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George Alexander, MD
PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
George Alexander, MD
PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Past president, Clark County Medical Society
• Air Force veteran
• Helped to open the Mike O’Callaghan Federal Medical Center
• Former chief of plastic surgery, MountainView Hospital
• Owner, Dr. Alexander & Co
Dr. George Alexander was born and raised on the East Coast and studied medicine at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., where he joined the America Medical Association as a medical student in the 1980s. During medical school, he was selected for an academic scholarship by the United States Air Force and eventually moved his family to Las Vegas to spearhead plastic and reconstructive surgery for the military. Subsequently, he pursued board certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery.
Dr. Alexander, under the leadership of and with many dedicated health professionals, opened the Mike O’Callaghan Federal Medical Center in 1994 at Nellis Air Force Base. To this day, he holds the position of Honorary Commander of the Nellis Support Team. After honorably serving his military obligation, Dr. Alexander and his wife, Anita, officially made Las Vegas their home, and he entered private practice in plastic surgery in 1998.
Dr. Alexander has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to upholding excellence within the Nevada medical community. He served as past president of the Clark County Medical Society (CCMS), which has the sole mission to serve the needs of physicians, their patients, and the Clark County community with responsibility and integrity. During his time in leadership, he focused on raising the bar of Nevada health care. He enhanced community awareness of CCMS by creating the Winged Heart Awards, which recognizes nurses, first responders, and nonprofit medical organizations that are raising the bar of health care in the community. He also created the Rising Star Award, given annually to the top students of local medical schools. In this way, Dr. Alexander hopes to inspire and foster medical students’ relationships with organized medicine, as the future of medicine is in their hands.
He is an active member of the Clark County Medical Society and Nevada State Medical Association, and for over two decades has served on the Clark County Medical Society’s board of trustees and numerous committees. He oversaw the building committee, which resulted in the society’s new office building which currently hosts administrative staff, board of trustees meetings, continuing medical education (CME) seminars, committee meetings and additional educational activities. His responsibilities included strategic planning, leadership, architectural and design details, budget review, and construction coordination.
Dr. Alexander supports the local and broader medical communities wherever he can through volunteering his time to organized charitable causes. For the past 20 years he has participated in events with the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and he supports Project 150, which serves the needs of more than 6,300 local homeless, displaced and disadvantaged high school students. He served as chief of plastic surgery at MountainView Hospital from 1999 to 2009, and he is a member in good standing of numerous highly respected national and international medical specialty societies. He is a past president of the Georgetown University Alumni Club of Las Vegas, and during his time as president he coordinated and attended events to help the homeless and disadvantaged in our community. In Washington D.C., he received the Founders Alumni Award in 2006 for his remarkable leadership and dedication to Georgetown University. He has received numerous prestigious awards over the decades. During the 2019 CCMS Presidential Installation and Awards Ceremony, Dr. Alexander was honored to receive its highest award — The Howard Lee Feikes Award, also known as Physician of the Year.
On a personal note, Dr. Alexander enjoys spending time with his wife and best friend of more than 30 years, his daughter Megan, a Stanford University graduate and Boston University medical student (who keeps him current on healthful lifestyle and nutrition), and their two cavalier King Charles spaniels. He enjoys reading and international travel — especially traveling to visit friends and family in California, Santa Fe, Houston, New Jersey, Hawaii and now Boston.
Daniel Burkhead, MD
PAIN MEDICINE
Daniel Burkhead, MD
PAIN MEDICINE
Immediate Past-President, Clark County Medical Society
• Opioid abuse epidemic: Governor’s Committee on Opioid Abuse Prevention, Drug Enforcement Agency, the Attorney General’s Working Group, and the Southern Nevada Opioid Advisory Council
• Adjunct clinical professor for the University of Nevada, Reno; University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine; Roseman University and Touro University medical schools.
Dr. Daniel Burkhead MD earned his bachelor of science degree cum laude with a dual degree in biology and psychology from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and earned his medical doctor degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He completed residency training in anesthesiology at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, and then went on to do a post-graduate fellowship in pain management at the University of Washington.
Board certified in anesthesiology and pain management by the American Board of Anesthesiology, Dr. Burkhead has been in practice in Las Vegas since 1999 and founded Innovative Pain Care Center in 2001. The clinic has grown to include eight practitioners with offices across the Las Vegas Valley and an associated ambulatory surgical center.
