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CONTENTS

FEBRUARY 25– MARCH 2, 2016

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“Healthy Expansion” Dignity Health to open four new neighborhood hospitals by end of 2017.

By EMMILY BRISTOL

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“A Call for Teachers” Getting creative in fixing the educator shortage.

By LISSA TOWNSEND RODGERS

Plus … A list of open medical marijuana dispensaries, Seven Days and Ask a Native.

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“Deck Dynasty” Bona fide Las Vegas turntable legend DJ Hollywood wades into uncharted waters. By IAN CARAMANZANA

DINING

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“SLO ’n’ Steady” The Dino’s parking lot gets a touch of class with Justin Kingsley Hall’s slow-food pop-up. By AL MANCINI Plus … The return of Carla Pellegrino, Dishing With Grace and Cocktail Culture.

A &E

Plus… Seven’s 14, Downtown Grand hosts eSports, bingo snark during the Oscars and looking back at Dan Tanna and Vega$.

FE AT URE

Books (Turk) Winter is coming in My Father, The Pornographer.

By M. SCOTT KRAUSE

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The synthpop band talks about releasing its own records and making its own luck.

By IAN CARAMANZANA

Dr. Dylan Wint of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health is one of this year’s Top Doctors.

Our sixth annual list of the Valley’s top physicians in 56 specialties, according to a survey by the national frm Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. Plus, how Founding Dean Barbara Atkinson is shaping the UNLV School of Medicine and interviews with some of our most fascinating docs.

“Metric Measures Up”

Dermatologist Linda Woodson on her musical career, songwriting and advice for youngsters with dual passions.

February 25–March 2, 2016

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The Black Mountain Institute’s Emerging Writers Series continues with poet Sandra Lim, author of two collections of poetry and recipient of numerous awards and fellowships.

7 p.m. at UNLV’s Rogers Literature and Law Building. UNLV.edu.

FRI 26 Rendering of the St. Rose Dominican Sahara campus.

Healthy Expansion Dignity Health to open four new neighborhood hospitals by end of 2017

By Emmily Bristol THESE DAYS, if you need to get to an emergency room, chances are you’re going to do a quick search on your phone to fnd the nearest one as you hop in the car. In most of the Valley, you’ll usually fnd something relatively close—unless you live in North Las Vegas.

For years, North Las Vegans have had just one fullservice hospital, North Vista Hospital on East Lake Mead Boulevard. With medical emergencies, a 25-minute drive time—say from Aliante Casino to that hospital— could be fatal.

There’s good news for North Las Vegans, as well as a few other underserved parts of the Valley. Dignity Health, which runs the three St. Rose hospitals located in Henderson and southwest Las Vegas, is scheduled to break ground on the frst of four new neighborhood hospitals on March 2 in North Las Vegas.

The company selected each location based on an assessment of areas in the Valley that are underserved, according to Brian Brannman, senior vice president of operations who oversees Dignity Health Nevada. “[North Las Vegas is] an area that’s pretty far removed from existing services,” says Brannman, who also serves as president and CEO of the Dignity Health St. Rose Dominican’s Siena campus.

The announcement comes at an opportune time.

Electric car manufacturer Faraday Future announced in December that it was setting up shop in North Las Vegas. It has started building its reported $1 billion factory at Apex Industrial Park, off Interstate 15 in the northernmost part of the city.

Dignity Health’s north campus, 1550 W. Craig Road, is slated to open in late spring 2017, with three more neighborhood hospitals opening every couple of

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months through the end of 2017. The other hospital locations are 9892 W. Flamingo Road and 4855 Blue Diamond Road, with a West Sahara Avenue location still being fnalized.

“We toyed with the idea of building a larger hospital, but we rather like the smaller facility. It’s more like a small rural community hospital,” Brannman says.

“Health care is becoming less reliant on big hospitals.”

The new St. Rose-branded campuses will each cost an estimated $24-$28 million to construct. The 24/7 facilities will include an eight-bay emergency department, imaging and lab services and an eight-bed inpatient wing. They will each have about 100 employees, including doctors, nurses and laboratory technicians. In addition, each hospital will have a Dignity Health Medical Group primary care clinic.

The new hospitals will be run in partnership with Emerus, a Texas-based health care company that runs medical facilities around the country. Brannman says the emphasis in the neighborhood hospitals will be effciency. There will be no long-term services or reproductive health services offered at the smaller facilities.

Nevada as a whole has earned failing grades in health care, including the number of doctors per capita and emergency care. Nevada ranks 47th in the nation in physicians per 100,000 residents and 49th in the nation in primary care physicians per 100,000 people, according to the Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau. Nevada also earned a D+ on the most recent American College of Emergency Physicians state report card.

“We’ve got some real access issues here in Southern Nevada,” Brannman says. “The idea is to make it convenient and get patients in and out and back home.”

This one is a short drive but worth every mile. The Pahrump Hot Air Balloon Festival kicks off at 7 a.m. at Petrack Park and continues through Sunday. There’ll be music, entertainment, food and, best of all, balloon rides. VisitPahrump.com.

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You can watch motorcycles, ATVs and side-by-sides rip around (and through) the South Point or enter the race yourself during Round 3 of the World Off Road Championship Series.

The beauty of this series is that novices are encouraged. WORCSRacing.com.

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Fifty-six years after its publication, To Kill a Mockingbird still speaks to us about issues of race, class and discrimination.

The Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s sensitive staging of the late Harper Lee’s play is at 2 p.m. in UNLV’s Bayley Theatre. UNLV.edu.

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Breaking Bad went off the air in 2013, but enough folks miss Walt, Jesse, Hank and the rest of the antihero crew that there’s an exhibit of props from the show that has landed permanently at the Mob Museum. We might just tear up at the sight of Walt’s yellow hazmat suit. TheMobMuseum.org.

