Touro University Nevada Receives $1.2 Million-Dollar Grant To Launch Geriatric Medicine Fellowship
Touro University Nevada is pleased to announce it has received a $1.2 million-dollar grant from Governor Brian Sandoval’s executive budget. The grant will fund the development of a one year geriatric medicine fellowship program that will graduate four fellows per year. The university plans to have the first fellows in place by July 2017. Graduate Medical Education (GME) training is required to obtain medical licensure to practice medicine and numerous studies have shown that a very high percentage of doctors practice in close proximity to where they received GME training. The philosophy that “if they train here, they stay here” is a direct factor in Nevada’s current healthcare provider shortage. With the state currently producing more undergraduate medical students than available residencies, students are forced to leave and seek training elsewhere across the country. READ MORE |
Mike Paglia Joins the Johnson Advisors Team
Johnson Advisors is pleased to announce the addition of Mike Paglia as its newest Staff Accountant. Mike is a native Las Vegas who ventured off to the University of Arizona to earn his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and returned home to the University of Nevada Las Vegas where he earned his Masters of Science in Accounting. Mike’s inspiration to become an accountant came from his mother and aunt, both CPAs. Mike began his career in public accounting in 2014 upon graduation from UNLV. READ MORE |
Burke Construction Group Appoints Two New Staff Members to our Operations TeamBurke Construction Group is pleased to announce the addition of Michele Grierson, Senior Project Manager and Nancy Mayorga, Assistant Project Manager.
Michele attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Architecture and Construction Management with a career in construction spanning over 20 years. Michele brings with her a varied skillset that ranges from Big Box Retail, Educational, Federal, Public Works, and Gaming and Hospitality just to name few. Throughout her career, Michele has managed some of the most notable projects in southern Nevada, including – amongst others – the East Career Technical Academy and the Henderson Justice Facility. With a Bachelor of Science Degree in Construction Management from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Nancy’s career in construction spans over six years. She worked on such notable projects as The Ascaya Club House, T-Mobile MGM Arena and the SLS Hotel and Casino Re-branding and Remodel. READ MORE |
Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican Receives Four 2017 Five-Star Ratings from Healthgrades
Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican today announced that it has received 5 stars for quality care in four service areas from Healthgrades, the leading online resource helping consumers make informed decisions in order to find the right doctor, the right hospital, and the right care. These service areas include: Rose De Lima Campus: Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries (two years in a row) Colorectal Surgeries (five years in a row) Siena Campus: C-Section Delivery (two years in a row) San Martin Campus: Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries This achievement is part of new findings and data released today on Healthgrades.com and in the Healthgrades 2016 Report to the Nation. Every year, Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance at nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide for 33 of the most common inpatient procedures and conditions. READ MORE Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican Wins Consumer Choice Award from National Research Corporation for Fourth Year in a Row Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican’s Siena Campus was named a 2016/2017 Consumer Choice Award by National Research Corporation. The annual award identifies hospitals across the United States that healthcare consumers choose as having the highest quality and image. The Siena facility is the only hospital in the Las Vegas market to receive this award. Winners are determined by consumer perceptions on multiple quality and image ratings collected in the company’s Market Insights survey, the largest online consumer healthcare survey in the country. National Research surveys more than 300,000 households in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia. Hospitals named by consumers are analyzed and ranked based on Core Based Statistical Areas defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, with Consumer Choice-winning facilities being ranked the highest. READ MORE |
Cynthia L. Alexander Reappointed as Trustee of Nevada Bar Foundation
Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that Cynthia L. Alexander, member partner in the Las Vegas office, has been reappointed by the Supreme Court of Nevada as a trustee of the Nevada Bar Foundation. “I am honored to further serve this worthy organization, and am passionate about their mission to help people access justice and legal education programs,” said Alexander. The Nevada Bar Foundation serves as the charitable arm of the State Bar of Nevada. The organization supports access to justice programs in addition to managing the Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program, which makes annual grants to local organizations that provide direct legal services to the poor, to victims of domestic violence, and to children protected by or in need of protection of the juvenile court. READ MORE |
Tronox Donates Thousands to Pinecrest Academy Robotics Club