Dr. Burkhead is the current president of the Clark County Medical Society, and he has served, and continues to serve on numerous boards and committees devoted to solving the prescription opioid abuse epidemic, including the Governor’s Committee on Opioid Abuse Prevention, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Attorney General’s Working Group, and the Southern Nevada Opioid Advisory Council. He is an active member of the Nevada State Medical Association where he sits on the Governmental Affairs Committee and the Legislative Core Group as well as a member of the executive council.
Dr. Burkhead has a strong focus on medical education, and he is an adjunct clinical professor for the University of Nevada, Reno; University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine; Roseman University and Touro University medical schools. Dr. Burkhead has previously served on the Scientific Foundations Committee and the Applicant Interview Committee of the newly-formed UNLV School of Medicine. Recently, Dr. Burkhead held an appointment within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) as a special advisor for public health policy and practice. He has addressed the Nevada State Assembly regarding legislation about opioid prescriptions, and he recently served as a panelist at the statewide Opioid Summit sponsored by Gov. Steve Sisolak’s office and by Nevada DHHS. Because of Dr. Burkhead’s clinical experience, he has earned invitations for numerous public speaking engagements, as well as numerous other accolades including annual top doctor awards and patient choice awards consecutively for more than a decade.
When he is not treating patients, performing administrative duties, or helping to influence public policy regarding patients’ rights and the fair practice of medicine, Dr. Burkhead enjoys spending time with his family, playing saxophone, curling with his son on weekends, and flying his Cirrus SR-22 airplane.
Keith Brill, MD
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Keith Brill, MD
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
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Lloyd Del Mundo, DO
PULMONOLOGIST
Lloyd Del Mundo, DO
PULMONOLOGIST
Director, intensive care unit at North Vista Hospital
• Specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine
• Las Vegas native
Dr. Lloyd Del Mundo, a native Las Vegan, graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and returned to his hometown for medical school and his residency.
A specialist in pulmonary and critical care medicine, Dr. Del Mundo is the director of the intensive care unit at North Vista Hospital, and he is the respiratory director at several area long-term acute care and skilled nursing facilities. He specializes in diagnostic lung cancer procedures for Pulmonary Associates, but of all things in his professional life, he enjoys teaching the most. Dr. Del Mundo educates fellows, residents and medical students as a member of the clinical faculty at Valley Hospital and Touro University Nevada.
Lesley R. Dickson, MD
PSYCHIATRIST
Lesley R. Dickson, MD
PSYCHIATRIST
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology board-certified in general psychiatry and addiction psychiatry• Clinical professor of psychiatry, Touro University Nevada and Roseman University
• Worked at VA medical centers in Las Vegas, Kentucky and New York
• Serves on governor-appointed committees on behavioral health policy and suicide
Dr. Lesley Dickson is American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology board-certified in general psychiatry and addiction psychiatry. She is currently a clinical professor of psychiatry at Touro University Nevada and Roseman University, and she is the Las Vegas medical director for the Center for Behavioral Health, which operates opioid substitution programs. Dr. Dickson is a past president of the Nevada Psychiatric Association and was the executive director for several years, and she presently serves as the state legislative representative and membership chair of the organization.
Throughout her career, she also has served on the faculties of the University of Nevada School of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine and the University of Kentucky School of Medicine. In addition, she has worked with veterans at Mike O’Callaghan Federal Hospital, Southern Nevada Veterans Affairs (VA), New York Harbor VA Medical Center and the Lexington VA Medical Center.
A published author, Dr. Dickson also serves on the Southern Regional Behavioral Health Policy Board and the Committee to Review Suicide Fatalities, both governor-appointed committees.
Dr. Dickson earned her bachelor’s degree in bacteriology at the University of California, Los Angeles and her medical degree at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. An award-winning physician, she is the recipient of the Robert Rehmar Addiction Professional Award from the Foundation for Recovery and the S.H.O.A.R. Award from the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Southern Nevada for dedication advocating and servicing those with neuropsychological disorder, among others.