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Eugene Lang’s art is geometric, abstract and brightly colored. He made his mark in California during the ’70s, but he’s in Las Vegas now. Themes such as butterflies, flowers, starlight and dominoes are on display at Henderson’s Green Valley Library through March. MyPublicLibrary.com.

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Busy seven days at the Brookings Mountain West Institute.

Tonight there’s a lecture on student debt that identifies the causes of mounting debt loads and looks at the economic factors, as well as various proposals to alleviate the issue. 6 p.m. at UNLV’s Greenspun Hall. UNLV.edu.

PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION

Suite 190, 702-671-5110; hand surgery, microsurgery, migraine, reconstructive plastic surgery.

University Medical Center.

BEVINS K. CHUE UCLA, 1987.

CHRISTOPHER KHORSANDI

1669 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., Suite 100, 702-386-1041; arthritis, musculoskeletal disorders, neuromuscular disorders. HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Henderson.

Temple University, 2003. VIP Plastic Surgery, 2779 Sunridge Heights Pkwy., Suite 100, 702608-1318; cosmetic surgery, breast augmentation, hand surgery. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus.

PULMONARY DISEASE JOHN B. COLLIER New York

NIANJUN TANG China, 1992.

Centennial Pain Relief Network, 4454 N. Decatur Blvd., 702-8391203; pain management.

PLASTIC SURGERY GOESEL A. ANSON University of

Illinois College of Medicine, 1983.

8530 W. Sunset Rd., Suite 130, 702-822-2100; cosmetic surgery face and body, breast cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, liposuction and body contouring. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center.

HAYLEY BROWN University of Texas, Houston, 1994. Desert Hills Plastic Surgery Center, 10001 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 406, 702-2607707; reconstructive plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery-face and body. St. Rose Dominican HospitalSiena Campus, St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Rose de Lima Campus.

ARTHUR MICHAEL CAMBEIRO

University of Colorado, 1998. 2370 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., Suite 130, 702-566-8300; cosmetic surgeryface and breast, liposuction and body contouring. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus.

MICHAEL C. EDWARDS

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Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, 1988. 8530 W. Sunset Rd., Suite 130, 702-822-2100; breast cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, liposuction and body contouring, body contouring after weight loss. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

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W. TRACY HANKINS Indiana University, 1994. 60 N. Pecos Rd., 702-948-7595; cosmetic surgeryface and breast, liposuction and body contouring. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

TERRENCE B. HIGGINS

University of Texas, Houston, 1998. 8530 W. Sunset Rd., Suite 130, 702-822-2100; liposuction and body contouring, cosmetic surgery-breast, facial rejuvenation, microsurgery. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center.

KAYVAN T. KHIABANI McGill

University, 1993. University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd.,

JOHN M. MENEZES University

of Minnesota, 1994. University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 190, 702-671-5110; craniofacial surgery, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.

University Medical Center.

STEPHEN M. MILLER New York School of Medicine, 1995. 8435 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 100, 702-3691001; cosmetic surgery-face and breast, liposuction and body contouring, hair restoration/transplant.

JOHN J. MINOLI SUNY Upstate

Medical University, 1984. 870 Seven Hills Dr., Suite 101, 702459-3223; facial plastic surgery, rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery/blepharoplasty, Botox therapy. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus.

LANE SMITH University of Utah, 1988. 8871 W. Sahara Ave., 702623-5907; breast augmentation, cosmetic surgery-face and body, liposuction and body contouring.

SAMUEL SOHN Virginia

Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 2001. 60 N. Pecos Rd., 702-948-7595; cosmetic surgery-breast, body contouring after weight loss, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, Botox therapy. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

Medical College, 1988. Lung Center of Nevada, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 125, 702-869-0855; critical care, lung disease, sleep disorders/ apnea. MountainView Hospital, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

WAEL EID Syria, 1994. United Critical Care, 6040 S. Fort Apache Rd., Suite 100, 702-4764900; asthma and emphysema, chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease, sleep disorders/apnea. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

HIDENOBU SHIGEMITSU

Japan, 1993. University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 230, 702671-5060; sarcoidosis, pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, thromboembolic disorders. University Medical Center.

GEORGE S. TU Eastern Virginia Medical School, 1994;. Lung Center of Nevada, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 125, 702-869-0855; sleep disorders/apnea, emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis. MountainView Hospital, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

ALISON NETSKI University of

Nevada, 2001. Healthy Minds, 5516 S. Fort Apache Rd., Suite 100. 702646-0188; psychosomatic disorders, geriatric psychiatry, ADD/ ADHD. University Medical Center.

DANIEL SUSSMAN Thomas Jef-

ferson University, 1995. 4205 Mont Blanc Way, 702-493-5203; psychoanalysis, geriatric psychiatry.

BRIAN D. LAWENDA Temple University, 1997. 21st Century Oncology, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 100, 702-894-5100; prostate cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer.

Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

SAID T. DANESHMAND New York Medical College, 1993. Fertility Center of Las Vegas, 8851 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, 702254-1777; polycystic ovarian syndrome, infertility-IVF. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

CARLOS ALBERTO LOPEZ

New York University School of Medicine, 1999. Radiation Oncology Centers of Nevada, 624 S. Tonopah Dr., 702-463-9100; intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), stereotactic radiosurgery.

MountainView Hospital.

JEFFREY FISCH Rutgers R.W. Johnson Medical School, 1992.

Green Valley Fertility Partners, 2510 Wigwam Pkwy., Suite 201, 702-722-2229; Infertility-IVF, menstrual disorders. Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center.

RAUL T. MEOZ Venezuela, 1971.

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 9280 W. Sunset Rd., Suite 100, 702-952-1251; brachytherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

EVA D. LITTMAN Duke University, 1998. Red Rock Fertility Center, 9120 W. Russell Rd., Suite 200, 702-749-4834; Infertility-IVF, preimplantation genetic diagnosis.

Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center, Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center.

TAM NGUYEN University of MisBRUCE S. SHAPIRO University of Nevada, 1982. Fertility Center of Las Vegas, 8851 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, 702-254-1777; Infertility-IVF. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

RADIATION ONCOLOGY MICHAEL JOHN ANDERSON

SUSAN A. REISINGER Hahne-

RHEUMATOLOGY

SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1995. Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 3730 S. Eastern Ave., 702-952-3400; head and neck cancer, prostate cancer, brachytherapy, intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT).

St. Rose Dominican HospitalRose de Lima Campus, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

mann University , 1984. 21st Century Oncology, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 100, 702-894-5100; breast cancer, stereotactic radiosurgery, brain tumors, prostate cancer. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

NEIL BRAUNSTEIN University of Pittsburgh, 1997. Southwest Medical Associates, 5580 W. Flamingo Rd., Suite 105, 702-251-3670; autoimmune disease, fibromyalgia.

state Medical University, 1988.

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 7445 Peak Dr., 702952-2140; breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, image guided radiotherapy (IGRT).

MountainView Hospital, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

DAN LEE CURTIS Wayne State University, 1981. Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 655 N. Town Center Dr., 702-233-2200; prostate cancer, brachytherapy, head and neck cancer, skin cancer.

Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

JAMES VILT Case Western

Reserve University, 1979. Seven Hills Hospital, 3021 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., 702-646-5000; addiction/substance abuse, alcohol abuse. Seven Hills Hospital.

Suite 100, 702-990-4767; pediatric cancers, breast cancer, gynecologic cancers, Hodgkin’s lymphoma. MountainView Hospital.

souri-Columbia School of Medicine, 1994. 21st Century Oncology, 52 N. Pecos Rd., 702-990-4761; head and neck cancer, stereotactic radiosurgery, brachytherapy, prostate cancer. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

ANDREW M. COHEN SUNY Up-

PSYCHIATRY

FARZANEH FARZIN Hahnemann University, 1994. Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 3730 S. Eastern Ave., 702-952-3400; breast cancer, intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), stereotactic radiosurgery. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Rose de Lima Campus, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

GREG A. DEAN University of Nevada, 1984. Radiation Oncology Centers of Nevada, 3980 S. Eastern Ave., 702-463-9100. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

MICHAEL T. SINOPOLI Hahnemann University, 2000. Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 7445 Peak Dr., 702-952-2140; prostate cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, stereotactic radiosurgery.

MountainView Hospital, Centennial Hills Hospital & Medical Center.

RITCHIE STEVENS University of Colorado, 1986. Radiation Oncology Centers of Nevada, 3980 S. Eastern Ave., 702-463-9100; brachytherapy, prostate cancer, gynecologic cancers. MountainView Hospital.

BEAU JAMES W. TOY Harvard

Med School, 1990; Radiation Oncology Centers of Nevada, 624 S. Tonopah Dr., 702-463-9100; stereotactic body radiotherapy, image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT).

Valley Hospital Medical Center.

MICHAEL E. CLIFFORD

University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1973. 7151 Cascade Valley Ct., Suite 103, 702-9445444; fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus/SLE, osteoporosis.

EWA OLECH Poland, 1994.

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 220, 702-6715070; lupus/SLE, osteoporosis, musculoskeletal imaging, clinical trials. University Medical Center.

CHRISTIANNE M. YUNG UCSD, 1988. 2482 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., Suite 130, 702-614-6868; autoimmune disease, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus/SLE.

SPORTS MEDICINE PAUL TREADWELL University

of Nevada, 1983. 21st Century Oncology, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy.,

TIMOTHY TRAINOR Northwest-

ern University, 1997. Advanced

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Dr. Lane Smith F.A.A.C.S., F.A.O.H.N.S., F.A.B.F.P.R.S Patients travel from all over the United States and even internationally to have surgery performed by Las Vegas plastic surgeon, Dr. Lane Smith. Regarded as an expert in both breast augmentation and rhinoplasty, Dr. Smith recently presented his research on advances in abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), surgery. This was published in the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal, the world’s most prestigious plastic surgery medical journal.

Dr. Smith is board-certifed by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, with additional board certifcation in ear, nose and throat surgery, as well as certifcations by the American Board of Facial Plastic Surgery and Cosmetic Surgery.

SMITH PLASTIC SURGERY 8871 W. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89117 702.838.2455 www.smithsurgery.com

Dr. Smith believes that plastic surgery is a combination of art and science. His rigorous training was performed at such prestigious places as the University of Utah, University of Texas, Stanford University and the world-famous Mayo Clinic. As a scientist, Dr. Smith has received several awards for his research and advances in the feld of cosmetic surgery, including awards for his research on rhinoplasty and breast augmentation. Academically, he obtained the highest score in the entire nation on the Federal Licensure Exam and on the Facial Plastic Board examinations. The combination of a keen scientifc mind, extensive training at top universities and an artistic eye for beauty make him uniquely suited for the specialty of plastic surgery.

Dr. Smith is the Medical Director of Smith Plastic Surgery, the luxurious institute located on West Sahara Avenue, just minutes away from Downtown Summerlin. The institute is one of the most complete centers for cosmetic surgery and beauty in United States. In the same building, there is a complete medical spa, Chic la Vie. This skin clinic has multiple lasers and more than a million dollars of state-ofthe-art equipment. There’s also an AAAASF-accredited Surgery Center and the Plastic Surgery Clinic. In January 2017, Smith Plastic Surgery will be expanding into a new 15,000 sf. building on 7650 West Sahara Avenue. This state-of-art facility will be Medical Ofce building like no other. Dr. Smith has worked intimately with 10-Nine Design Group on the surgical center, and the famous spa designers of IDC Design for the clinic and medical spa.

The staf has been carefully chosen for their skills and professionalism.

