP,and PhD degrees. The School is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education,and has full approval by the Nevada State Board of Nursing. Students utilize the Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas,located within the UNLV Shadow Lane Campus in the Las Vegas Medical District.
Edward A. Vance,FAIA,an American architect,is the principal-in-charge of design and CEO at EV&A Architects,a specialty architecture firm he founded in Las Vegas,Nevada in 2006. Vance has been a registered Architect in 19 states and is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). He served as the 2019 Chancellor of the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows.
Audrey Barcio is an American interdisciplinary visual artist. She is based in Chicago,IL. Barcio is an Assistant Professor of Art at Ball State University in Muncie,Indiana.
Keith Eric Whitfield is an American psychologist,educator and gerontologist that currently serves as the President of University of Nevada-Las Vegas. He became the 11th and first black president of the university when he was appointed on August 24,2020. Prior to the position,he was the Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and a professor of psychology at Wayne State University. Whitfield has also served various leadership positions at Pennsylvania State University and Harvard University,as well as positions within the American Council on Education,Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges,and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
Susan M. Wolf is an American lawyer and bioethicist. She is a Regents Professor;McKnight Presidential Professor of Law,Medicine &Public Policy;Faegre Baker Daniels Professor of Law;and Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. She is also founding chair of the university's Consortium on Law and Values in Health,Environment &the Life Sciences.