Tronox, a Henderson manufacturing plant, donated $2,000 to benefit students in the coding and robotics program at Pinecrest Academy. The donation will go toward purchasing the necessary software and equipment for students to design and build robots. READ MORE Tronox Henderson Donates to Basic Academy of International Studies Robotics Team Tronox, a Henderson manufacturing plant presented a check to support the Basic Academy of International Studies Robotics Team. For the past five years, Tronox has continually supported the team as their primary sponsor. The Basic Academy of International Studies Robotics Team teaches students the methods of building high-tech robots as well as teaching the engineering elements of robotics. Last year the team earned the Judges Award at the Nevada State VEX Robotics Championship, as well as the Excellence Award that qualified them to attend the C.R.E.A.T.E. US Open Robotics Championship. READ MORE Tronox Donates to Robert Taylor Elementary School’s Robotics Club Tronox, LLC donated $1,500 to the Robert Taylor Elementary Robotics Club. Tronox Plant Manager, Rick Stater presented a check with the club’s students, advisors and the school’s vice principal all in attendance. This is the ninth year that Tronox has been involved with supporting the club. Every year along with a monetary donation, Stater encourages employees to volunteer with the students and act as mentors throughout the school year. READ MORE |
Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican’s Siena Campus Awarded Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement From The Joint Commission
Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican’s Siena campus today announced it has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement. The advanced certification is for Joint Commission-accredited hospitals, critical access hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers seeking to elevate the quality, consistency and safety of their services and patient care. The Siena Campus is one of the largest joint replacement programs in the area, with consumers coming from across the valley and beyond for surgery. The Siena campus underwent a rigorous onsite review on October 10. Joint Commission experts evaluated compliance with advanced disease-specific care standards and total hip and total knee replacement requirements, including orthopedic consultation, and pre-operative, intraoperative and post-surgical orthopedic surgeon follow-up care. READ MORE Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican Receives American College of Cardiology Performance Awards Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican’s Siena campus has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR ACTION Registry–GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2016 and the San Martín campus has received the Silver Performance Achievement Award. The Siena campus is one of only 223 hospitals nationwide to win the Platinum Performance Award, and the San Martín campus is one of only 21 hospitals nationwide to win the Silver Performance Award. The award recognizes St. Rose’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that St. Rose has reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association clinical guidelines and recommendations. READ MORE Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican’s San Martín Campus First in Nevada to Use Innovative Cardiac Mapping System Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican’s San Martín campus has become the first hospital in Nevada and 55th nationally to use the Rhythmia™ Mapping System, a new state-of-the-art, high-resolution 3D mapping and navigation solution for those with complex heart issues. The procedure was performed Oct. 3 by Dr. Arjun Gururaj to treat a patient from southern Nevada with ventricular tachycardia, a condition where the heart beats too fast. Additional physicians have also been trained, including Dr. Gaston Vergara, who has also used Rhythmia for his complicated procedures. READ MORE |
Burke Completes Frito Lay Distribution Center Expansion
Burke Construction Group completed construction on a new expanded warehouse facility for the Frito Lay Las Vegas Distribution Center on behalf of Con-Real, LP. The approximately 30,000 sq. ft. expansion facility was designed to expand Frito Lay’s existing warehouse facility. The expanded space, constructed directly adjacent to the active warehouse, utilized tilt wall panel construction similar to the existing warehouse building. The two areas now function as one common warehouse space. READ MORE |
UNLV Appoints Gardner Company as Master Developer for Harry Reid Research and Technology
Today, UNLV announced that the UNLV Research Foundation and Gardner Company entered into an agreement that taps Gardner as the master developer for the Research Foundation’s Harry Reid Research and Technology Park. “This research park will play an important role in building on UNLV’s status as a worldclass research institution, and I look forward to seeing this strong partnership bring the project to life,” said Sen. Harry Reid. “I thank the UNLV Research Foundation and Gardner Company for working so hard to make this project—and academic and economic benefits that come with it—a reality.” READ MORE |
U.S. News & World Report Names Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican’s Siena Campus Among Best in Southern Nevada
Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican’s Siena campus has been recognized as one of the best regional hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. The Siena Campus received the Best Regional Hospitals ranking for 2016-17 for southern Nevada, the only hospital in the Las Vegas valley to receive the award. This is the first time Siena has received the award. The award was based on receiving high-performing hospital designations for four indicators: COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), heart failure, hip replacement and knee replacement. Other high-performing designations received by Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican facilities are: • Rose de Lima Campus – COPD; • San Martín Campus – COPD and heart failure. READ MORE Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican Hosting Screening of End-of-Life Film, Being Mortal Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican’s Siena campus is holding a free, community screening of the documentary Being Mortal on Friday, September 23, 2016 from 1-4 p.m. After the screening, audience members can participate in a guided conversation on how to take concrete steps to identify and communicate wishes about end-of-life goals and preferences. Being Mortal delves into the hopes of patients and families facing terminal illness. The film investigates the practice of caring for the dying and explores the relationships between patients and their doctors. It follows a surgeon, Dr. Atul Gawande, as he shares stories from the people and families he encounters. When Dr. Gawande’s own father gets cancer, his search for answers about how best to care for the dying becomes a personal quest. The film sheds light on how a medical system focused on a cure often leaves out the sensitive conversations that need to happen so a patient’s true wishes can be known and honored at the end. READ MORE |