At Smith Plastic Surgery, patients can receive the full spectrum of beauty treatments from minor procedures, such as Botox injections, laser hair removal and photofacials, all the way to complex surgeries such as a Brazilian butt lifts, breast surgeries and face lifts.

Dr. Smith and his entire staf believe that the most important aspect of patient care is, in fact, delivering care in a loving and kind fashion.

This philosophy is evident by the thousands of satisfed patients Dr. Smith and his staf have had the privilege to treat.

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Andrew M. Cash, M.D. MD A true go-getter in Southern Nevada spine care, orthopedic surgeon and the head of Desert Institute of Spine Care (DISC), Dr. Andrew M. Cash is consistently implementing cutting edge advancements and increased treatment options at his Southwest practice.

Dr. Cash is the only surgeon in Nevada performing the Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion (OLIF).

The technique is considered the newest generation of minimally invasive surgery for spinal fusion patients. Where older procedures leave patients with large scars and hospital stays, OLIF requires minimal recovery time and leaves a less than one-inch scar.

Dr. Cash trained under worldrenowned spine surgeon Dr. Robert Watkins, who has successfully operated on athletes such as Peyton Manning, Dwight Howard, Rob Gronkowski, and hundreds more.

Board certifed and fellowshiptrained, Dr. Cash is also one of only three surgeons in the United States qualifed and approved by Amendia, a Georgia-based spinal implant institution, to train international and domestic surgeons on how to perform the OLIF procedure.

DESERT INSTITUTE OF SPINE CARE 9339 W. Sunset Rd., Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89148 702.630.DISC (3472) • www.disclv.com

Dr. Cash also performs the Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Fusion procedure at his practice. The procedure is promising for those with unresolved low back pain - especially after failed back surgery. The procedure takes about an hour and involves three small titanium implants inserted through a one-inch incision – resulting in reduced surgical trauma, a tiny hidden scar and minimal rehabilitation. This procedure has helped many who have lost hope in attaining pain relief. In fact, one

patient had undergone 14 surgical procedures before fnding Dr. Cash, whose SI Joint Fusion returned her to activities that she enjoys pain free.

In 2015, Dr. Cash opened a surgery center adjacent to the DISC ofce, Minimally Invasive Center of Excellence (MICOE), ofering patients a convenient location for their surgery needs. Since opening, the surgery center has expanded its services to include orthopedic, foot, ankle, hip, knee, shoulder, and hand procedures – in addition to spinal procedures and injections – to ofer a “one-stop-shop” of surgical solutions for spine, orthopedics and pain management. Cash’s minimally invasive procedures, including disc fusions, SI procedures and more, boast the smallest incisions in comparison to similar procedures practiced throughout the country.

Cash is also constantly evolving customer care within his practice.

He prides himself on seeing every patient that walks through the door – new patient, follow-up, pre-op, postop, surgery and hospital rounds – without replacement by a physician’s assistant or nurse.

Dr. Cash has travelled the United States, Germany and Brazil to learn from leaders in the feld to bring back the knowledge and skill to best serve the Las Vegas community. Dr. Cash continues to teach minimally invasive OLIF and SI joint fusion surgeries internationally.

He never settles for anything less than the absolute best for his patients.

For more information about Dr. Cash, please visit www.disclv.com or call (702) 630-3472.

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Dr. Timothy Trainor MD, FACOG Dr. Timothy Trainor has been voted as a Top Doc by multiple magazines in Nevada and nationally. Dr. Trainor graduated with honors from the University of Notre Dame. He received his M.D. from Northwestern University, where he was elected into the AOA medical honor society. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Georgetown University. After residency, Dr. Trainor served in the U.S. Navy, providing orthopedic surgical care for our Armed Forces.

In 2004, Dr. Trainor was appointed to the teaching faculty of the Tripler Army Medical Center, where he

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taught orthopedic sports medicine to orthopedic residents. He is also board-certifed in the subspecialty of Orthopedic Sports Medicine. He is currently the Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Centennial Hills Hospital and is the Consulting Physician for the Nevada Athletic Commission.

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Dr. Randall Yee DO Dr. Randall Yee, a board-certifed orthopedic surgeon and founder of Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, has been providing care in the feld of orthopedics for over 15 years. Dr. Yee completed his residency training in Chicago, working at many prestigious medical centers such as Northwestern Memorial and University of Chicago Hospitals. Following his residency, he completed advanced fellowship training in sports medicine, working with the U.S. Ski Team in Lake Tahoe. Dr. Yee has returned many athletes to their pre injury level through

his advanced minimally invasive techniques in shoulder and knee repairs. Not only is Dr. Yee an accomplished surgeon, he is also an educator as an associate professor at Touro University Medical School.

Additionally, he is the founder and chairman of the FIRST Orthopedic Residency Training Program in Nevada, educating new surgeons in the exciting feld of orthopedic surgery. Dr. Yee has been recognized locally and nationally as a “Top Doc� in multiple publications. Dr. Randall Yee brings the future of sports medicine here today.

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Dr. Barton H. Foutz DDS For more than 25 years Dr. Barton H. Foutz has provided Nevada families with the fnest dental care that commitment and technology can provide. He comes from a long line of dental practitioners, beginning with his great-grandfather who was one of the frst dentists in the region, during the 1800s.

He was born in Japan where his father served in the United States Air Force as a dentist, making it clear that dentistry is in his blood. Following in his fathers’, grandfathers’ and great grandfathers’ footsteps, Dr. Foutz decided to make a career out of dentistry.

Having grown up and attended Chaparral High School in Las Vegas, Dr. Foutz has made it a point to be active in the community. As a young man he earned the rank of Eagle Scout and still remains active in the BSA as a Venturing Crew Adviser.

He attended Brigham Young University and graduated with honors from the University of the Pacifc School of Dentistry, where he ranked sixth in his class. He was in inducted into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Honor Society in recognition of his commitment to the dental profession.

