Pediatric gastroenterology – it is the specialty practiced by Dr. Rabea Alhosh, an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Pediatrics.

Because parents are often concerned and anxious when they bring their child to see a gastroenterologist, a physician specializing on the digestive system, Dr. Alhosh says he spends a lot of time helping parents understand their child’s diagnosis and treatment options.

Dr. John Anooshian, an associate professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, received his medical degree from the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine. 

Anooshian completed his general psychiatric residency at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine. 

Board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, he is medical director and senior psychiatrist at the UNLV Health Mojave Counseling Center. 

Dr. Annabel Barber, a professor of surgery at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, is a board-certified surgeon who performs surgeries for patients with breast, colorectal, thyroid and head and neck cancers. She also sees patients with the following gastrointestinal disorders: acid reflux, heartburn, and inflammatory bowel disease.

Dr. Barnes is originally from San Jose, CA but was raised down the Colorado River in Lake Havasu City, AZ. He moved to Las Vegas during his high school years. He attended University of Nevada – Las Vegas to obtain his Bachelor’s Degree in Pre-Professional Biology. Afterwards he obtained his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Touro University Nevada in Henderson, NV.

Dr. Richard Baynosa, an associate professor and head of the Section of Breast Surgery at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, serves as the chief and program director of the Division of Plastic Surgery. He is also University Medical Center’s Chief of Plastic Surgery and MountainView Hospital’s Chief of Plastic Surgery.

Heather Boakye-Wenzel, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine, grew up in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) with a degree in biology. While at UTEP, she competed as a Division I soccer student-athlete.

Yvonne Marie Carter, MD, a thoracic surgeon who earned her medical degree at Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York City, is an associate professor and thoracic surgery section chief in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Surgery.

Dr. Amber Champion is originally from Washington state, but has practiced in Baltimore and Nebraska prior to joining the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. She graduated from The Flinders University School of Medicine of South Australia in 2005. She completed Internal Medicine Residency in Spokane, WA, and Endocrinology fellowship at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Dr. Chatham, Professor of Internal Medicine at the Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV graduated from Duke University with a degree in Biomedical Engineering and received his medical doctorate from Vanderbilt University. After completing a residency in Internal Medicine at The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and then serving for three years in the National Health Service Corp he then completed subspecialty fellowship training in Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Zhi Cheng, MD, is an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine. Having grown up in Texas, Dr. Cheng received his bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Texas at Austin, which he followed up with a medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) John Sealy School of Medicine. Afterwards, he came to Las Vegas, Nevada, to complete his internal medicine residency at Sunrise Health Graduate Medical Education (GME) Consortium.

Born and raised in the Philippines, Jacqueline Choa, MD, is an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine. After receiving her medical degree from the Cebu Institute of Medicine, Dr. Choa completed her internal medicine residency at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. After her residency, she went to Tulane University to pursue a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care, following it up with an additional year of training in interventional pulmonology at the University of Utah.

Lisa Contreras, RDN, LD, CDCES, is a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified diabetes care and education specialist.

With more than 20 years of combined experience as a dietitian, health educator, and former teacher, she enjoys helping people learn and thrive. She has worked in clinical, private practice, and community settings.

Buddhadeb (Buddha) Dawn, MD, is tenured Professor and Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. He is also the Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine.

Dr. David Di John, a professor of pediatrics at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, Interim Chair of Pediatrics, and the program director of the UNLV Health Maternal-HIV program. 

He has more than 30 years of experience in research and treatment of pediatric infectious diseases, including clinical care for women, infants, children and youth with HIV/AIDS. 

Miriam Een, an assistant professor with the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Family and Community Medicine, is nationally registered with the Commission on Dietetic Registration and licensed in the state of Nevada.  Miriam is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, has served twice as president of the Nevada Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the Nevada Dietetic Association), and was selected as Nevada’s Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year in 1995.

Leanne Free, MD, a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and fellowship-trained specialist in complex family planning, is an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Gynecologic Surgery and Obstetrics.

Dr. Free completed her undergraduate degree in chemistry and Spanish at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude.

