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“Welcome, Future Doctors!” by Heidi Kyser. Everything you need to know about our maybe-someday-soon new medical school.

18 | Sports

“Rashad Vaughn and the Rebel Future,” by Mike Grimala. Still nine months away from his first UNLV game, the star basketball recruit already has fans buzzing. Plus, Matt Jacob sizes up basketball trends in Going for Broke.

20 | Character Study

“Love and Healing,” by Stacy J. Willis. For trauma nurses Kelly and Joe Bourland, health care is a family affair.

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Our annual listing of the Valley’s outstanding physicians, according to a survey by the national firm Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. Plus, interviews with some of our most fascinating docs, tomorrow’s specialists by the numbers, and the top seven apps on your doctor’s smartphone.

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“Looks Like Revolution,” by Geoff Carter. A Downtown gym offers an unlikely canvas to Vegas’ top street artists. Plus, Women artists get the spotlight at the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, Casablanca sounds as fresh as ever at The Smith Center and a Dog & Pony Show at Inspire, The Hit List and Tour Buzz.

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“Wave of Adulation,” by Kurt Rice. Why is Pixies founding drummer David Lovering surprised by his band’s staying power?

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104 | Seven Questions

Veteran Las Vegas paramedic and firefighter Rob Diamond on earning the respect of doctors, treating an unruly Ted Binion and handling cat calls.

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Lip-Synching Residencies When we wondered if Britney Spears’ nosing show at Planet Hollywood would set off a new trend of residency-as-celebrityhosting-gig (“A Song by Any Other Voice,” January 30), some readers were outraged, while others simply shrugged.

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Welcome, Future Doctors! Everything you need to know about our maybe-someday-soon new medical school By Heidi Kyser THE NOT-QUITE-DONE DEAL TO

bring a new state medical school to Las Vegas is bound to be one of the year’s big media topics. But before you get buried in the barrage of breaking news, we offer this guide to what all the fuss is about.

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Southern Nevada residents are the biggest stakeholders in the medical school debate, since having a successful public academic health care institution would improve the health of the community. That said, some specifc parties have skin in the game: The universities. UNR, UNLV and the University of Nevada School of Medicine, or UNSOM, would be most directly affected by the new medical school. The 45-yearold School of Medicine is based at UNR, where medical students get their classroom instruction and lab time. The medical school also has a clinical campus in Las Vegas, where students do rotations and other hands-on training. Dean Thomas L. Schwenk was the frst to start talking publicly about a bigger, better medical school about a year ago. His plan involved growing both campuses of the medical school gradually, focusing on each one’s weaknesses, until the Las Vegas campus could be spun off as a separate institution. The Nevada System of Higher Education. The System, as it’s called (or, less eloquently, NSHE), has assumed a more important role recently. On November 6 it signed a memorandum of

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Valery White says a medical school would help UNLV reach this goal, since medical schools are hotbeds of cutting-edge study and grant-generating powerhouses. And, he adds, it would be the center of gravity to pull together Southern Nevada’s disparate academic, clinical and research factions into one cohesive medical community. Health care. It’s not so good here, and a big part of the problem is a lack of doctors. A 2010 report by the Association of American Medical Colleges put Nevada at 45th in the country for number of physicians per capita. Many people, both inside and outside the health care system, believe one reason we don’t have more world-class physicians here is that we don’t have a world-class medical school. (For more on that subject, see our Feb. 21, 2013, feature, “The Treatment,” at VegasSeven.com/TheTreatment.)

Money. Health care education is big business. Tripp Umbach, the consultancy hired last year by the Lincy Institute to assess the viability of a medical school in Las Vegas, estimates that a four-year M.D.-granting institution here could generate an annual economic impact of $1.2 billion by the time it matures in 2030. That includes $60 million in state government revenue. Of course, nothing’s free. For such a plan to come to fruition, the community, government and school would have to come up with $68 million for facility costs alone. In January, Schwenk told the Nevada Legislative Committee on Health Care that a new medical school in Las Vegas would cost taxpayers $30 million a year. A brain trust. The November memorandum of understanding isn’t the only offcial document out there concerning the development of a medical school in Southern Nevada. Preceding it by several months was UNLV’s Tier 1 Initiative, part of the university’s strategic plan to become a top Carnegie Foundation-rated institution. Provost John

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the corner, so it’s a good time to think about sprucing up the house a bit. The Home Expo Las Vegas will offer plenty of ideas, from tile and carpet to garage doors—if it goes your home, it will be on display through Sunday at Cashman Center. Admission: $8; HomeExpoLasVegas.com.

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Graduate medical education. What insiders call “GME” is simply a catchall term for the training that medical students do after their four years at med school; namely, fellowships and residencies. It’s important, because it’s during this phase that students become doctors and begin to specialize. Another reason for Nevada’s poor health care system is weakness in specialties (which explains why your friends and neighbors go outside the state for certain types of care and procedures). A key thing to remember is that medical schools alone don’t create doctors; GME does, too. Most newly minted physicians stay and practice medicine where they do their residencies. Nevada’s doctor-to-resident ratio is low, and that has a lot to do with the dearth of medical residencies here. In other words, if what we want is more doctors, then what we really need are more fellowships and residencies. And, for a range of reasons having to do with high costs and low federal funding, getting more of them is going to be hard. A coalition of representatives from Roseman, Touro, UNSOM and Nevada hospitals is working with state offcials to come up with solutions. UNLV will undoubtedly be getting involved, too. After all, it would have to have someplace to put all those expected future med-school grads ... before they leave the state for good.

SATURDAY, FEB. 22: Kids, if you’ve ever balked at the thought of eating your peas—and who among us hasn’t at some point in life?—the musical version of Danny Schnitzlein’s book The Monster Who Ate My Peas is for you. This staging, by ArtsPower National Touring Theatre, happens at 10:30 a.m. at the Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St. General admission: $3; ArtsLasVegas.org. SUNDAY, FEB. 23: We’ve sent you to this one in the past, but it bears repeating: Once a month, the Chaiya Meditation Monastery hosts a food fair, offering a spread of Thai cuisine that is both delicious and cheap. Buy a few things or pig out; all proceeds go to help the monastery near the Strip keep its doors open. 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the monastery, 7925 Virtue Ct. ChaiyaCMM.org. MONDAY, FEB. 24: Good musicians win a Grammy; great ones

win 20. Guitarist Pat Metheny is a great musician, and he’ll be playing The Smith Center for the first time at 7:30 p.m. Metheny tours with his Unity Group these days, but his concerts feature both old and new work. Tickets: $29-$79; TheSmithCenter.com.

TUESDAY, FEB. 25: The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art’s new exhibition is titled Painting Women: Works From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. As the title suggests, the exhibit centers on work by and about women artists, highlighting achievements from the 1870s to the mid-20th century, a period of increasing independence for both artists and women in general. (See story, Page 76.) Through Oct. 23. Tickets: $11-$16, children 12 and under are free; Bellagio.com. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26: While you’re in the artsy mood, pay a

visit to the Art Square Garden Courtyard to see Tuscarora Nuggets. The exhibit, which continues through March 28, showcases pottery, paintings, jewelry and more made by artists who hail from the little Gold Rush town of the same name in northeastern Nevada. NevadaHumanities.org.