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Dr. Foutz also received Advanced Dental Training from Dr. Gordon Christensen’s Clinical Courses in rehabilitative dentistry, implant surgery and periodontics.

He holds a category II Laser Certifcation from the Institute for Laser Dentistry and has maintained a successful dental practice in the Vegas Valley. After completing a General Dental Practice Residency at the Veterans Administration

Hospital in Salt Lake City with emphasis on dental surgery in a hospital setting, he decided to move back to Las Vegas in 1986.

He has been blessed to be able to participate in many dental humanitarian trips to Central America over the last few years.

The group in which he participates, Smiles for Central America, has held dental and medical clinics for thousands of teenage and young adult patients in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua over the last decade.

Participation in this endeavor reafrms to Dr. Foutz the lifechanging diference dental care can make in people’s lives.

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Dr. Helga F. Pizio MD, FACS Education Dr. Helga F. Pizio graduated with top honors from University of Miami School of Medicine in 1992.

Following her medical degree, Dr. Pizio completed her pphthalmology residency at the Dean McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma where she studied under Dr. David W. Parke and Dr. Gregory L. Skuta. The McGee Eye Institute has more than 300 faculty and staf and consistently ranks among the top institutions nationally in terms of NIH vision research grant support. Dr. Pizio is an active clinical professor at the University of Nevada School of Medicine and an adjunct professor for Southern California College of Optometry.

Accolades Dr. Pizio is certifed by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is one of the most experienced practicing ophthalmic surgeons in Southern Nevada. A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 1998, Dr. Pizio has been ofering her services in ophthalmology to Las Vegas and the surrounding area since 1996. In 2008 Dr. Pizio founded New Eyes, a comprehensive eye-care facility dedicated to providing patients with advanced eye surgery, treatments to improve visual acuity, and options to prevent vision impairment caused by eye conditions and diseases.

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Areas of Expertise Dr. Pizio is respected throughout the ophthalmological community for her expertise as a refractive cataract surgeon. Specializing in the latest and most advanced techniques, Dr. Pizio is experienced with laser-assisted cataract surgery, various intraocular lens implants and treatment options to help patients afected by cataracts improve their eyesight and enhance their lifestyle. Performing more than 2,000 surgeries each year, Dr. Pizio is the trusted eye surgeon for thousands of patients in Southern Nevada, including many of her fellow doctors, surgeons, and their friends and family members. Dr. Pizio is also skilled at

procedures such as comprehensive eyelid surgery and treatments that rejuvenate the appearance of areas around the eyes.

New Eyes Under the direction of Dr. Pizio, New Eyes is a comprehensive ophthalmology practice that provides excellent quality medical and surgical eye care at ofce locations in Las Vegas, Green Valley and Summerlin.

Dr. Pizio has established an excellent reputation and relationship with patients and referring doctors in Las Vegas since 1996. With her extensive experience and personal approach, she has developed a unique style of combining the highest level of clinical and surgical eye care while providing patients with a pleasant and comfortable experience.

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After completing an internship with the Department of Surgery at the New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Ong began his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the renowned NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopedic Institute. After his residency, Dr. Ong completed the country’s top-ranked knee and shoulder fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Sports Medicine. This training included the clinical and surgical management of collegiate and professional athletes, while serving as team physician for NCAA Division I men’s and women’s teams. Dr. Ong also participated in the care of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Penguins.

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Board certifcation American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2004; Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Board, 2011 Education Undergraduate Cornell University, Ithaca, NY BA, Biology 1988-1992, Phi Beta Kappa Medical New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY MD, Doctor of Medicine 1992-1996, Alpha Omega Alpha Internship New York University Medical Center, New York, NY Surgical Internship 1996-1997 Residency NYU/Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute, New York, NY Orthopaedic Surgery 1997-2001 Fellowship University of Pittsburgh Center for Sports Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA Sports Medicine/ Knee and Shoulder Surgery 2001-2002 Achievements Team Physician New York Mets’ Minor League Team, Las Vegas 51s.

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NIGHTLIFE

Bona fide Las Vegas turntable legend DJ Hollywood wades into uncharted waters By Ian Caramanzana

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Vegas nightlife veteran. Born Leandro Vlasteris, he got his start DJing at 14 in his hometown of Atlantic City, and at 19 moved to Las Vegas, where he became a man of frsts: He was one of the frst DJs to use CDJs in a major nightclub; he opened an eponymous restaurant (DJ Hollywood’s Pizza & Gyros); and he was the frst music director of Drai’s Afterhours. He put in serious hours as the Pure Management Group program director from 2004-2009. Most importantly, however, he’s known as the originator of the Party Rock, open-format style of DJing. Recently, the 41-year-old achieved another personal frst: He produced his frst original track.

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What does this first track mean for your career trajectory?

I just started. I’m gonna be doing everything from EDM to hip-hop.

I’ll be [producing as] DJ Hollywood.

I thought about going under an alter ego, but I want to capitalize on the tiny bit of fame I’ve gotten over the years.

The whole thing is a gamble, because—who knows?—maybe the tracks will fop. But at least I can say I did it. I’m releasing an EDM track, “Industry Champion,” at the end of February; the next one will be an electro anthem and the third will be future house. I hope to have everything ready to go by spring and be full-fedged by summer.

Any other new Vlasteris ventures?

I just started a partnership with Howard Weiss, who does nightlife for M Gaming and the Tropicana. At one point, he was the regional vice president of pool and nightlife operations at Caesars Entertainment, and he left to become vice president at Penn National Gaming, which was a monstrous move.

We’re gonna be putting together festivals under [my artist-management company]. Hard Rock is another contract, and we’ll continue working with SLS, M Resort and Tropicana.

We’re picking up accounts left and right, and everybody wants to be part of the excitement.