Lisa Durette, MD
PEDIATRIC PSYCHIATRY & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Lisa Durette, MD
PEDIATRIC PSYCHIATRY & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Program director, child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship, University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine
• Assistant professor and fellowship director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Health• Professor of surgery
• Appointed to the Nevada Commission on Behavioral Health
• Launched the first child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship training program in Clark County in 2014 through the
University of Nevada School of Medicine
Dr. Lisa Durette is board certified in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Durette graduated with honors from Agnes Scott College with degrees in chemistry and French, and she completed her medical degree from the University of South Carolina. From there, she attended the Medical University of South Carolina’s general psychiatry residency program and child and adolescent fellowship training program.
Dr. Durette has been serving the Las Vegas Valley since 2004 and has been very active in patient advocacy and education as well as patient care. In 2014, Dr. Durette launched the first child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship training program in Clark County through the University of Nevada School of Medicine and continues to serve as the program director for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship.
Dr. Durette also serves several local patient advocacy groups and has been appointed to the Nevada Commission on Behavioral Health. Her patients love her as she has received “Top Doc” awards several times, and she loves her community, which she serves through community-based educational presentations with goals to educate the community on common psychiatric disorders seen in youth and to help remove the stigma often attached to psychiatric illnesses. Clinically, Dr. Durette’s interests and research are in the area of trauma, specifically foster care youth, where she has presented several symposia and posters at the national American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) meeting as well as the annual Foster Family Treatment Associated (FFTA) meeting.
Dr. Durette is the recipient of the Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and has served in several leadership positions within the Nevada district branch of the APA, including the role of president. Dr. Durette also has been awarded Distinguished Fellow of the AACAP, and is active in AACAP both locally and nationally. Dr. Durette serves as the Nevada AACAP regional organization’s delegate to the AACAP assembly, and has been appointed to the AACAP Adoption and Foster Care Committee, as well as the AACAP Advocacy Committee.
Nick Fiore, MD
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Nick Fiore, MD
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Secretary, Clark County Medical Society
• Medical director, Pediatric Trauma Program, Sunrise Hospital
Dr. Nick Fiore earned his undergraduate degree in English and pre-professional studies from the University of Notre Dame and went on to earn his medical doctorate at Indiana University School of Medicine in 1990. He completed his general surgery training at the University of New Mexico and Indiana University and his fellowship at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University.
Dr. Fiore moved to Las Vegas in 1998 where he has been a part of a very busy private practice, Pediatric Surgery Associates. He has served as chief of surgery at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center and on the Medical Executive Committees (MEC) for Sunrise and Summerlin hospitals. Currently, he is the medical director of the Pediatric Trauma Program at Sunrise Hospital and the MEC representative for pediatric surgery at Summerlin Hospital. In addition, Dr. Fiore also is a member of the American Pediatric Surgery Association and its Practice Committee. He also serves as secretary of the Clark County Medical Society.
In his personal life, as the father of teenage twins, Dr. Fiore is constantly being kept on his toes.
Mitchell D. Forman, DO
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Mitchell D. Forman, DO
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Past president, Clark County Medical Society
• Founding dean, Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Professor of medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine
• Past president, Nevada State Medical Association
• First physician in Nevada to earn the Mastership, American College of Physicians (MACP) designation
• Fellow, Royal College of Physicians
• Practicing clinical rheumatologist for more than 40 years
Dr. Mitchell D. Forman is an osteopathic physician and the founding dean and professor of medicine at Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine as well as a practicing rheumatologist at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine Arthritis Clinic. He retired as the dean of Touro University Nevada medical school in 2016, and he’s currently dean emeritus and professor at the school.
Dr. Forman graduated from the public school system in New York City and graduated from the Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in 1969. He earned his doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) at the Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1973. He completed his internship and an internal medicine residency at Green Cross General Hospital in Ohio and the Brooklyn Veterans Administration Hospital. In 1979, he completed a university-based rheumatology fellowship at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center and Kings County Hospital. He remained on the teaching faculty until he moved to Fort Wayne, Texas, in 1992. There, he took a position as a rheumatology faculty member at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, where he went on to serve as associate dean and vice president for student affairs.
While in Texas, Dr. Forman also served as the director of rheumatology at the Tarrant County Hospital District; consultant in rheumatology for the Federal Corrections Medical Center, Bureau of Prisons; and chairman of the department of medicine at the Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas.
