The University of Nevada w88 mobile of Medicine recently received a generous gift from the Children's Heart Center w88 mobile to support faculty development and research in its pediatrics w88 mobile.
The "Children's Heart Center of w88 mobile Pediatric Research Fund," in the amount of 0,000 over 10 years, will be used to stimulate new research activities among faculty, according to David Gremse, M.D., chair of the w88 mobile's pediatrics department in Las Vegas.
"This gift will allow our faculty to engage in w88 mobile activity that can improve children's lives," he said. "It is fitting that the Children's Heart Center gift is aimed at fostering medical w88 mobile to benefit children."
Nevin Wilson, M.D., pediatrics chair in Reno, echoes the sentiment. "We are very pleased and grateful that this gift has been made available to us to cultivate research in children's diseases here in w88 mobile. It will allow us to continue and expand clinical research that we are doing that directly impacts children in this state. What the Children's Heart Center has provided is appreciated and will be put to good use."
Established in 1980, Children's Heart Center Nevada is the only pediatric cardiology practice in the state of Nevada. Comprised of 12 physicians and supported by a nursing w88 mobile and staff of over 100, the center's aim is to make Nevada a world-class center for the treatment of children with heart disease. It has developed full-time programs in the areas of pediatric cardiac consultation, intervention, electrophysiology, cardiovascular risk factor reduction, fetal echocardiography, cardiovascular surgical services, adults with congenital heart disease and an evaluation program for pulmonary hypertension in both children and adults.
The collaborative relationship between the University of Nevada w88 mobile of Medicine and the Children's Heart Center of Las Vegas illustrates a successful marriage of public and private entities working together to address Nevada's health care needs.
The pediatric cardiologists of Children's Heart Center have a strong belief in the academic principles of research for the advancement of scientific knowledge, the teaching of physicians and service to the community, all ideals which fit hand-in-glove with the w88 mobile of Medicine's mission as the only public medical w88 mobile in the state dedicated to a best-practice approach to medicine.
Children's Heart Center serves w88 mobile with five offices in Southern and Northern w88 mobile as well as various outreach clinics. No child in need of services is turned away for any reason.
