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Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education Building achieved LEED Silver Certification
March 12, 2025
The Nevada Health and Bioscience Corporation achieved LEED Silver on the new Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education Building receives Design Honor Award by AIA Nevada
March 12, 2025
Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education Building receives Design Honor Award by AIA Nevada

Dr. Barbara Atkinson named first-ever physician medical liaison — Vegas Inc.
August 7, 2023
NHBC named Dr. Barbara Atkinson as its first-ever physician medical liaison.

With UNLV med school as model, a call for nimbler process for public construction — The Nevada Independent
May 12, 2023
The corporation behind the construction of the UNLV medical education building has big plans for expansion — and is now pinning its hopes on new legislation that would circumvent the state’s drawn-out process for getting government building projects off the ground.

December 21 Proclaimed as ‘Nevada Health and Bioscience Corporation Day’
December 28, 2022
The City of Las Vegas honored NHBC by proclaiming that…

The Medical Education Building Dazzles at Its Grand Opening — UNLV News
November 2, 2022
So it has come to pass, courtesy of the nonprofit Nevada Health and Bioscience Corporation (NHBC) – the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV now has its first permanent building, one that will anchor the Las Vegas Medical District.

Can UNLV’s long-awaited $125 million medical school building solve Nevada’s physician shortage? — Nevada Independent
November 2, 2022
After years of fits and starts, three university presidents, two medical school deans, two governors and one pandemic, last Wednesday marked the end of a long and tortured road — the red ribbon was cut, and the Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education Building at UNLV was finally complete.

Grand Opening of the Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education Building at UNLV — Vegas Business Digest
November 2, 2022
Last night, the Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education Building at UNLV held its grand opening ceremony in the Las Vegas Medical District. Designed by TSK Architects, this building is approximately 130,000 gross square feet and is designed to accommodate a class size of 120 students. The facility includes training spaces for clinical skills, simulation and anatomy classrooms for various sizes and a learning resources center. CO Architects is the medical education program planner and interior design architect. MJ Dean Construction is the general contractor.

UNLV welcomes new era as medical school building opens — Las Vegas Review-Journal
November 2, 2022
UNLV medical students and others joined Gov. Steve Sisolak on Wednesday during the opening celebration for the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine in Las Vegas.

UNLV Kirk Kerkorian Medical School now open — KSNV-TV/News3
November 2, 2022
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — UNLV’s Kirk Kerkorian Medical School is officially opening its doors tonight.