Dr. Forman relocated to Southern Nevada in 2004 to become the founding dean of Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine. He also became the second D.O. in the 110-year history of the Nevada State Medical Association to be elected president. He is a past president of the Clark County Medical Society, and he served as a member of the board of trustees of Health Insight and the treasurer of the Nevada chapter of the American College of Physicians. He is board certified in rheumatology and the past chairman of the ethics committee of the American College of Rheumatology, a fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP), and the American College of Osteopathic Internists. Dr. Forman is only the second Nevadan to serve on the ACP National Committee, and in 2013, the ACP voted to elect Dr. Forman to the Mastership in the American College of Physicians, which only a select few physicians in the country are deemed distinguished enough to receive.
Dr. Forman and his wife, Pearl, a physician assistant and assistant professor at Touro University Nevada, are parents of two adult children, Rebecca and Jessica, and two grandchildren.
Michael Gardner, MD
MATERNAL & FETAL MEDICINE
Michael Gardner, MD
MATERNAL & FETAL MEDICINE
President/CEO, UNLV Medicine• Vice dean of Clinical Affairs and Strategy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Medicine
• Veteran, U.S. Air Force
Dr. Michael Gardner joined the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine as vice dean of Clinical Affairs and Strategy and president and CEO of UNLV Medicine in 2017. Dr. Gardner is responsible for the management of clinical activities for approximately 151 faculty physicians, 310 residents and 26 fellows, throughout 15 clinic locations.
A native of El Paso, Texas, Dr. Gardner moved to Las Vegas in 2017. Prior to moving to Las Vegas, Dr. Gardner served as executive vice president for Ambulatory Care Services in Houston. In this role, he managed 18 primary care and pediatric clinics, six same-day clinics, multiple specialty clinics, 14 pharmacies, two oncology infusion centers, a free-standing dialysis center and a radiation treatment center. He was responsible for the outpatient services for Harris Health, the third largest safety net system in the United States. The clinics served approximately 300,000 patients a year with more than 1 million annual visits.
Dr. Gardner also served as the chair of an academic OB/GYN department at the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa; chief of OB/GYN services at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta; and endowed professor at Emory University. He also was the chief of OB/GYN at Ben Taub General Hospital, part of the Harris Health System; a maternal fetal medicine faculty member for the Baylor College of Medicine; and director of medical quality for AMS/Harris Health System.
A U.S. Air Force veteran, Dr. Gardner served as a general OB/GYN in the military from 1989-91.
Dr. Gardner earned his medical degree from Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas, and his master’s degree in public health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a master’s degree in medical management from the University of Southern California. He is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology as well as maternal fetal medicine, and he remains clinically active.
Dr. Gardner is a member of multiple professional organizations involving healthcare management and maternal fetal medicine.
Pamela Greenspon, MD
PEDIATRICS
Pamela Greenspon, MD
PEDIATRICS
Division head of pediatrics, Southern Hills Hospital
• A member of the medical staffs at Summerlin, Centennial Hills, Spring Valley and St. Rose Dominican, San Martín Campus hospitals
• Breastfeeding coordinator, Nevada Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
A Chicago native, Dr. Pam Greenspon studied at Wesleyan University in Connecticut and then returned to Chicago to study medicine at Northwestern University School of Medicine. After completing residency at Emory University in Atlanta, she practiced general pediatrics in Manchester, Connecticut.
A board-certified pediatrician, Dr. Greenspon settled in Las Vegas in 2004 and practiced privately until she joined Desert Valley Pediatrics in 2009. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and is currently the organization’s Nevada chapter president and breastfeeding coordinator. She has been a physician leader for the monthly Walk with a Doc group in Southern Nevada and is division head of pediatrics for Southern Hills Hospital. In addition, Dr. Greenspon also is on the medical staffs at Summerlin, Centennial Hills, Spring Valley and St. Rose Dominican, San Martín Campus hospitals.
Dr. Greenspon promotes children’s health by emphasizing nutrition and fitness and is the mother of two school-age children.
Angie Honsberg, MD
PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Angie Honsberg, MD
PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
CCMS Member, Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Dr. Angelica Honsberg is from Wilmington, Delaware and attended the University of Delaware for her undergraduate studies. She subsequently earned her medical degree from the Sidney Kimmel College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Following her Internal Medicine residency at Thomas Jefferson University, she completed her training in Pulmonary Medicine at the University of Arizona Health Sciences in Tucson, Arizona and did a subsequent fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the University Of Nevada School Of Medicine. Dr. Honsberg has a special interest in adult cystic fibrosis as well as the management of adult patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.
