UNLV School of Medicine: Founders Celebration

Last week Children’s Heart Center Nevada’s CEO, Steve Eisen, attended the Founding Celebration for the UNLV School of Medicine. The UNLV School of Medicine was officially established August 22, 2014 when the Nevada System of Higher Education (NHSE) Board of Regents approved the two-year budget to cover start-up costs and submitted it to Governor Brian Sandoval and the Nevada legislature.

Among the many guests in attendance were those who donated 60 four-year scholarships for the inaugural class in an effort to bring the best and brightest students to the new medical school—these students will hopefully then stay and establish their practice right here in Las Vegas or Nevada. State senate and assembly members who were essential in helping secure legislative funding, the NHSE Board of Regents and staff, mayors and city council members from all three cities in the valley, and the Clark County commission were also present at the celebration.

^{Resource: UNLV School of Medicine Newsletter – Issue 13 – Sept. 22, 2015}

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