NIHAN Team

NIHAN TEAM

Meet the NIHAN Team

Project Leadership Team

Ji Won Yoo, MD

Program Director

Associate Professor, Internal & Geriatrics Medicine,

Kirk Kerkorian

School of Medicine

University of Nevada,

Las Vegas

702-671-5060

ji.yoo@unlv.edu

Maryam Tabrizi

Education Director

Associate Professor, Dental Medicine

School of Dental Medicine,

University of Nevada,

Las Vegas

702-774-2572

mary.tabrizi@unlv.edu

Leland Rockstraw, PHD, rn, fnap

IPE Project Lead

Professor-in-Residence;

School of Nursing

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

MINSUN PARK, MHA, CRA

Project Manager

Kirk Kerkorian

School of Medicine

University of Nevada,

Las Vegas

702-272-0826

minsun.park@unlv.edu

JAY SHEN, PHD

NIHAN Evaluator

Professor & Associate Dean of School of Public Health

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

702-895-5830

jay.shen@unlv.edu

Pearl Kim, PHD

Data & Evaluation Analyst

School of Public Health

University of Nevada,

Las Vegas

702-895-5830

pearl.kim@unlv.edu

Kazem Taghva, PHD

Technology Project Advisor

Chair & Professor,

Computer Science,

College of Engineering,

University of Nevada,

Las Vegas

702-895-0873

kazem.taghva@unlv.edu

MinGon Kang, PHD

DeepPlan Project Lead


Assistant Professor,

Computer Science

College of Engineering

University of Nevada, 

Las Vegas

702-895-4884

mingon.kang@unlv.edu

Interprofessional Education (IPE) Training Committee

Jennifer Nash, PT, DPT, NCS, CEEAA, MSCS, CDP

Assistant Professor, Faculty-in-Residence

Department of Physical Therapy

University of Nevada,

Las Vegas

Cheryl Johnston, PhD, LMSW, ACHP-SW

Visiting Lecturer

Department of Social Work

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Jennifer Young, MPA

Director of Community Engagement

School of Medicine

University of Nevada,

Las Vegas

Brenna Renn, Ph.D

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

University of Nevada,

Las Vegas

702-895-0569

brenna.renn@unlv.edu

Education & Clinical Training Committee

Max Gakh, JD, MPH

Assistant Professor

School of Public Health

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

702-895-5420

maxim.gakh@unlv.edu

jason Flatt, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

School of Public Health, Social & Behavioral Health

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

David Byun

David Byun, DO

Rural Site Director

William Bee Ririe Hospital

Dr. Se Won Lee, MD

Se Won Lee, MD

Program Director,

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Residency, Mountain View
Hospital, Las Vegas

702-962-9565

sewlee2014@gmail.com

Female Geriatric Doctor

Ati Hakimi, MD

Geriatrician & Partner Site Director

Volunteer in Medicine of Southern Nevada,

Vegas Direct Primary Care

702-967-0530

drhakimi@vegasdpc.com

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Ronan Factora, MD, FACP, AGSF

Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University
Program Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, Center for Geriatric Medicine, Dept. of Internal Medicine
Cleveland Clinic

216-444-8091

factorr@ccf.org

Ian Choe, MD

Lead Physician, Digital Health Subdivision, OptumCare

Nevada, United Healthgroup

Takashi Yamashita, PhD, MPH, MA

Associate Professor

Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health
Gerontology Ph.D. Program Faculty

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

410-455-5938

yamataka@umbc.edu

ADRD Project Team

Dylan Wint, MD

ADRD Project Director

Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

ADRD-Program Manager-Mandarino_Helena

LeeAnn Mandarino, MA

ADRD Program Manager

Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

702-483-6024

mandarl@ccf.org

ADRD-Program Manager-Ingalsby_Kate

Kate ingalsby

ADRD Program Manager

Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

702-483-6024

INGALSK@ccf.org

Niebuhr Verla

Verla Niebuhr

ADRD Program Manager

Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

702-483-6024

NIEBUHV@ccf.org

NIHAN Project Staff

Marnie Edit

Marnie elsky, MA

Program Coordinator

Kirk Kerkorian

School of Medicine

University of Nevada,

Las Vegas

(702) 202-4045

marnie.elsky@unlv.edu

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Ruth Lopez, CRA

Financial & Administrative Assistant

Kirk Kerkorian

School of Medicine

University of Nevada,

Las Vegas

(702) 272-0621

ruth.lopez@unlv.edu

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Matheu Nazareno

VMSN Site Coordinator

Kirk Kerkorian

School of Medicine

University of Nevada,

Las Vegas