[When it comes to DJ Hollywood], I’ll be doing gigs all over the city as usual. I’m in negotiations for more residencies. I have to work harder now, because so many young kids are killing it.

I’ve got a residency at Foxtail in SLS. A friend [Matt Minichino, vice president of nightlife] books all the entertainment there, and asked me if I wanted to come aboard. In the last couple of years, I’ve spun at the Pool in Atlantic City, Liv Nightclub in Miami, and several major nightclubs across the country. I do it just for me, to keep my head going, stay in the game and keep the passion alive.

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I’ve kept it the same since DJ Frankie [Anobile] and I created the Party Rock format. You might know that as openformat now. We play everything—oldschool pop, EDM, hip-hop—mixed into one set. When [former] Mayor Oscar Goodman proclaimed December 23 as DJ Hollywood Day, part of the proclamation was ‘one of the founders of the party rock set.’

I’ve tweaked my format here and there. I still always play ’80s rock ’n’ roll, but I’ve introduced more EDM. EDM is in its downfall; everything that goes up must come down. Open format is huge right now. If you’re not open format, you’re not gonna last.

[Party Rock] caters to everybody— whether you are from Iowa, Georgia, Florida or even international. It’s one way to give everybody what they want.

“I’m lucky to have built such great relationships ... and to have them withstand all the rain and thunderstorms in our lives.”

It’s been awhile since you were in the limelight. Where have you been?

I’ve been working on artist management, mainly with DJs and celebrities. I’ve been doing it since the early 2000s, when it was made popular.

In 2009, I left my post at Pure, and launched the BeatClan. This gave me the opportunity to pick and choose my own DJ gigs as Hollywood, though my focus is primarily on artist management and talent buying.

[The BeatClan] has a longstanding contract with all Caesars-owned venues. We manage the Pool After Dark [in Harrah’s Resort] in Atlantic City, which was voted Megaclub of the Year [by AC

Weekly] in 2011. We’ve booked everybody from Paris Hilton to Scott Disick.

[In Las Vegas,] Caesars doesn’t own Omnia, so we cover everything else.

How did the name come about?

Being a DJ and producer, I’ve always loved the word “beat.” I always traveled with a huge group or entourage, and people would call us a “clan.” So we put the two words together when we were throwing names around. I’m still not exactly sure why we settled on that. [Laughs].

How did your radio show, Hollywood Boulevard, start on KLUC 98.5-FM?

I started doing guest mixes in 1997 as part of my good friend DJ Frankie’s show on Friday nights. I did that for two years and then launched my own program, Hollywood Boulevard, on Sunday nights. It was No. 1 in the nation in its time slot, and people from everywhere were tuning in.

That relationship is still alive. KLUC puts on a festival called Summer Jam. I produced the last one, which was two years ago. They’re in talks to do another one this year, and I’m gonna help produce it. With Vegas being a transient city, I’m lucky to have built such great relationships with these people, and to have them withstand all the rain and thunderstorms in our lives.

Let’s not forget another of life’s firsts: You just became a father, right?

I’ve got a 3-month-old boy. He’s a tiny DJ who hangs out with his dad in the studio all the time. He better be ready for all of this.

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month or so since she moved back to Las Vegas, which is a bit of a surprise for a chef who always knew where the best party was. It’s just that it’s taken that long for her belongings to arrive. “They were supposed to take 10 days to get here,” she says, still in awe of the delay.

“It took 38 days. I had no clothes!” Wardrobe fnally intact, the chef’s prepared to get back to both business and pleasure in the town she loves.

That’s not to say that her time in Miami was mellow.

She was brought in to run Touché, a rooftop restaurant attached to a 24-hour nightclub/strip club that hosts top DJs, topless dancers and all-female acrobatic shows by a former Cirque du Soleil producer. Touché offered fne dining, her own Brazilian spins on sushi and lounge food designed to appeal to the revelers downstairs at the club, E11ven. And the experience helped open the veteran of Rao’s in Caesars Palace, the late Meatball Spot in Town Square and Tropicana’s short-lived Bacio up to a new culinary world.

“As a chef who was always traditional—especially at Rao’s—this was so out of line with what I had ever done,” she says. “The experience of being a nightclub chef is not really where I come from culinary-wise.

I mean, they loved me there. But they were really there to get drunk, then they’d eat. And they loved the food, but it was really a big party. And … chefs get a little lost in a nightclub.”

Nonetheless, her cooking was a hit, earning Touché three out of four stars in the Miami Herald. And Pellegrino insists, “I learned a lot. Now I can run a 24-hour kitchen.”

But the stress and the atmosphere got to her, along with the travel associated with continuing to oversee her neighborhood Henderson restaurant Bratalian (10740 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 155, 702-454-0104, Bratalian.com), which features her sister Alessandra Madeira in the kitchen. So when her two-year contract was up, she decided not to re-up, and to come back to Las Vegas full-time. “I missed my house

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[in Las Vegas]. And if I re-signed, I would have had to sell everything here and just go there. Because these two years of going back and forth were killing me.”

Once she gets unpacked, Pellegrino says her frst order of business will be “giving some attention to Bratalian.” She’s signed a new 10-year lease on the space, and of paramount importance is getting a full liquor license. (Bratalian currently offers beer and wine.) Next up will be some cosmetic changes. And, fnally, she wants to get back into the kitchen with Madeira to tweak the menu.

After that, the chef wants to launch a new spot, possibly returning to the Strip. So will her nightclub experience in the Sunshine State steer her in that direction?

“Not a full nightclub chef [job]. But what I would love to do, now that I have this experience, is a restaurant/lounge. Like a weekend lounge, even if it’s not the whole week. I want it to have a little DJ booth, and some pretty girl DJs spinning from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.—nothing crazy. A nightclub is too much for me right now. But I love the lounge experience. And now that I’ve gotten into this American lounge food, I’m loving it.”