Wade Gaal, MD, CAQSM, Assistant Professor Family and Community Medicine received his medical degree from the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV after receiving his BS in Biochemistry at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 

He completed his specialty training at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Family Medicine Residency program followed by fellowship at the University of Nevada School of Medicine Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship.

Casey Giles is one of the advanced practice providers in the UNLV Health Plastic Surgery Clinic. She is a Las Vegas native and alumni of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She attended the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio for physician assistant training. Casey graduated top of her class and was inducted into the Pi Alpha and Alpha Eta honor societies.

Irene is a psychiatric nurse practitioner that has spent her career treating patients at UNLV Medicine Mojave Counseling with severe and persistent mental illness. She worked at Mojave as a student nurse and returned to start her career there.

A Las Vegas native, Horacio Guerra, MD, is an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Family and Community Medicine. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in cell and molecular biology from UNLV, Dr. Guerra earned his medical degree from the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. He then completed a family medicine residency at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, where he was involved in many lectures and workshops to teach medical students at the school.

Dr. Badrunnisa Hanif, MD, FACP, Board Certified in Internal Medicine since 2002 is an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine. She was graduated from Sindh Medical College in Karachi, in 1996, and completed her residency training in 2002 from the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.

Lance Horner, MD, grew up in Reno, Nevada. He attended the University of Nevada, Reno for undergraduate studies graduating Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology. Dr. Horner went on to pursue his medical doctorate at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine where he was elected to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. Upon graduation from the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Dr.

Dr. Kenneth E. Izuora, an associate professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine, believes it is vital that he uses his education to “make an impact on people’s lives.”  

A graduate of the University of Nigeria Faculty of Medicine, he is board certified by the American Board of Internal medicine. Fellowship trained at Emory University in Atlanta, he specializes in endocrinology.

David Neal Jackson, MD, is the Intermountain Healthcare of Nevada Endowed Chair in Gynecologic Surgery and Obstetrics at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. Dr. Jackson is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and maternal-fetal medicine.

He attended the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, where he graduated in 1983. After completing his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, he completed a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at the University of California at Irvine and Memorial Medical Center in Long Beach, California.

Justin Jeffries, MD, was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended Morehouse College on an academic scholarship where he studied biology. He earned his medical doctorate from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, and subsequently completed a postdoctoral program in medical education at the same institution. Dr. Jeffries completed his internal medicine residency and served as chief resident to the program at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV where, post-residency, he also completed a pulmonary and critical care fellowship. During his time as a fellow, Dr.

Dr. Jones-Betancourt is originally from Vista, CA located in San Diego county. She was the first person in her family to attend college. Dr. Jones-Betancourt completed her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley where she studied environmental biology with an emphasis on human health. She attended University of California, Davis for medical school where she was involved with student run clinics and the Latino Medical Student Association. She completed her residency training at University of Southern California Los Angeles county. Dr.

Dr. Nazia Khan, an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine, received her medical degree at Dow Medical College in Pakistan.

Board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine, she completed a residency at the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine.

Her research includes work done at the LDS Hospital Cardiovascular Research Division in Salt Lake City, UT. 

Dr. Daniel Kirgan, a professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Surgery, is currently vice chair of the department, and chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology. 

A graduate of the George Washington University School of Medicine, he completed his general surgical residency at the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine. Following completion of his residency, Dr. Kirgan did a two-year surgical oncology fellowship at the John Wayne Cancer Institute in California. 

Dr. David Kuykendall, an assistant professor with the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Family and Community Medicine, is proud of his community-focused and volunteer activities, which include assisting with Volunteers of Medicine of Southern Nevada, the Nevada Obstetrical Charity Clinic and participating in the Nevada Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program to identify people exposed to radiation at the Nevada Test Site. 

Eden Lee, MD, is an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. Born in the Philippines, Dr. Lee received her medical degree from De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute and completed her residency in psychiatry at MetroHealth Medical Center, an affiliate of Case Western Reserve University.