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MEDICAL SCHOOLS ALONE DON’T CREATE DOCTORS—RESIDENCIES ARE ESSENTIAL. University of Health Sciences. Whereas UNSOM is a public, allopathic (M.D.-granting) school, Touro is private, nonproft and osteopathic (D.O.-granting). According to current plans, Roseman would be a private, nonproft, allopathic school.

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understanding with the universities concerning the development of a new medical school. Although intentionally open-ended (the idea is to hammer out specifcs going forward), the memorandum calls for two Nevada medical schools, one for UNR—ostensibly, the existing school—and one for UNLV. The system is supposed to shepherd the two universities through a collaborative process. Philanthropists. Nobody thinks the state and/or universities will have enough money to do this on their own; big-time donors will be required. Unfortunately, there’s a north-south rivalry over the medical school, mainly because of funding, too much of which, Southern Nevadans complain, stays in Reno. In a December 22 op-ed in the Las Vegas Sun, Lindy Schumacher, the former director of Nevada giving for the Lincy Institute, wrote, “We know precisely what UNR is selling, and we are not buying a second UNR medical school in Las Vegas. … I believe Schwenk would fnd a pool of donors in Las Vegas if he were asking for gifts for a Las Vegas-based UNLV medical school and not simply a branch of the UNR medical school.” Private Schools. Besides the University of Nevada School of Medicine, there’s another existing medical school in Las Vegas, at Touro University, and one on the drawing board, at Roseman

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FROM THE DEPARTMENT of the Obvious: Not everything has gone right for the UNLV basketball program this season. The team, despite a 17-8 record, has gone through often inexplicable starts and stops, alternating good play with bad losses. As a result, the Rebels could miss the NCAA tournament for the frst time in head coach Dave Rice’s three-year tenure. The rocky season—and a sluggish style that has left the Rebels scoring 71.2 points per game, eighth in the 11-team Mountain West Conference—has led to some sparse crowds at the Thomas & Mack Center and an undeniably lower level of local buzz. But on February 11, the program got a jolt of good news when one of the nation’s best and most exciting high school prospects announced that he’s joining the UNLV program for the 2014-15 season. Rashad Vaughn is a consensus Top 10 player in the Class of 2014, and by all accounts he’s just what the Rebels need. He’s an elite shooter, he’s got NBA athleticism and he’s capable of making an impact on the foor as a freshman. As a bonus, he’s already

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familiar to hardcore UNLV fans, as he’s been playing his senior season a few miles away at Henderson’s Findlay Prep. While it may not help the team on the court this season, Vaughn’s commitment has already energized the fan base, which took to Twitter with a surge of pent-up pride the day of the announcement. Vaughn gives the Rebels three incoming freshmen who are ranked in the

Top 40 nationally, and the group has a chance to be UNLV’s best recruiting class ever. Vaughn, small forward Dwayne Morgan (Baltimore) and center Goodluck Okonoboh (Woburn, Massachusetts) will all see signifcant playing time as freshmen next season, and the three ft together about as well as one could hope for in a single recruiting class. Vaughn is the dominant scorer, while Morgan (a 6-foot-8 jack-of-all-trades) and Okonoboh (a 6-foot-9 shot-blocker) are happy to do the dirty work at both ends of the foor. And with this recruiting class,

Rice has covered himself nicely in case of early departures. The Rebels have three players who could potentially leave for the pros after this season, whether it’s the NBA or Europe or elsewhere: junior guard Bryce Dejean-Jones, junior forward Roscoe Smith and junior center Khem Birch. All three are on the NBA Draft radar, according to multiple pro scouts, and all three are starters and big contributors. So losing them would leave a void in terms of minutes and production. The incoming class is exceptionally positioned to fll those potential holes. And if the juniors end up staying for one more year, then Vaughn, Morgan and Okonoboh will provide remarkable depth and internal competition. In terms of roster construction and pure talent, Rice and his staff couldn’t have done a better job in locking down this recruiting class. Perhaps most important, for now at least, are the intangible benefts of the recruiting class: In a season that hasn’t gone as planned, Vaughn’s commitment has injected Rebel basketball back into the national conversation—and into the hoop dreams of a hopeful Valley.

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First off, my apologies for my unannounced absence from this space the last several weeks. My explanation: I got called away to a side job in Denver, teaching Peyton Manning how to win the Super Bowl. For those keeping track at home, after Seattle blasted Denver 43-8, the Super Bowl scoreboard now reads: Me 4 (in a row), Peyton 1. And although my recommendation on the game staying “under” the 47-point total just missed, I did hit six of my seven prop plays, resulting in a nice 7-2 finish to an otherwise lackluster season of NFL prognosticating. Now as we inch ever closer to the next big event on the sports-betting calendar—March Madness—let’s empty out the basketball notebook: Shocking Shockers: If Hawaii, Southern California and Las Vegas top the list of most popular American destinations, Wichita, Kansas, has to rank right below dead last. And yet somehow Wichita’s biggest institution of higher learning—no, that’s not an oxymoron—has become a hotbed for hoops. Fresh off its stunning run to last year’s Final Four, Wichita State entered February 19 as one of just two remaining undefeated teams (Syracuse being the other). Not only are the Shockers 27-0, but they’ve been a boon for bettors, going 17-6-1 against the spread, according to Covers.com. That ties Wichita with Villanova (22-3 overall, 17-6 ATS) for the second-best point-spread record out of 322 Division I schools. The only team ahead of the Shockers: Cleveland State, which is 18-6-1 ATS. Coming in at No. 322? That would be South Alabama, which has cashed just six times in 22 lined contests. Profitable Rebels: Even the most unabashed UNLV basketball supporter would admit this has been one of the most maddening Rebels seasons in recent memory. How does a team lose badly at home to UC Santa Barbara and Air Force, yet win in one of the most hostile environments in college basketball (New Mexico) and come within an eyelash of topping then-top-ranked Arizona (63-58 road loss)? One area where the Rebels have been consistent is at the betting window; they’re 15-9-1 ATS, including 14-6 ATS since November 30. Your key to making money on the hometown team: Back them on the road (UNLV is 7-2 ATS on the highway, as opposed to 8-7-1 at the Thomas & Mack Center). Rising Suns: Expected to be among the many NBA squads taking part in this year’s version of Tankapolooza, the Phoenix Suns instead are running away with Comeback Team of the Year honors. A year after going 25-57—dead last in the Western Conference—the Suns emerged from the All-Star break at 30-21, good for seventh in the West. Additionally, Phoenix’s 33-17-1 ATS mark is tops in the league, ahead of Indiana (32-20) and Toronto (31-20-1). Conversely, you’d be better off donating your money to charity than betting on the Knicks, Bucks and 76ers, who are a combined 62-96 ATS.