Dr. Honsberg has over 20 years of experience in Pulmonary/Critical Care medicine and specializes in the management of pulmonary diseases and the care of critically ill patients. She has been the Adult Director for the Cystic Fibrosis Center of Southern Nevada for the past ten years. Prior to joining UNLV in 2016, Dr. Honsberg worked for the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare system.
Dr. Honsberg is board certified in Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. She is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Thomas Hunt, MD
FAMILY MEDICINE
Thomas Hunt, MD
FAMILY MEDICINE
Trustee, Clark County Medical Society
• Professor and chair, Department of Family Medicine, Roseman University of Health Sciences
• Program director, Valley Health System Family Medicine Residency Program
Dr. Thomas Hunt has been a board certified family physician, with certifications of added qualifications in hospice and palliative care, practicing in Southern Nevada since 1998. Currently, he is a professor and chair in the Department of Family Medicine at Roseman University of Health Sciences and the program director of the Valley Health System’s Family Medicine Residency Program.
Dr. Hunt studied at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York, completing his residency program with the National Health Service Corps and his post-doctorate training at Merrithew Memorial Hospital in Martinez, California.
Ed Kingsley, MD
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Ed Kingsley, MD
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
President, Clark County Medical Society
• Founder and CEO, Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada
Dr. Florence Jameson has spent her life dedicated to health care and to family. She attended University of California, Los Angeles Medical School where she earned her medical degree and finished her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. In 1985, she opened her private practice in Las Vegas and has spent the last 27 years caring for women and babies coming into the world. She also has dedicated herself to the welfare of the medical profession as past president of the Clark County Medical Society and as an officer of the Nevada Medical Association, current president elect.
Dr. Jameson is founder and CEO of Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada (VMSN), a free health clinic dedicated to providing medical services to the uninsured who would not otherwise be able to afford it. Prior to starting VMSN, she helped open a clinic at the Juvenile Justice Center of Southern Nevada to care for incarcerated young girls who would otherwise have no care. She has been blessed by the joy of marrying her childhood sweetheart, Gard, and raising her two children, Michael and Julia.
Jameson knows firsthand what a big difference a generous medical provider can make. After her father went to prison, Jameson's mother struggled to provide for herself and her five young children. But they never went without health care because the family doctor assured her he would take care of them regardless of their ability to pay.
With her medical practice already established and her children raised, Dr. Jameson now devotes her time to VMSN while still in private practice and delivering babies.
Ed Kingsley, MD
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
Ed Kingsley, MD
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
Past president, Clark County Medical Society
• Founder, Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada
• Specializes in oncology
• Educator for more than 25 years
Dr. Ed Kingsley is Virginia born and Utah raised, staying close to home to earn his bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Utah, where he also earned his medical degree. He completed his internal medicine residency and hematology and medical oncology fellowship at the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1985 and moved to the Las Vegas shortly after.
In 1988, he founded the Southwest Cancer Clinic, which became Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, the largest cancer and hematology clinic in the state, and he has educated the next generation of medical professionals as an adjunct professor for the Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine for more than 25 years.
For more than 20 years Dr. Kingsley has been actively engaged in clinical oncology research through his affiliation with the U.S. Oncology Research Network, as a member of the Southern Nevada Community Clinical Oncology Program and as part of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles Clinical Research program.
He is currently the principal investigator of multiple clinical trials of malignant hematologic diseases and the author of 11 publications.
Because of his interest in end-of-life care, Dr. Kingsley has been actively involved with Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas for 30 years and has been a trustee for that organization since 1992. In 1995, he founded the Serenades of Life, an annual fundraising musical production for the hospice, now in its 25th year. It showcases the musical talents of Southern Nevada physicians and has raised more than a quarter of a million dollars since its inception.
He has been an active member of the Clark County Medical Society and Nevada State Medical Association since 1985. He had the pleasure and privilege of serving on the board of trustees of the Clark County Medical Society from 1991 until 2009 and served as its president from 2003 to 2004. He also served as president of the Nevada State Medical Association from 2006 to 2007.
Dr. Kingsley has been the keyboardist for Alter’d Ego, a Las Vegas-based dance band, since 1995. He enjoys spending his spare time with his wife and family and playing the piano, stargazing, snowboarding and bicycling.