Teach For America–Las Vegas Valley Begins New School Year With $50,000 Donation From Barrick Gold
Teach For America–Las Vegas Valley is proud to celebrate the start of a new school year working closely with students, families, fellow educators and local organizations in Southern Nevada. The start of the year is also marked by a $50,000 donation from Barrick Gold. Teach For America recruits a diverse group of our nation’s most promising leaders to make an enduring commitment to educational equity, beginning with teaching for at least two years in high-need urban and rural schools including Clark County. “The support of local organizations such as Barrick Gold is instrumental to our ability to bring diverse and talented people from all over the country, as well as from right here in the Valley, to strengthen education from inside and outside of the classroom,” said Sean Parker, executive director of Teach For America–Las Vegas Valley. “We’re able to help make a positive impact on 30,000 Clark County students to ensure they’re prepared for college, their careers, and beyond. READ MORE Barrick and Cisco Partner for the Digital Reinvention of Mining Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX)(TSX: ABX) (Barrick or the "company") and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced they will partner for the digital reinvention of Barrick's business, bringing together cutting-edge technology and expertise to unleash the full potential of mining. "We are proud to partner with Cisco to drive our digital reinvention," said John L. Thornton, Barrick's Executive Chairman. "Harnessing the potential of digital technology will unlock value across our business, helping us grow our free cash flow per share. In so doing, we will make ourselves into a leading twenty-first century company—enhancing productivity and efficiency at our mines, and improving decision-making and performance across every area of our business. We mean to create value and push the boundaries of our industry in entirely new ways. Just as importantly, digital technology will allow us to reduce our environmental impact and be even more transparent with our local partners—especially indigenous communities, local governments, and NGOs." READ MORE |
Nominations Sought for Henderson’s Heart of the City Award
The City of Henderson is accepting nominations for its Heart of the City Award, which recognizes individuals who have performed exceptional acts of kindness. The award is administered by the city’s Be Kind Committee, which promotes the benefits associated with incorporating acts of kindness into the mindset and way of life for the people who live, learn, work and play in the City of Henderson. The award is presented annually to a citizen or city employee who has demonstrated distinctive service or acts of kindness that have enriched the lives of the community. Nominations are open to people of all ages and are accepted through Oct. 1. Printable nomination forms are available online at cityofhenderson.com. READ MORE |
PBTK Opens Reno Office
Piercy Bowler Taylor & Kern (PBTK), a full-service accounting firm, announces that it has recently opened an office in Reno, Nevada. Now the third PBTK location, the Reno office is located at 200 S. Virginia, Suite 655. The firm’s services will focus on accounting, audit, tax planning and preparation, 401(k) audits, and forensic accounting. “We opened a Reno office to better serve our existing and prospective Northern Nevada clients,” said Lisa Cross, Managing Shareholder of the Reno office. “PBTK’s professionals have a unique set of skills and experiences in the industries found in the Reno area, such as gaming, hospitality, manufacturing and government. We are excited to now reside in this thriving business community.” READ MORE PBTK Announces Two New Shareholders Piercy Bowler Taylor & Kern (PBTK), a full-service accounting firm, is pleased to announce that Lisa Cross, CPA and Ryan Whitman, CPA, CFE have been promoted from Principal to Shareholder. Both Cross and Whitman started their professional accounting careers at PBTK as Associates and moved up through the ranks, accepting more responsibilities and growing their technical skills. READ MORE |
Mike Dickinson Joins the Johnson Advisors Team
Johnson Advisors is pleased to announce the addition of Mike Dickinson as its newest Tax Director. Mike is a proud graduate of the University of Nevada Las Vegas where he earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Accounting. Mike began his career in public accounting in 2003 upon graduation from UNLV. Mike adds a unique blend of public accounting and business consulting experience to the firm. READ MORE |
Seeing the Cents in Solar
High-profile Las Vegas solar projects receive support from corporate, government and regulatory entities. Solar energy is definitely the most popular sector of the entire energy and utilities industry — from federal and local tax credits to media buzz and everything in between — but Las Vegas is taking the hype and turning it into high-profile projects in the commercial industry. On June 20, Las Vegas Mayor Carloyn Goodman and North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee were in attendance as Cox Communications and Manheim Nevada, both subsidiaries of Cox Enterprises, dedicated two ground-mount solar projects. The Cox Las Vegas project is in Las Vegas and the Manheim Nevada project is in North Las Vegas. The projects are designed to generate power from alternative sources for their respective operations. READ MORE |