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Love and Healing For these trauma nurses, health care is a family afair By Stacy J. Willis

worked days. Both were nurses. He’d see her arriving in the hallways of Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center as he was fnishing his shift, and she always had a Starbucks coffee and a scone. “Where’s my scone?” he’d ask with a smile, amid a group of other nurses. She was shy. She laughed but never replied. Then, one morning, as he was about to ask, she handed him a scone and walked away. It was 2001. “After that, we started talking,” says Joe Bourland, 52, “and we’ve been together ever since.” Joe and Kelly Bourland both work in Sunrise’s TraumaSurgical Intensive Care Unit—usually, he works Sundays through Tuesdays, and she works Wednesdays through Fridays, and Sundays. On Saturdays, they’re both off—with their 6-year-old daughter. At night, they tell each other about the kind of work that most people couldn’t even imagine: treating patients who’ve been in violent accidents, or have suffered acute illnesses, or have brain injuries or severe body wounds. They’ve nursed the human body at its most fragile—and frightening—moments. “We understand each other, and we know the patients, so we can talk about it,” says Kelly, 45. “In a way, it’s a continuum of care.” During their more than 15 years on the job, the Bourlands have treated thousands of patients. Time has slid by the way it does—the hospital has grown and changed around them, the city has grown and changed around them—but each day, the Bourlands are present in those critical moments that won’t be forgotten—life-and-death moments for patients and their families. As we walk past rooms occupied by the severely sick and wounded, we can hear the emergency helicopter landing on Sunrise’s roof. Kelly and

Joe are unfazed—it’s the background noise of their careers. They sit down in a small conference room to refect on their lives and work. He’s animated; she’s more reserved. His sense of humor—a necessity for a sometimes heart-wrenching career—is quick; hers is more subtle. He is physically ft with a trim gray mustache; she is an athletic, thin blonde. They got married Downtown in 2008, a quickie ceremony they both laugh about. Their conversation has a certain harmony, whether it’s recalling a stranger taking their wedding snapshot or the intense discussions they have with patients’ friends and families. Sometimes, they receive thank-you cards and fowers from families; some patients even stop in to visit. One man, who had broken his neck in a boating accident and was initially expected to be a quadriplegic, drops into their unit every so often. “He can walk now,” Joe says, smiling. “But you usually don’t get to know the patient as well as the families,” Kelly says. “Because of the condition they’re in, the patients usually don’t remember us at all.” “Yeah,” Joe says, “You get real personal with the families. You have to help them and educate them about the situation, or sometimes just make them laugh to ease the stress.” But, Kelly says, even after all of their experience, they’re not immune to the emotional turmoil. “It’s not like you have a steel cocoon around you. You still feel,” she says. “People still get to me.” They exchange a few quiet words about cases that were particularly diffcult. “So, yeah, we’ve had bad days,” he says. “But it helps having someone who understands,” she says. He looks at her. She nods. A helicopter is landing on the roof.

PHOTO BY ELIZABETH BUEHRING

February 20–26, 2014

THE LATEST

CHARACTER STUDY

THE BEST MEDICINE 2014

Our all-new survey features top doctors in more than 30 specialties ➛ this year, our popular top doctors survey was conducted by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a New York-based company that produces

the America’s Top Doctors book. ¶ Castle Connolly invited all major hospitals in Clark County as well as members of the county’s medical society to participate. The form (which you can view at VegasSeven.com/TopDocs2014) listed 31 specialties and asked those medical professionals to recognize and reward quality with their selections. (You can read more about Castle Connolly and its survey methodology on Page 30, and view its nomination process at CastleConnolly.com.) ¶ The list on the following pages contains the names of physicians

who made the top 10 percent. All had multiple mentions, and they are licensed and in good standing. No, not every great doctor in Las Vegas made the list. That’s the nature of surveys; there is a margin of error. But look at it this way: Our list of physicians is one big, high-

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level, word-of-mouth referral, and if you need a primary-care physician or a specialist, we guarantee that this is a good place to start.

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Allergy & Immunology JIM CHRISTENSEN

Pulmonary Associates, 7200 Cathedral Rock Dr., Suite 170, 3077707; asthma and allergy, urticaria, pediatric allergy and immunology. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, University Medical Center. VICTOR E. COHEN

4445 S. Eastern Ave., Suite A, 7351556; pediatric allergy and immunology, asthma and allergy, eczema. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

JOEL KATZ

NIUTON KOIDE

2625 Box Canyon Dr., 360-6100; food allergy, immunotherapy, insect allergies.

HealthCare Partners NevadaCardiology, 3131 La Canada St., Suite 200, 933-9400; arrhythmias. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, St. Rose Dominican HospitalRose de Lima Campus.

Cardiac Electrophysiology ROBERT LEWIS BAKER

Nevada Cardiology Associates, 3121 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 512, 796-7150; sudden-death prevention, radiofrequency ablation, atrial fbrillation. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

Cardiovascular Disease SEAN S. AMELI

Ameli Heart Center, 8689 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 105, 9061100; cholesterol/lipid disorders,

transesophageal echocardiography, preventive cardiology. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin Campus. RICHARD CHEN

Charleston Blvd., Suite 105, 9061100; peripheral vascular disease. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin Campus, Mountainview Hospital.

Nevada Cardiology Associates, 3121 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 512, 796-7150; peripheral vascular disease, interventional cardiology. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

SAMUEL E. GREEN

BERGE J. DADOURIAN

HealthCare Partners Nevada, 10105 Banburry Cross Dr., Suite

Ameli Heart Center, 8689 W.

Nevada Cardiology Associates, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 460, 233-1000; nuclear cardiology, transesophageal echocardiography. Mountainview Hospital. PAUL V. HEEREN

I fnd myself spending more time than I probably should with patients, because you can burn a lot of time talking about Aunt Millie or Cousin Joe. But on the other hand, if you do that, then you understand the person and you help them make decisions. Decision making in cancer medicine is the hardest part. It’s not the technical part of giving chemotherapy, it’s how people make decisions and why they make decisions. What makes a good doctor is the skill of listening and the trait of curiosity. You have to be truly interested in the other person, and then you have to be curious about their cancer and how it behaves. Remember, every cancer is as unique as the face of the individual.

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The genetic information that we’re achieving in cancer research is extremely interesting, and what it gives us is a whole new world as to why certain cancers behave the way they do. It also gives us the idea that we can identify Achilles’ heels on more and more of these patients. That’s very exciting.

Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang ONCOLOGIST

Before Dr. Vogelzang joined the Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada in 2009, the University of Illinois-Chicago graduate served as the director of both the University of Chicago Research Center and the Nevada Cancer Institute. A noted researcher in the field, he sees about 400 patients a year, 75 percent of whom suffer from prostate cancer. Here are the highlights of his recent interview with Erin Timrawi:

My patients come from all over the country. I have research projects that are usually pretty unique or restricted to a few sites in the United States, so at any given time I’ll have … a police sergeant from Tacoma, an orthodontist from Los Angeles, an entrepreneur from Mexico, a shop owner from Lake

A growing trend in prostate cancer is less treatment, because for many years we’ve probably over-treated prostate cancer, at least the early stages. On the other hand, it’s still a killer, and you’ve got to know who to treat and who not to treat. The biggest concern I have with the Affordable Care Act is that there are more government restrictions in place on what you can do and what they will pay for, and medicine has primarily been a self-correcting profession. We’re pretty objective about our results. We look, we correct, we change our practice. Not all doctors do that, but that’s the way it should be. Well, as we see more and more regulations, that ability to correct yourself is no longer present, it’s removed, and the rules are often either mistaken or draconian. [But] the other issue is that I think it will be good if we get more patients with insurance— they can be treated better. One of my most memorable patients was one of the frst patients I treated with testicular cancer. Now, 34 years later, he has developed cancers in the kidney, probably from the drugs I gave him in 1978. So it gives you pause. You say, “Well, I cured his cancer, but now we have to look at the long-term effects.” And so much of my interest has developed into using the human immune system to try to fnd ways to treat cancer because these chemicals we use can sometimes be quite harsh. They’re very effective, no question, but they can cause collateral damage, so I try to use them judiciously. I use a lot of phrases, but one is, “I will not give up on you. I hope you will not give up on me.” My best advice to those who wish to prevent cancer is to exercise more and eat less, and don’t smoke.