Pellegrino’s days of laying low will most likely be short-lived. In fact, as we fnish our interview she makes me promise we’ll go out dancing sometime soon. I don’t dance, but when Carla asks, it’s impossible to say no. Besides, it’s been far too long since I’ve seen her in action—either in a kitchen or on a dance foor.

COCKTAIL CULTURE

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Mariena Mercer’s latest menu at the Cosmopolitan offers a rare glimpse into the mind of a mixologist By Xania Woodman

All the cocktails: Mariena Mercer doesn’t play favorites with her new 1.5 menu.

have the same thing.” Here’s what your own posse should be drinking: Sacrifcial Virgin, $20 Approachable with a side of the odd.

Served in a copper pineapple over crushed ice, this tiki-esque cocktail of Absolut Elyx, sherry and chardonnaycardamom reduction comes with a Spam musubi macaron. Yep—housemade Spam and mirin buttercream with sweet soy nori dust. “That’s what 1.5 is all about,” Mercer says, “the unexpected but hopefully rewarding.”

Classy Lassi, $16 Worldly, award-winning après-yoga tipple.

“I’m fascinated with tasting in layers,” Mercer says. And you’ll do just that with her award-winning Opihr Gin cocktail.

With one hour and 250 Moroccan dirhams (about $25), Mercer bartered in the Marrakech souk for spices to make Snake Oil, her proprietary blend of essential oils that you’ll smell and then taste in the smooth mixture that also includes mango and passion fruit purées, yogurt, coconut cream, peppercorns, lemon verbena and calamansi.

Keep Calm & Curry On, $16 Adventurous and culinary in perspective.

The big thing here, Mercer says, was to harness the favor of curry but not to overpower. Therefore, tequila infused with curry leaf (not powder) is combined with Pineau des Charentes, cardamom verjus (grape must vinegar), tamarind, ginger and garam masala.

Schnozberries Taste Like Schnozberries, $20 A palate-altering experience.

Like the Verbena before it, this drink will be asked for not by name but for what it does. Arriving with a potted “lolli-garden,” the drink is served over an ice sphere made from ginger juice and the so-called Miracle Berries that turn sour into sweet. Mercer’s ode to Wonka’s Everlasting Gobstopper melts under a bottled cocktail of dragonberry rum, sloe gin, Aperol and a strawberry, lychee and pink peppercorn shrub.

Says Mercer of her bar’s new certainto-go-viral cocktail experience, “We have earned the trust of so many people here, and we can exercise autonomy.

They are very accepting of our craft.

They’re our Chandelierians.”

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intersection of extreme creativity and extremely high volume.

“There were nights I slept here,” she says, looking through Chandelier’s glittering ropes to the casino beyond. “This is my crystal castle. Opening a property, putting so much care into it before anyone else has seen it and thinking, ‘I’ll never see it like this again’—it reminds me of having a baby, and of the time you have with your child before anyone else comes in. I had a lot of time in preopening, just me and the Chandelier.”

Each cocktail, too, is a child to Mercer, whose creation process includes rereading children’s books, watching old sci-f flms and winding back the clock to recall cherished family memories.

“And I love all my children the same,” she says, lining up her latest creations before me. “Read my menu and you get a sense of who I am, what I’m into right now.” To taste them is to uncover even more about their creator with each layer of favor and texture.

Intrigued? You should be. But bring a thirsty posse so you can work your way through the entire nine-drink oeuvre.

The magic lies in the contrasting favors and formats: boozy versus quaffable, savory versus sweet. Says Mercer, “Six people can come in together and not

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John Cusack and Cameron Diaz access the mind and body of the 1999 flm’s titular actor, controlling his thoughts and actions from a portal hidden behind a fling cabinet on Floor 7½ of a Manhattan offce building. So it stands to reason that I am reminded of the flm while tasting through Cosmopolitan property mixologist Mariena Mercer’s latest menu. I’ll explain.

Sandwiched between the three-story lighting fxture’s lively ground-foor casino bar and its Marquee-adjacent upper level lounge, Level 1.5 can only be reached by stairs or elevator from above or below. As the property’s most fanciful bar in both name and location, 1.5 also offers its most fanciful cocktails.

“It’s a whimsical expression of me,” says Mercer of the Chandelier’s middle ground. “It’s where I’ve felt the most comfortable. I can really push the envelope here, and people are very receptive of it. They come here wanting something off the beaten path.” And that’s exactly what the woman who created the nowinfamous Verbena cocktail gives them.

With this, her ffth 1.5 menu, Mercer summons everything she’s learned in her more than fve years of operating Chandelier, and fnds herself at the

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Tell me about the experience of releasing music on your own label.

We’ve never been on a major label.

We created Metric Music International in 2007 and released Fantasies on the label in 2009. At the time, everybody thought the Internet was gonna be the democratization of the music industry. Everything was gonna come clean, and music was supposed to sound as it was. If a song had wide appeal, the Internet would bring it to everybody, and people would decide. But in my view, everything got way worse, not way better.

The tech industry began buying its way into things and had control over everything. Democratization became nullifed by sheer quantity; if I put something up on SoundCloud, it’ll get lost, because there are 400 million other things.

We’re on the most indie label of all time. We only release music ourselves, and we have no affliations whatsoever with corporations. No one benefts from Metric’s success.

None of us saw it coming, and sometimes, it’s quite the damper. But on the upside, it’s incredibly freeing. We can make a record like Pagans, and nobody can tell us “no.” I don’t think Emily and I would make good employees [laughs]. We work better selfemployed. When it comes to major labels, if you’re the one they choose, you’re set. If not, I can’t imagine a worse musical disaster.

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Emily Haines of Metric performs at Life Is Beautiful 2015.