Dr. Adam V. Levy, an associate professor and director of the division of family planning in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Gynecologic Surgery and Obstetrics, has research projects underway in pelvic rehabilitation, family planning and pain control for outpatient surgery. 

Kevin Mailland, DO, CAQSM, is an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Family and Community Medicine. Raised in Las Vegas, NV, Dr. Mailland received his medical education from Touro University Nevada and completed his family medicine residency at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. He continued his training with a primary care sports medicine fellowship at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine.

Vignan Manne, MD, who specializes in internal medicine, gastroenterology and hepatology, is an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine.

A graduate of the Ross University School of Medicine in Florida, Dr. Manne completed a fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology from the Sunrise Health Graduate Medical Education Consortium in Las Vegas, Nevada, and an advanced/transplant hepatology fellowship from the Swedish Medical Center-First Hill in Seattle, Washington.

Megan Masterson, AuD, CCC-A, is an audiologist at the UNLV Health Ear Nose & Throat (ENT) Clinic. She has a certificate of clinical competence in audiology from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association and is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology. Having practiced audiology for 10 years, Dr. Masterson has worked in a variety of clinical settings, including private practices and ENT clinics. Dr. Masterson’s interests include cochlear implants and other implantable devices.

Annette Mayes, MD, who completed her undergraduate work in human biology at Stanford University prior to receiving her medical degree from the University of California, San Diego, is an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics.

Her postgraduate OB-GYN residency training was completed at the University of Texas, Houston.

Allison McNickle, MD, FACS, is an assistant professor at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Surgery and the section chief of trauma surgery.

Also the program director of the medical school’s acute care surgery fellowship, vice chief of trauma and chair of the Critical Care Committee at University Medical Center, Dr. McNickle is board-certified in general surgery and surgical critical care.

Dr. Kush Modi, an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine, received his medical degree Gujarat University in Ahmedabad, India.

He completed his Masters in Public Health at Drexel University. He completed residency in internal medicine at Drexel University and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care at State University of New York at Buffalo.

Dr. Modi is associate fellowship program director for pulmonary and critical care at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV.

Alison Netski, MD, is the vice dean of clinical affairs and professor of psychiatry at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. Board certified from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine, Dr. Netski specializes in the treatment of adults with a broad range of psychiatric illness including mood, psychotic, and anxiety disorders.

Dr. Matthew Ng, an associate professor at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, is also residency program director for the otolaryngology-head & neck surgery residency training program. He specializes in otology-neurotology and lateral skull base surgery.

Specializing in otology-neurotology, Dr. Ng treats all forms of hearing loss, tinnitus, chronic ear infection, cholesteatoma, facial nerve disorders, dizziness, and imbalance, as well as tumors of the lateral skull base. 

Dr. Lianne Ong, an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Family & Community Medicine, has served as the UNLV Student Health Center Latent Tuberculosis Treatment Program Coordinator. 

Board certified in family medicine, she said she appreciates that academic medicine allows her to work with medical students and to provide her patients with evidence-based care. 

Her medical interests are providing care to women, adolescents, and children. 

Ashley Reyes was born in Yonkers, New York, and grew up in a large family. She relocated to Las Vegas during her school years and attended West Career and Technical Academy, where she began her journey into nursing through their pre-nursing magnet program.

Dr. Fateh Peera, who at the University of Arizona College of Medicine studied the importance of calories obtained from beverages as a contributing factor to obesity in children, joined UNLV Health as a pediatrician in 2018. 

A 2007 graduate of the University of Arizona College of Medicine where he also completed his residency program in pediatrics, he worked as a pediatrician in Tucson, AZ for five years before becoming an assistant professor of pediatrics at Texas Tech University in 2015. 

Dr. Pistorio is originally from Maryland. She worked in biomedical research for ten years prior to medical school.  She completed her undergraduate degree at Thomas Edison State College in animal science and her master’s degree in biotechnology at Johns Hopkins University.

Yarini Quezada, MD, FACOG, is an assistant professor and the division director of urogynecology & reconstructive pelvic surgery in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Department of Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics. Dr. Quezada received her medical degree from St. George’s University. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Albert Einstein Medical Center and then went on to complete a fellowship in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at The Christ Hospital/University of Cincinnati.