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Surviving cancer gave me a big appreciation for what patients go through—the idea that fear is an everyday accompaniment of your experience, because you always worry that the cancer is going to come back.

Havasu, a bunch of folks from Salt Lake City and St. George. Some days I feel I should have a shuttle from St. George.

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Cancer is something to be fought. Cancer is not really a very frightening word to me because I was diagnosed [with Hodgkin’s lymphoma] when I was a cancer doctor, and I was also trained in the years when cancer no longer was a frightening disease because we fnally developed treatments that worked. So to me, it’s just something that needs to be treated.

TOP DOCS OF THE FUTURE Chosen specialties for the Class of 2014 at the University of Nevada School of Medicine:

250, 360-7600; interventional cardiology, echocardiographytransesophageal, cardiac catheterization. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. THOMAS L. LAMBERT

Cardiology Specialists, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 135, 598-3999; interventional cardiology, heart failure. Mountainview HospitalLas Vegas.

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry LISA A. DURETTE

Primary care— internal medicine, family medicine and pediatrics. Internal medicine is the top choice, followed by family and pediatrics.

OBGYN

16%

Other or general

Surgical specialities

Healthy Minds, 5516 S. Fort Apache Rd., Suite 100, 646-0188; behavioral disorders, addiction/ substance abuse. NORTON ROITMAN

2340 Paseo Del Prado, Suite D-307, 222-1812; psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, family therapy, behavioral disorders. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

Child Neurology LINDA M. BROWN

Neurology Center Nevada, 2430 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., Suite 110, Henderson, 247-9994; epilepsy/ seizure disorders. SRINIVAS N. HALTHORE

Neurology Specialists, 2020 E. Desert Inn Rd., 796-5505; epilepsy/seizure disorders, neuromuscular disorders. University Medical Center, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

Colon & Rectal Surgery

MARCH

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Match Day for graduating medschool students, when they find out where their residencies will be.

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Plan to stay in Nevada for their residencies, a function of the limited number of available residencies here. Source: Ann Diggins, director of student and educational affairs, University of Nevada School of Medicine.

OVUNC BARDAKCIOGLU

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 160, 671-5150; minimally invasive surgery, colon and rectal cancer, ulcerative colitis, pelvic foor disorders. University Medical Center. LESLIE K. BROWDER

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 160, 671-5150; microsurgery. University Medical Center.

Critical Care Medicine HIKMAT DAGHER

6040 S. Fort Apache Rd., Suite 100, 476-4900. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

Dermatology MIRIAM BETTENCOURT

1701 N. Green Valley Pkwy., Suite 7-B, 257-7546; melanoma, Mohs surgery. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. LUCIUS BLANCHARD

Las Vegas Skin & Cancer Clinics, 630 S. Rancho Dr., Suite E, 9330225; Mohs surgery, skin cancer, dermatologic surgery, psoriasis. University Medical Center.

FREDDIE G. TOFFEL

CHRISTIAN D. STONE

2700 E. Sunset Road., Suite D-34, 736-2021; diabetes, hormonal disorders. Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center.

University of Nevada School of Medicine-Gastroenterology, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 220, 671-5070; infammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal functional disorders. University Medical Center.

PAUL V. TOMASIC

Southwest Medical Associates, Endocrinology, 2316 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 259, 877-8600; diabetes.

Family Medicine

MICHAEL G. BRYAN

MICHAEL GUNTER

Las Vegas Skin & Cancer Clinics, 880 Seven Hills Dr., Suite 260, Henderson, 933-0225; hair and nail disorders, Mohs surgery, skin cancer.

MDVIP, 7455 W. Washington Ave., Suite 445, 804-5138; sports medicine. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

LIONEL JULIAN HANDLER

SHARI KLEIN

10105 Banburry Cross Dr., Suite 350, 243-6400; pediatric dermatology, laser surgery, cosmetic surgery. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

8571 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 100, 545-0283; concierge medicine. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

Diagnostic Radiology RAJNEESH AGRAWAL

Desert Radiologists, 2020 Palomino Lane, Suite 100, 759-8606; neuroradiology, interventional radiology. Boulder City Hospital, Valley Hospital Medical Center. PAUL BANDT

Desert Radiologists, 2020 Palomino Lane, Suite 100, 759-8606; interventional radiology, nuclear radiology. Boulder City Hospital. WHITNEY B. EDMISTER

Desert Radiologists, 2020 Palomino Lane, Suite 100, 759-8606; thoracic imaging, cardiovascular imaging, CT scan, MRI. Boulder City Hospital.

JEFFREY P. NG

Jacobs & Modaber Caremore Medical Group, 2870 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 300, 735-0258; preventive medicine, women’s health, geriatric care. DARREN RAHAMAN

MLK Family Health Center, 1799 Mount Mariah Dr., 383-1961. ANJALI A. REGE

Southwest Medical Associates-Primary Care, 4475 S. Eastern Ave., 737-1880; preventive medicine. LARA WENNER

HealthCare Partners Nevada-Primary Care, 3960 W. Craig Rd., Suite 101, North Las Vegas, 473-8380.

Gastroenterology TAREK AMMAR

Desert Radiologists, 2020 Palomino Lane, Suite 100, 759-8606; body imaging, mammography, ultrasound, CT scan. Boulder City Hospital.

University Health Systems, Patient Care Center, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 220, 671-5070; endoscopic ultrasound. University Medical Center.

ALAN WEISSMAN

GREGORY M. KWOK

Desert Radiologists, 2020 Palomino Lane, Suite 100, 759-8606; cancer imaging, nuclear imaging, musculoskeletal imaging, nuclear medicine. Boulder City Hospital, Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center.

Gastroenterology Associates, 3820 S. Hualapai Way, Suite 200, 796-0231; gastrointestinal functional disorders, gastroesophageal refux disease (GERD). St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin Campus, Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center.

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

FRANK J. NEMEC

Desert Endocrinology, 2415 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., Henderson, 434-8400; diabetes, thyroid disorders. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus.

Southwest Medical Associates, 2316 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 280, 877-8330; hemorrhoids.

Geriatric Medicine LISA ROSENBERG

Touro University-Geriatrics, 874 American Pacifc Dr., Henderson, 777-4809; drugs and aging, incontinence, palliative care.

