2009-10 Faculty Senate Members > Medicine
Doina Kulick
Term Expires: May 2010
Phone: (775) 784-7700
Email: dkulick@medicine.nevada.edu
Brief Bio:Physician, Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Nutrition. Graduated from the Cluj-Napoca School of Medicine, Romania, and completed post graduate medical training at UNSOM Reno. Dr. Kulick holds a Masters in Clinical Research Design and Statistics from the University of Michigan, School of Public Health. She practices medicine in Reno, and teaches and mentors Medicine students and undergraduate Nutrition students. Her research interests include translational research in nutrition and chronic diseases (obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndromes and cardiovascular disease).
Leah Skladany
Term Expires: May 2010
Phone: (775) 784-4887
Email: lskladany@medicine.nevada.edu
Brief Bio: I am an associate professor in the Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology. My areas of interest include Voice Disorders, Dysphagia, Head and Neck Cancer Rehabilitation and high speed imaging of the larynx.
Kami Larsen
Term Expires: May 2012
Phone: (702) 671-2231
Email: klarsen@medicine.nevada.edu
Brief Bio:Dr. Kami Larsen received her Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Nevada, Reno and went on to complete medical school at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. After completing her residency training in pediatrics at the University of Nevada School of Medicine Las Vegas program she went into private practice in Henderson, Nevada. After four years of solo practice she returned to UNSOM and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics in Las Vegas and is currently the Associate Residency Program Director. Her primary areas of interest outside of resident education are in immunizations, outreach and international medicine.
Amy McFarland
Term Expires: May 2012
Phone: (775) 682-7734
Email: amcfarland@medicine.nevada.edu
Brief Bio: Amy McFarland is an Education Coordinator for the Division of Interdisciplinary Medical Education.
Thomas Kozel
Term Expires: May 2011
Phone: (775) 784-4124
Email: tkozel@medicine.nevada.edu
Brief Bio: I received my doctoral degree in microbiology from the University of Iowa in 1971 and joined the faculty of the University of Nevada School of Medicine in the same year. At that time, the School of Medicine was a two-year medical school that focused on instruction of the basic medical sciences. Since that time, the medical school has grown to a full degree granting institution with a substantial research mission. In a similar fashion, my responsibilities have shifted from those of a faculty member dedicated primarily to instruction to those of a medical educator with a significant research effort. My research program has focused primarily on the immunology and pathogenesis of opportunistic fungal infections. More recently, we have studied immunological means for prevention and diagnosis of biothreats such as anthrax. An emerging focus of my research activities has been the discovery of microbial targets for construction of rapid point-of-contact assays for diagnosis of infectious diseases. Over the years, I have had a number of administrative assignments that included Director of Medical Admissions (1972-1976), Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology (1976-2008), the UNR Faculty Senate (1973-1976), and a member of the UNR Planning and Budget Team (1987-1990). I have authored or co-authored approximately 120 scientific publications and am currently the principal investigator of three NIH research grants. One of my NIH grants is in its 31st year of funding. I completed a sabbatical leave at the Rockefeller University (1980) and studied at the Oxford University (2000). In the course of my academic career, I have been a regular member of three NIH grant review panels and served as an ad hoc member of over 25 study sections. I was the medical mycology editor for the journal Infection and Immunity from 1995-2005. I maintain a keen interest in medical education and the further growth of the School of Medicine.