Sydney Phan, MSMHS, DO, is an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Phan also received both her master’s degree in medical health science and her medical degree from Touro University California. She then completed her family medicine residency at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. Dr. Phan has particular interest in women’s health, preventative care, and working with learners.

Dr. Arthur Oliver Romero, an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine, graduated from the University of Philippines College of Medicine. 

He specializes in pulmonary critical care medicine and internal medicine.

Dr. Romero is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in pulmonary disease, critical care medicine and internal medicine.

Dr. Michael Scheidler, an associate professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Surgery, is chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery. 

Shelby Schuh, DO, is an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine. Originally from Wisconsin, Dr. Schuh received her medical degree from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Following this, she completed her internal medicine residency at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Jill Sharma, MD, who specializes in the management of pulmonary diseases and the care of critically ill patients, is an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Sharma earned her medical degree from the Mercer University School of Medicine in Georgia. At the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, she completed an internal medicine residency and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care.

Dr. Laura Shaw, an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Family and Community Medicine, is certified by both the American Board of Family Medicine and the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 

Prior to joining the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, she practiced medicine in Florida and was on the faculty at the University of Nevada School of Medicine Reno.

Dr. Aditi Singh, an associate professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine, is associate medical director of the internal medicine residency program. 

A graduate of the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, she cares for patients in the areas of preventative medicine, diabetes, hypertension management and women’s health. 

Director of ambulatory education in the internal medicine program, Dr. Singh is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. 

Dr. Charles St. Hill, an assistant professor with the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Surgery, has pursued research in cancer surgery/clinical trials program development.

A graduate of the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, he offers clinical trials for patients who fit the criteria for certain studies. “We’ve done several sponsored clinical trials that have helped patients who don’t have the resources, which help to advance the research while offering more options for patients.”

Faisal Suba, MD, who completed his psychiatry residency program at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV.

Board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Suba received a certification in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) from Duke University. He is one of the founders, and managing partners, of Alliance Mental Health Specialists, as well as one of the medical directors at Talas Harbor Behavioral Health Hospital.

Angelie attended the University of Washington, where she pursued her undergraduate degree in Biology with a focus on Physiology. Following this, she obtained her physician assistant degree from Case Western Reserve University. She initially practiced in general surgery before transitioning to the plastic surgery clinic at UNLV Health.

Dr. Joseph Thornton, an associate professor with the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, has been a practicing colon and rectal surgeon in Las Vegas for more than 25 years.

A graduate of Meharry Medical College in Nashville who later did a colon rectal surgery fellowship at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Dr. Thornton is board certified in colon and rectal surgery and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.

Dr. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj, an associate professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine, is a board-certified general internist and currently serves as the internal medicine residency program director. 

A member of the American College of Physicians, Dr. Wahi-Gururaj has helped to shape curricula and training programs for local fellows and residents while maintaining a clinical presence that centers on establishing long-lasting, communicative relationships with her primary care patients.

Dr. Robert Wang, a professor, and chair of otolaryngology at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV has more than 30 years of experience in dealing with conditions of the ear, nose, and throat and related structures of the head and neck.

With expertise in head and neck cancer treatment, Dr. Wang runs the sole head and neck tumor board in Las Vegas, partnering with Dr. Oluwafunmilola Okuyemi who performs the reconstruction.  Dr. Wang performs robotic-assisted as well as laser surgery for cancers.

Dr. David Weismiller, a professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Family and Community Medicine, is known nationally for educating his colleagues through many learning activities and venues. 

He has developed and presented continuing education courses to physicians through the AAFP “Board Review Express Course Series” since 2005. He also has educated colleagues through an AAFP webcast series covering multiple topics, ranging from geriatrics and primary care to treatment of blood cholesterol and sports concussions.

Jeffrey Wrightson, MD, is an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics. Originally from Oregon, Dr. Wrightson received his medical degree from Oregon Health & Science University. Afterwards, he completed his residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.