Gynecologic Oncology CAMILLE FALKNER

1397 Galleria Dr., Suite 203, Henderson, 476-3400; Human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer, vulvar disease/cancer. Centennial Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center. NICOLA MICHAEL SPIRTOS

Women’s Cancer Center Nevada, 3131 La Canada St., Suite 241, 6936870; gynecologic cancer, ovarian cancer, laparoscopic surgery. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center Hospital, University Medical Center.

Hand Surgery

DIANNE MAZZU

W. REID LITCHFIELD

NICHOLAS A. TIBALDI

Gastroenterology Associates, 3820 S. Hualapai Way, Suite 200, 796-0231; gastrointestinal functional disorders, digestive disorders. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin Campus.

ANDREW J. BRONSTEIN

Bronstein Hand Center, 10135 W. Twain Ave., Suite 100, 458-4263; wrist reconstruction, elbow surgery, pediatric hand surgery, carpal tunnel syndrome. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center

Hematology CLARK S. JEAN

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 7445 Peak Dr., 9522140; hematologic malignancies, leukemia and lymphoma. Mountainview Hospital. RINAH SHOPNICK

Cancer & Blood Specialists Nevada, 6190 S. Fort Apache Rd., 822-2000; thrombotic disorders, hematologic disorders in cancer patients. University Medical Center, Centennial Hills Hospital & Medical Center.

TOP DOCTORS 2014

A mole that becomes melanoma on the feet has a higher potential to spread, and sometimes a person can die within three months. Skin cancer triggers aren’t limited to sun exposure. Overuse of hair relaxers or heat products on the scalp, or burns from other sources besides the sun can lead to squamouscell carcinoma. Some people may think that sunscreen is dangerous for you because of chemical ingredients. [But] you can select a sunblock with physical sun blockers instead of chemical blockers—ones that contain titanium oxide and zinc oxide. Another ingredient that is a good chemical is called Helioplex. It offers a broader spectrum protection.

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Dr. Miriam Bettencourt DERMATOLOGIST

Her career started in her native Brazil after she completed a residency in dermatology at the University of San Paolo. Dr. Bettencourt relocated to the United States in 1991 to join her soon-to-be husband. She completed additional residencies in family medicine and dermatology at Duke University, and then taught at the University of South Florida while working at a small group practice. For the past 14 years, she has run the Bettencourt Skin Center in Henderson. She also serves as a clinical professor of dermatology at UNLV, is an adjunct professor at Touro University and presents her clinical research internationally. Here are the highlights from her recent interview with Jessi C. Acuña:

SPF levels are important, but not as important as the ingredients. In the near future, the FDA is selecting either one or two SPF levels that will decrease the confusion that people have about what levels to use. For daily use, SPF 30 is fne. If you want to step up your protection, SPF 50 works.

We offer new treatment with medications that are not yet available on the market, especially for psoriasis or eczema. We’re able to impact other physicians, because we already did research on the products before they are available to the public. The most gratifying cosmetic procedure we offer is fllers, which are an injectable material that leads to the production of collagen. If someone has wrinkles or saggy skin, you can inject a fller, which is like molding the face. There hasn’t been anything in the past that offered immediate gratifcation. They are now made from natural materials that already exist in our body, so we hardly see allergic reactions to those components. The more you use something, the more of a chance you have of becoming allergic to it. We’re seeing a lot of allergies and sensitization to over-the-counter medications. Neosporin and Benadryl cream have become some of the top allergens. Treating an itch with Benadryl cream can make the skin itchier if you become sensitive. Then it becomes an allergen and eventually contact dermatitis. There’s been a major crisis in Medicare. We see a lot of Medicare patients’ reimbursements going down—and fnes if you don’t follow certain protocols, such as using electronic records and electronic prescriptions. It puts stress on any practice, but we made a commitment to serve our patients no matter what. Medicare patients are in major need, especially in dermatology.

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We see a lot of skincancer patients. The statistics are one person dies from melanoma every hour in the United States. But most of the skin cancers are basal-cell carcinoma and squamous-cell carcinoma. We’re starting to see these more in the younger thirty-somethings, even late 20s, because of too much sun exposure and tanning beds.

One bad sunburn from childhood can lead to skin cancer as an adult, which is why educating parents on proper protection is important.

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By 18, everyone should consider visiting a dermatologist, but by 30 it needs to be annually. Some people might be insulted if I ask to look at a different part of the body than what they visited for, but I’ve found melanoma that way. You have to allow us to examine and be willing to have a total body exam.

Pkwy., Suite 150, (866) 696-3847. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin Campus.

Infectious Disease BRIAN J. LIPMAN

St Rose Dominican Hospital, Infectious Disease, 10001 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 307, Henderson, 776-8300; AIDS/HIV, pneumonia. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus.

THERESA L. STECKLER

RONALD A. SHOCKLEY

CANDICE H. TUNG

3121 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 412, 309-2311; AIDS/HIV. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

3530 E. Flamingo Rd., Suite 100, 737-8657; diabetes. Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center.

EUGENE L. SPECK

JOHN A. VARRAS

Infectious Disease Consultants, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 780, 737-0740; AIDS/HIV. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 230, 671-5060; weight management, diabetes, heart disease, preventive medicine. University Medical Center. SANDHYA WAHI GURURAJ

Internal Medicine RAMA HAROUNI

Dignity Health, 8689 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 105, 304-5900; preventive medicine. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin Campus. STEPHEN H. MILLER

Internal Medicine Associates, 653 N. Town Center Dr., Suite 306, 243-7483; arthritis, diabetes, hypertension. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. MOHAMMED NAJMI

Medical Group at Sun City, 2440 Professional Ct., Suite 110, 240-8155; chronic illness, eating disorders, nutrition. Mountainview Hospital. RUSSELL NEIBAUR

MDVIP, 2450 W. Horizon Ridge

Internal Medicine Associates, 653 N. Town Center Dr., Suite 306, 243-7483; geriatric medicine. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 230, 671-5060; preventive medicine, hypertension. University Medical Center.

Interventional Cardiology ASHFAQ A. KHAN

HealthCare Partners Nevada-Cardiovascular Consultants, 3131 La Canada St., Suite 200, 933-9400; coronary angiography. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. JAMES A. LALLY

Heart Center of Nevada, 700 Shadow Lane, Suite 240, 3840022; arrhythmias. Centennial Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Valley Hospital Medical Center.

CRES P. MIRANDA JR.