Speaking of Vegas, Metric played the

We were thrown into this timeline Life Is Beautiful festival in 2015. of touring. We ended up recording How was that experience? the next record while we were on That was one of my favorite shows last the road with Imagine Dragons in year. There weren’t many; we were all places like Nashville, New Orleans, over the place, and it was really difVermont. … We were so busy on the fcult to hit the dates. We also weren’t road, and we never got to digest what ready to hit the road, but we were we created until we got offered this tour with off around Christmas.

Imagine Dragons— When we fnally got which put us on a timeMETRIC, the chance to listen to line that proved to be WITH JOYWAVE it, we didn’t hear what diffcult in retrospect— AND GOLDBOOT we expected; we were but it it ended up going 7 p.m. Feb. 29, shocked in ways both very well. You can hear Brooklyn Bowl, negative and positive. in Pagans that I grew up $26 ($46 at door), What we heard was a listening to Duran Du702-862-2695; split. Think of it was a ran, and for us to play BrooklynBowl.com. color wheel that would in front of them was make up one grand fucking awesome. We idea: One sound was a were hanging out in our grayscale, Pagans, and the other was dressing room, and some British guy more vibrant and colorful. We didn’t swings the door open and says, “Hello! want it to be connective, and in 2016, I’m Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran, three months between releases is and I just want to wish everybody good an eternity. But on the positive side, luck!’” That was amazing. we’ve got a skeleton of something [Also], the moon was out, and the that’s much broader and more powcrowd was fantastic. One of my olderful for our seventh LP. est friends was in town for a bachelor

party in Vegas that weekend. They all came to the show, and they took us to a crazy, amazing, greasy-ass taco place on the east side. I forget the name of it. You’d stand in different lines for different types of meat, and they’d cut it fresh in front of you.

That sounds like Tacos El Gordo.

Yeah, that’s it!

What are some of Metric’s other must-hit Vegas spots?

The times we’ve spent there have always been so fast. [Most of the time] we fy in, go to the show, perform—and after that, there’s not much we’re able to do. We did a Spotify Acoustic Session at a record store Downtown (11th Street Records), and that place was really cool. I bought a few records, and it was just down the street from a really good coffee spot (PublicUS). I actually really, really like Vegas.

What’s on the docket for Metric in 2016?

We’re really excited to tour on this album cycle because we have yet to do it.

All of our energy is focused, and we’ve

crafted an awesome setlist where we dive into old stuff and play newer material. We’re working on making our production tight and looking forward to having lots of fun on the road.

What can we expect at your show at Brooklyn Bowl on February 29?

We make records because everybody does, but our live shows are the hub of what the band has been and will be. I fnd it exciting that we’re able to play “Monster Hospital” and “Cascades” one after the other. That’s awesome how we can play two completely different songs and still be the same band, because at the end of the day, we are. I fnd that really great.

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This time [on Pagans in Vegas], that was the sound. It’s way more electronic, but not in the modern-day EDM sense; it’s more of the warm, fuzzy, modular analog stuff that we grew up with. There are lots of tubes, lots of synthesizers.

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Linda Woodson

The dermatologist on her musical career, songwriting and advice for youngsters with dual passions

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Medicine allows me to raise my kids and send them to school. [But] they are quite similar. A lot of people in medicine do music as well. My mother was a strong infuence, and she really geared me toward getting an education frst and doing music on the side. So along the way, I’ve always done something with music—in high school and college and even med school.

Coming here, starting a practice and starting a family, the music portion did have to be put on the back burner. As the kids got older, I started doing community theater, then started writing and recording. In the past 8-10 years, the music has become an increasing part of my life.

Now I’ve got two kids in college, and one who’s a junior in high school. As they are off on their way, it allows me time to pursue music even more.

Did you think about majoring in music when you were in college?

I went to MIT, and it didn’t offer a music major. But I did theater, and I was in the MIT choral society. My mother was very practical and said, “Chances are you’re not going to be able to support yourself doing just music.” And she felt I was intelligent enough to do the academics and go into medicine. In my

dream world, I probably would be on Broadway doing musicals. But I’m happy that I have the balance that I have today.

How do you find that balance between your practice and a musical career?

Sometimes it’s getting up early and going to bed late, or spending time on the weekends rehearsing.

I’m in a vocal jazz band now, and we rehearse weekly and have performances. So it’s just organizing my time.

You also write and record your own music?

The frst CD I did was a [cover of] standards.

The second was all original [material] and I’m about to release my third CD, [which are] all original songs. [Go to LindaWoodson.com for information.]

Where do you find inspiration when you write?

It can come from just about anything. It can be a story I hear on the radio, an experience I’ve had or people that I’ve met.

It comes from just living and listening, the emotions and things that are happening in the world today, and the struggles that people are having.

Who are your musical influences?

I’m a child of the singersongwriter era, such as Carole King, Carly Simon, Roberta Flack, you know, that ’70s kind of thing. But I also like Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, classic jazz standards by Nancy Wilson. A lot of stuff that I write is very personal, and a lot of it is very cerebral,

in that Joni Mitchell-Carole King songwriter style.

In five years, do you see yourself doing more of the music part?

I would love to be able to perform and be known for the music that I write. Many people can sing Fitzgerald or songs that Vaughan performs, and many can do it far better than I can, but I feel like no one can sing my stuff the way that I can and relay that message.

What’s your advice for young people who have more than one passion?

You can fnd a way to do both or all. There are

times when one has to go on the back burner, and that’s just part of life. If you’re in school studying one thing and you have a more artistic passion, sometimes school will take priority. But because life is a journey and you go through different chapters, as you get older, you’ll be able to fnd ways to do all you want to do. So don’t feel like you have to give up one thing if you truly love it, because there’ll be a time when you can use that talent or you’ll need that talent to help you, like when you’re having a hard day at work in your career that’s maybe more science-oriented, you might need music or art to keep you centered.

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