Deborah Kuhls, MD
TRAUMA SURGERY & CRITICAL CARE
Deborah Kuhls, MD
TRAUMA SURGERY & CRITICAL CARE
President, Clark County Medical Society
• Chief, Section of Surgical Critical Care
• Professor of surgery
• Program director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
• UNLV School of Medicine Representative to Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Women in Medicine
• UNLV School of Medicine
• Medical director, Trauma Intensive Care Unit, University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
Dr. Kuhls is a trauma and general surgeon and is the chief of the section of critical care in the Department of Surgery as well as program director of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship program. She is the medical director of the Trauma Intensive Care Unit at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) and chairs UMC’s Critical Care Committee. She is president-elect of Clark County Medical Society.
She earned a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University and a medical degree from Medical College of Pennsylvania (now Drexel University School of Medicine). She completed her surgical training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York, and a fellowship in trauma surgery and surgical critical care at the University of Maryland R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.
She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and of the American College of Critical Care Medicine. After many years of working with military and civilian medical schools in Thailand to improve trauma care and trauma and disaster training, she was awarded an honorary fellowship in The Royal College of Surgery of Thailand in 2012.
She served as national chair of the Injury Prevention Committee for the American College of Surgeons from 2012 to 2020 and serves on its membership, advocacy and disaster committees. She serves on the Injury Prevention and Disaster Committees of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) and is chair of the Trauma Prevention Coalition, a coalition of 13 member organizations devoted to injury prevention. She is the immediate past president of the Nevada Chapter of the ACS and serves as the Nevada State course director for the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Disaster Management and Emergency Preparedness (DMEP) courses. While serving on the ACS Committee on Trauma (COT) Surgical Skills Committee, she was a member of the national faculty that developed the cadaver-based Advanced Surgical Skills for Surgical Exposure in Trauma (ASSET) Course, which trains surgeons on rapid exposure to potentially lethal injuries. Honors include the 2016 Surgeons’ Award for Service to Safety from the National Safety Council, Presidential Citation for Service, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Nevada Regents Academic Advisory Award, Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award for several years, Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Society, and Las Vegas Top Doctors by Seven and Desert Companion. She completed a Surgical Education Research Fellowship and Drexel University’s Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Fellowship (ELAM). She is University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine’s representative to the Association of American Medical College’s Group on Women in Medicine. She serves on the Executive Committee of UNLV’s Faculty Senate and has authored peer-reviewed articles on injury and violence prevention; disaster preparedness; the care of critically injured patients and medical education; and is grant-supported on vehicular injury and injury prevention as well as disaster preparedness. Over the course of her career, she also has mentored dozens of students, residents, fellows and attending physicians.
Fermin Leguen, MD
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Fermin Leguen, MD
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Acting chief health officer and chief medical officer, Southern Nevada Health District
Dr. Fermin Leguen currently serves as the acting chief health officer and chief medical officer at the Southern Nevada Health District. Prior to accepting a position at the Southern Nevada Health District in 2016, he served as medical executive director at the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade, Pasco and Hernando counties. He also served as chief medical officer for Doctor’s Medical Centers, Inc., a medium-size primary care group in Miami. Dr. Leguen has been a consultant for the World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization Immunization Program in Jamaica and Peru. He earned his medical degree from Havana University in Cuba, and he completed his general preventive medicine residency. He earned his master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University.
Larry Lehrner, MD
NEPHROLOGY
Larry Lehrner, MD
NEPHROLOGY
Member, Clark County Medical Society board of trustees and executive committee
• Nephrology specialist for more than 30 years
• U.S. Army veteran
Dr. Larry Lehrner earned his bachelor’s degree along with his doctorate in philosophy and medical degrees from Indiana University. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and went on to complete his internship and residency in internal medicine at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. From there, he moved on to complete a nephrology fellowship at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas and completed his Army career serving in the burn unit at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
After he completed his military service, he moved to Las Vegas, where he’s practiced nephrology for more than 30 years. During that time, he’s been involved in the local medical community as a member of the Clark County Medical Society’s board of trustees and executive committee. He has also served as a member of the board of directors for the Renal Physicians Association and president of his nephrology group, Kidney Specialists of Southern Nevada.
While providing an active clinical practice, Dr. Lehrner also lectures for Touro University on the Las Vegas and Vallejo campuses and has participated in more than 25 clinical trials, including diabetic nephropathy.