Nevada Heart & Vascular Center, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 320, 2406482; coronary angioplasty/stents, preventive cardiology. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. FOAD MOAZEZ

Nevada Cardiology Associates, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 460, 233-1000; arrhythmias, cardiac electrophysiology, pacemakers/defbrillators. Mountainview Hospital; Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

Maternal & Fetal Medicine JOSEPH ADASHEK

Desert Perinatal Associates, 5761 S. Fort Apache Rd., 341-6610; high-risk pregnancy, prematurity prevention, prenatal diagnosis. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. WILSON HUANG

High Risk Pregnancy Center, 2011 Pinto Lane, Suite 200, 382-3200; prematurity/low-birth-weight infants, ultrasound. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus. BRIAN K. IRIYE

High Risk Pregnancy Center, 2011 Pinto Lane, Suite 200, 382-3200; prenatal diagnosis, ultrasound, diabetes in pregnancy, hypertension in pregnancy. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus. DAMON I. MASAKI

High Risk Pregnancy Center, 2011

Pinto Lane, Suite 200, 382-3200; high-risk pregnancy, prematurity prevention. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus. QUYNH T. VO

Desert Perinatal Associates, 5761 S. Fort Apache Rd., 341-6610; highrisk pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis, obstetric ultrasound. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. PAUL WILKES

Desert Perinatal Associates, 5761 S. Fort Apache Rd., 341-6610; high-risk pregnancy, prematurity prevention. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. STEPHEN M. WOLD

High Risk Pregnancy Center, 2011 Pinto Lane, Suite 200, 382-3200; high-risk pregnancy. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center.

Hospital Medical Center. KHOI M. DAO

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 10001 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 108, 952-3444; hematologic malignancies, colon cancer, lung cancer. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus. OSCAR B. GOODMAN JR.

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 9280 W. Sunset Rd., Suite 100, 952-1251; genitourinary oncology, prostate cancer, bladder cancer. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. EDWIN KINGSLEY

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 3730 S. Eastern Ave., 9523400; hematologic malignancies. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. PAUL E. MICHAEL

Medical Oncology

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 9280 W. Sunset Rd., Suite 100; 952-1251; complementary medicine, leukemia and lymphoma. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center.

MARY ANN K. ALLISON

WOLFRAM E. SAMLOWSKI

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 1505 Wigwam Pkwy., Suite 130, Henderson, 856-1400; breast cancer. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus.

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 9280 W. Sunset Rd., Suite 100, 952-1251; kidney cancer, melanoma, sarcoma, Merkel cell carcinoma. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin Campus

FADI S. BRAITEH

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 3730 S. Eastern Ave., 952-3400; gastrointestinal cancer, breast cancer, cancer genetics, clinical trials. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, Desert Springs

HAMIDREZA SANATINIA

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 9280 W. Sunset Rd., Suite 100, 952-1251. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center.

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7 APPS ON YOUR DOCTOR’S SMARTPHONE

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MEDSCAPE With more than 4 million registered users, this app is the most popular among doctors and medical students, according to Apple’s App Store. Among its many features are medical news, drug dosage information and treatments for more than 4,400 diseases.

DOXIMITY This app provides a directory of medical professionals and allows users to send and receive electronically signed faxes. Don’t worry: Those messages are still confidential.

CARE360 Powered by Quest Diagnostics, Care360 puts the lab in a doctor’s hand. Clinicians can look up test results, review prescription requests and write lab orders.

EPOCRATES Worried about how your antibiotics might mix with your antidepressants? Doctors are able to provide better patient care by checking potentially dangerous drug interactions and other drug safety issues.

SKYSCAPE Used by nurses, doctors and patients, this app provides access to more than 500 medical resources to help with consultations, according to Apple’s App Store. For example, an obstetrician can quickly look up drug side effects for pregnant or lactating women.

MEDCALC Complex formulas, scores, classifications and scales are now a snap with this medical-calculator app. Doctors can know the risk of coronary heart disease or your total level of hydration with a few buttons.

AHRQ EPSS Developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, ePSS allows doctors to search a patient’s symptoms and identify potentially helpful screenings and preventive medical services.

TOP DOCTORS 2014

I was thinking about being an ER doctor, but I liked all my rotations. What could I [pick] where I could do pretty much everything, and so it was family practice. What I liked the most was the follow-up, the continuity of care.

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I sound like a broken record with my patients. Fortunately or unfortunately, you picked a sports-medicine guy to be your family doc. Exercise is so important with anything out there—if you look at any disease, depression and anxiety or prevention of injury, exercise plays such a key role.

Dr. Michael J. Gunter FAMILY PRACTITIONER

After 11 years as a paramedic, Las Vegas native Dr. Gunter decided to pursue a medical degree at the University of Nevada, Reno. A family practitioner specializing in sports medicine in the Valley for 17 years, Gunter is the Las Vegas 51s team physician and the chief of staff at Summerlin Hospital. Here are the highlights from his recent interview with Paul Szydelko:

People need to have their comfort food. I love burgers. Take one day and have your Mardi Gras day, and have what you want. Diets fail because they get a strict thing they’re supposed to eat every day, and we’re not wired like that.

People ask me about alcohol. Moderation’s good. The French are drinking two to four glasses of wine a day, and we see less heart disease there. I don’t think it’s all because of wine; these people are more active, too. They walk to work, or they bike to work. My mother’s from Holland, and I can tell you when I visited there my grandmother walked everywhere. We walked everywhere. If it was far away, we’d take a train or a canal taxi, but [otherwise] you walked everywhere. In the last couple of years there have been some great advances for osteoarthritis, knee pain and getting injuries to heal quicker. Stemcell injection has been awesome. And there’s platelet-rich plasma, in which we draw blood from the patient, spin it down and we inject the plasma into those areas that need to be healed. You’re getting those nice growth factors to the site and healing that injury. We’re such a litigious community, and we’re having trouble recruiting physicians to Las Vegas because of this. We’re paying 50 percent higher malpractice-insurance rates [than the rest of the state]. That’s a frustration. We’ve got great doctors in this town. We’re really starting to get that cutting edge in medicine. But if we can’t continue to recruit people, we’re going to be continually underserved.

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When I turned 18 in the summer of ’78, I went to EMT school and went to Mercy Ambulance to ask for a job. They told me I couldn’t because I wasn’t 20 yet. But I was persistent. The boss, Bob Forbuss, was a teacher at Bishop Gorman High School, worked with kids and sat on the school district board. He said I could ride third; I wouldn’t get paid, but I could get some experience. So I would beg people to let me ride with them. The more I got into it, the more I loved it. Forbuss sponsored me to go to paramedic school in Los Angeles when I was 19. I came back here, took my boards and got certifed in Nevada. ... I found out this studying’s not too bad—I could be a doctor.

My 19-year-old stepson has been in the Army for almost three weeks. He’s in Fort Benning, Georgia, on his way to becoming a Ranger. He was a little overweight. He got into Crossft because when he went in, the recruiters told him where he had to be. He lost 55 pounds through exercise and nutrition. He found out he could cheat every once in a while, have a pizza and things like this. But you know what? He lost 55 pounds to get in. I’m really proud of him.

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I was racing motorcycles when I was 17. One of my co-racers got hurt, and I stopped and was able to help. He had a big cut in his leg, and he was just fayed open. I put pressure on it, and instead of being grossed out I thought it was kind of cool. This might be an interesting career.

JAMES D. SANCHEZ

STUART SETH KAPLAN

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 7445 Peak Dr., 9522140; leukemia and lymphoma, lung cancer. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

Western Regional Center for Brain & Spine Surgery, 3061 S. Maryland Pkwy, Suite 200, 737-1948; spinal disorders, pediatric spinal surgery. Mountainview Hospital.

NICHOLAS J. VOGELZANG

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 3730 S. Eastern Ave., 952-3400; prostate cancer, mesothelioma, kidney cancer, genitourinary cancer. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center. ANN WIERMAN

3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 200, 749-3700; breast cancer, lymphoma, lung cancer. Mountainview Hospital, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

SHANKER N. DIXIT

ADIN BOLDUR

ERIC FARBMAN

Kidney Specialists of Southern Nevada, 8775 Deer Springs Way, 877-1887; kidney disease, hypertension, kidney failure. Centennial Hills Hospital & Medical Center.

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 220, 671-5070; Parkinson’s disease/movement disorders, Tourette’s syndrome, Huntington’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease. University Medical Center.

SYED I. SHAH

Kidney Specialists of Southern Nevada, 500 S. Rancho Dr., Suite 12, 877-1887; kidney-transplant medicine. University Medical Center, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. MARWAN TAKIEDDINE

Nevada Kidney Disease & Hypertension Centers, 1750 E. Desert Inn Rd., Suite 200, 732-2438; hypertension, cholesterol/lipid disorders. Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

Neurological Surgery DEREK A. DUKE February 20–26, 2014

Cleveland Clinic Nevada Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 W. Bonneville Ave., 483-6000; Alzheimer’s disease, clinical trials, neuropsychiatry.

Nephrology

Kidney Specialists of Southern Nevada, 500 S. Rancho Dr., Suite 12, 877-1887; chronic kidney disease. University Medical Center, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

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JEFFREY L. CUMMINGS

Neurology Center of Las Vegas, 2440 Professional Ct., Suite 150, 405-3015; clinical neurophysiology, stroke, epilepsy/seizure disorders, headache. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, Mountainview Hospital.

LAWRENCE M. LEHRNER

Neurology

The Spine & Brain Institute, 861 Coronado Center Dr., Suite 200, Henderson, 948-9088; brain and spinal surgery, spinal disorders. St. Rose Dominican HospitalSiena Campus. JASON GARBER

Western Regional Center for Brain & Spine Surgery, 3061 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 200, 737-1948; spinal surgery, minimally invasive spinal surgery, complex spinal surgery, peripheral nerve disorders. Mountainview Hospital-Las Vegas.

DAVID GINSBURG

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 220, 671-5070; muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), neuromuscular disorders, clinical neurophysiology. University Medical Center.

Obstetrics & Gynecology VANI DANDOLU

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 120, 671-5140; pelvic organ prolapse repair, incontinence, sexual dysfunction, urogynecology. University Medical Center, Mountainview Hospital. GEOFFREY HSIEH

Women’s Cancer Center of Nevada, 3131 La Canada St., Suite 241, 693-6870; uro-gynecology, pelvic reconstruction. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. DONNA M. MILLER

Essential Women’s Health Associates, 2821 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., Suite 130, 862-8862; high-risk pregnancy, pap-smear abnormalities, sexually transmitted disease. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin Campus.

Suite 130, Henderson, 862-8862; minimally invasive surgery, hysteroscopic surgery. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus, Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center.

434-6920; pediatric orthopedic surgery, pediatric sports medicine, dance medicine. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin Campus, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

PATRICIA PIERCE

BERNARD C. ONG

Desert Perinatal Associates, 5761 S. Fort Apache Rd., 341-6610; maternal and fetal medicine, high-risk pregnancy, infertility. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

8551 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 251, 796-7979; joint replacement, sports medicine, fractures, shoulder and knee surgery. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

K. WARREN VOLKER

WellHealth Women’s Specialty Care, 9260 W. Sunset Rd., Suite 100, 255-3547; gynecology only, minimally invasive surgery. Centennial Hills Hospital & Medical Center.

Ophthalmology WELDON HAVINS

Westfeld Eye Center, 2575 Lindell Rd., 362-3937; reconstructive surgery, oculoplastic surgery. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. RODNEY HOLLIFIELD

Retina Consultants Nevada, 653 Town Center Dr., Suite 518, 3690200; retina/vitreous surgery. Centennial Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center. MARIETTA NELSON

Eye Clinic of Las Vegas, 3100 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 204, 3842020; pediatric ophthalmology, Lasik-refractive surgery, rare congenital eye disorders. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, University Medical Center.

ROMAN SIBEL

3175 St. Rose Pkwy., Suite 320, Henderson, 997-9833; foot and ankle deformities, Charcot foot, clubfoot, diabetic leg/foot. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus. DAVID G. STEWART JR.

Children’s Bone & Spine Surgery, 1525 E. Windmill Lane, Suite 201, 434-6920; pediatric orthopedic surgery, scoliosis, fractures (complex and nonunion). St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin Campus, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. MICHAEL D. THOMAS

Nevada Orthopedic & Spine Center, 2650 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 301, 258-3773; pediatric orthopedic surgery, scoliosis. Centennial Hills Hospital & Medical Center, St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin Campus

Pain Medicine SANGHAMITRA BASU

Sans Pain Clinic, 2435 Fire Mesa St., 362-7246; headache, and spine and neuropathic pain. Centennial Hills Hospital & Medical Center. DANIEL L. BURKHEAD

Innovative Pain Care Center, 9920 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 110, 6847246; chronic pain, interventional techniques. DANIEL K. KIM

Southern Nevada Pain Center, 6950 W. Desert Inn Rd., Suite 110, 259-5550; chronic pain, back and neck, cancer. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. MICHAEL J. MCKENNA

Pain Specialists, 6070 S. Fort Apache Rd., Suite 100, 307-7700; chronic pain, cancer, back, head and neck. ANTHONY RUGGEROLI

Pain Specialists, 6070 S. Fort Apache Rd., Suite 100, 307-7700; musculoskeletal.

Pediatric Allergy & Immunology DAVID H. TOTTORI

Otolaryngology SINA NASRI-CHENIJANI

3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 575, 804-4729; head and neck surgery, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, sleep apnea. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

4000 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 100, 432-8250; asthma and allergy, food allergy, eczema. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, University Medical Center.

Pediatric Cardiology

LESLIE M. SIMS

MATTHEW NG

RUBEN J. ACHERMAN

5380 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 228, 998-2907; oculoplastic surgery, eyelid surgery, cosmetic surgery (eyes). Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center.

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 5380 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 324, 992-6828; neurootology, skull-base surgery, otology, acoustic neuroma. University Medical Center.

Children’s Heart Center, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 690, 732-1290; neonatal cardiology, arrhythmias, fetal echocardiography. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, University Medical Center.

WALTER W. SCHROEDER

WILLIAM J. CASTILLO

Ear, Nose & Throat Consultants of Nevada, 3195 St. Rose Pkwy., Suite 230, Henderson, 792-6700; head and neck surgery, nasal surgery, throat disorders. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

Children’s Heart Center, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 690, 7321290; fetal cardiography, echocardiography. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, University Medical Center.

ROBERT J. TROELL

WILLIAM N. EVANS

7975 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 104; 2426488; facial plastic surgery, eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty, reconstructive plastic surgery. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center.