Scott E. Manthei, DO
ENT-OTOLARYNGOLOGIST
Scott E. Manthei, DO
ENT-OTOLARYNGOLOGIST
Member of the Clark County Medical Society
• Board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery; the American Osteopathic Board of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology; and the National Board of Medical Examiners
• Faculty member at numerous academic institutions
Dr. Scott Manthei is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and the American Osteopathic Board of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology as well as the National Board of Medical Examiners.
Dr. Manthei has been a physician with Nevada Ear and Sinus Institute since 2014 with specialties in head and neck surgery and otolaryngic allergy and facial plastic surgery. He is a clinical assistant professor in the department of surgery at the University of Nevada School of Medicine and also has been appointed as faculty member at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, California, and clinical faculty at Touro University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Manthei attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and earned his medical degree from Midwestern University’s Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. He traveled back to Michigan for his internship at Mt. Clemens General Hospital and on to Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital for residencies in general surgery and otorhinolaryngology and facial plastic surgery.
A published author and guest speaker, Dr. Mathei is a member of organizations such as the Clark County Medical Society; the Nevada State Medical Association; the Nevada Osteopathic Medication Association, where he is a past president; the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery; American Osteopathic Association; American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery; American Academy of Otolaryngic Allery and the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, among others.
Staci L, McHale, MD
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Staci L, McHale, MD
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
President-Elect, Clark County Medical Society
• Board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN)
• Owner, New Beginnings OB-GYN
Dr. Staci L. McHale is a board-certified private practice obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN) in Southwest Las Vegas. Originally from Texas, she earned her undergraduate degree at Texas Lutheran University in 2000 and graduated from medical school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in 2004. Dr. McHale completed her residency training at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 2008.
Shortly after completing her residency, she moved to Nevada and has owned her own private practice since 2012. Since that time, she also has been a member of the Clark County Medical Society, and she has served the past six years as a trustee on the board of directors.
Dr. McHale’s office, New Beginnings OB-GYN, provides comprehensive gynecological and prenatal care throughout the lifespan, from adolescence to menopause. She focuses on minimally invasive surgery as well as high-risk obstetrics. Dr. McHale takes the time to understand all patients have different needs, and she works to customize care plans for each individual, providing quality lifetime care for all her patients.
Derek Meeks, DO
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Derek Meeks, DO
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Trustee, Clark County Medical Society
• Emergency department medical director, Boulder City Hospital
• Former chief of staff, Boulder City Hospital
• Vice dean and associate professor, Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Derek Meeks is the medical director of the emergency department at Boulder City Hospital, and he is one of Clark County Medical Society’s busiest emergency physicians. An Arcadia, California, native, he moved to Las Vegas 25 years ago and went to work at Sunrise Hospital and University Medical Center emergency rooms. Eight years later, he worked first shift at Boulder City Hospital’s emergency room and fell in love with the hospital and community.
Dr. Meeks earned his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and attended the University of Health Sciences, Kansas City for his doctorate of osteopathy degree. He did a rotating internship and a residency in emergency medicine at Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan. Aside from osteopathy and emergency medicine, Dr. Meeks also has practiced hyperbaric medicine and is certified as an independent medical examiner.
Dr. Meeks has held many positions at Boulder City Hospital including chief of staff, vice chief of staff, chair of quality improvement, chair of credentials, and he has served as a member of the board of trustees for many years. Dr. Meeks also serves as a trustee on the Clark County Medical Society board, where his experience and calm nature are always appreciated.
Dr. Meeks is the vice dean and associate professor of Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has been married for 32 years and has three children and four adorable grandchildren. In his spare time, he enjoys wearing crazy socks, being outdoors, going to the gym and movies. His motto is “work hard then play harder.”.
Alka Rebentish, MD
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Alka Rebentish, MD
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Member, Clark County Medical Society
• Clinical assistant professor of medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine
• Established Infectious Disease Associates in 1997
• Active medical licenses in Nevada and California
Dr. Alka Rebentish graduated from Karanataka University with a bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery and earned her medical degree from Madras University, both in India. She completed her medical residency at Georgetown University and her fellowship in infectious disease at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C.
Her additional training includes studying microbiology at the National Institute of Health; infectious disease pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology; hospital epidemiology at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/American Hospital Association in Chicago; and she is credentialed as an HIV specialist in the American Academy of HIV Medicine.
Dr. Rebentish established Infectious Disease Associates in 1997 when she saw a need for an infectious disease physician presence in the Las Vegas Valley.