Children’s Heart Center, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 690, 732-1290. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

C. EDWARD YEE

Westfeld Eye Center, 2575 Lindell Rd., 362-3937; corneal disease and surgery, refractive surgery, Lasik— refractive surgery. University Medical Center, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

Orthopedic Surgery HUGH BASSEWITZ

Desert Orthopaedic Center, 2800 E. Desert Inn Rd., Suite 100, 7311616; spinal surgery, spinal disc replacement, scoliosis. Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center.

EDMOND E. PACK

JASON H. NIELSON

Essential Women’s Health Associates, 2821 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy.,

Children’s Bone & Spine Surgery, 1525 E. Windmill Lane, Suite 201,

ROBERT C. WANG

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 3580 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 324, 992-6828; head and neck surgery. University Medical Center.

ALVARO GALINDO

Children’s Heart Center, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy, Suite 690, 7321290; interventional cardiology, cardiac catheterization. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, University Medical Center.

TOP DOCTORS 2014

There was medicine involved [in that case]. The irony of that is in my current practice, I’m much more psyscho-therapeutically oriented than psychopharmacologically oriented. I try to go with everything other than medication frst to treat my patients. I don’t take insurance in my private practice. Insurance doesn’t reimburse enough per visit to allow you to practice in the best way possible. Also, psychiatric care is very private. When you are working with an insurance company, they will often ask for psychiatric records and for information that I would not be comfortable sharing with somebody who doesn’t have the appropriate training to know how to manage this information.

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Dr. Lisa Durette

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIST A graduate of the University of South Carolina who has practiced in the Valley since 2004, Dr. Durette teaches in the University of Nevada School of Medicine’s psychiatry residency program in Las Vegas and is responsible for the child and adolescent psychiatry curriculum. Three-fourths of her practice is children under 18, and she treats everything from schizophrenia to the effects of child abuse. Here are the highlights from her recent interview with Paul Szydelko:

The satisfaction comes in watching kids get into normal developmental lines. A kid might have been seeing all sorts of treatment providers nearly every day after school and taking fve or six different medications—one to sleep, one to get up in the morning. ... Over time you can work toward getting them off medication, getting them to a point where they don’t need constant treatment providers, getting them to do things like take a gymnastics class or join a sport after school. It’s so enjoyable to just

You have to be very careful not to over- or misdiagnose ADHD. Taking that larger biopsycho-social picture is necessary. … So if you tell me the kid’s doing terribly at school but doing well at home, or vice versa, it’s hard to make that diagnosis. They have to have symptoms in multiple settings. This is the kid who is spacing out in the outfeld in baseball, constantly struggling at school and can’t follow through with anything at home. Their friends are noticing they can’t even track a conversation or they’re butting in on every conversation; they’re intrusive. It’s happening everywhere. It is shocking sometimes to see when parents are not involved and then some crisis occurs, and they say, “Oh, I wish I would have seen that.” For example, the kid who’s being cyberbullied. Why isn’t the parent aware of what they’re doing on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter? Know what’s going on socially; don’t be on your kid’s back 24/7, but have awareness. Know who their friends are, where they’re going. Be involved. … No one else is going to do it for you. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve worked with families where they’ll come in, their kid’s been suffering with whatever it is for eight, nine, 10 months, a year. We address it. The kid starts to get better, and they say, “I wish we had done this sooner.” If there’s a way to just make that the billboard of psychiatry—Do it early, you’ll do better later—we’d be able to help a lot more people. My frst 10 years of practice, I didn’t have a kid, and here I am practicing child psychiatry, telling people the best way to do things and how to do this behavior plan. Then I have a kid, and it’s like, “Oh, wow, I’m really sorry I was so insistent that you be compliant 100 percent of the time.” That’s not realistic. … You talk about the need for kids to have a good healthy breakfast and go off to school and they’re going to do so much better with a mix of proteins and vegetables and fruits and blah, blah, and just this morning my 4-year-old daughter ate an ice-cream sandwich for breakfast. I was just not going to fght the battle, and so I justifed it to myself—yeah, there’s a little bit of calcium and protein in ice cream. It’s not the worst thing.

February 20–26, 2014

Psychiatry was really never a primary interest. … In rotations, I really loved surgery and pediatrics, but there was the day in the psychiatry rotation when I remember saying this was going to be the feld for me. This guy in his 40s was foridly manic. He was talking 10,000 miles a minute, obviously psychotic, having hallucinations, delusions—just really an unsettled gentleman. But he was fascinating to talk to. We treated him in the hospital, and over two weeks, we were able to get him to a place where he was better.

watch them come back and do normal kid stuff.

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About four or fve years, ago I started really pushing to get a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship going. Only about nine of us are certifed and practicing here. We identifed the agencies with which we would want to work, and they funded it—UMC, the Department of Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Division of Child and Family Services, Desert Willow Hospital. Every two years, [pending accreditation],we’ll graduate two new child psychiatrists who will stay here.

GARY A. MAYMAN

Children’s Heart Center, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 690, 7321290; fetal echocardiography. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. ABRAHAM ROTHMAN

Children’s Heart Center, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 690, 7321290; interventional cardiology. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, University Medical Center.

Pediatric Endocrinology WILLIAM LEE HOLM

10001 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 209, 616-5865; growth disorders, thyroid disorders. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus.

Pediatric Gastroenterology HOWARD I. BARON

Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition Associates, 3196 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 309, 791-0477; infammatory bowel disease, eosinophilic esophagitis, gastrointestinal motility disorders. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

Pediatric HematologyOncology JONATHAN BERNSTEIN

Children’s Specialty Center, 3121 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 300, 7321493; hemophilia, bone-marrow transplant. University Medical Center, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. ALEXANDRA WALSH

February 20–26, 2014

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 3121 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 300, 732-1493; bone-marrow transplant, bleeding/coagulation disorders, lymphoma. St.

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Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

Pediatric Infectious Disease ECHEZONA E. EZEANOLUE

Kids Healthcare, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 315, 992-6868; neonatal infections, vaccines, immune defciency. University Medical Center. PISESPONG PATAMASUCON

Kids Healthcare, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 315, 992-6868; antibiotic resistance. University Medical Center.

Pediatric Nephrology MICHAEL O. AIGBE

Children’s Nephrology Clinic, 7271 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 110, 639-1700; kidney disease, kidney failure, hypertension. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, University Medical Center.

Pediatric Otolaryngology TSUNG JU O-LEE

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 5380 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 324, 992-6828; airway disorders, ear infections, sleep apnea, hearing loss. University Medical Center.

Pediatric Pulmonology Children’s Lung Specialists, 3820 Meadows Lane, 598-4411; asthma, lung disease, sleep disorders/ apnea, cystic fbrosis. University Medical Center. DAVID P. PARKS

Kids Healthcare, 3006 S. Maryland

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Pediatric Surgery MICHAEL SCHEIDLER

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 3121 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 400, 650-2500; trauma. University Medical Center.

newborn care, child abuse. University Medical Center. Kids Healthcare, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 315, 992-6868. University Medical Center. BEVERLY NEYLAND

TERRENCE B. HIGGINS

Kids Healthcare, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 315, 992-6868. University Medical Center, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

8530 W. Sunset Rd., Suite 130, 8822100; liposuction and body contouring, breast surgery, facial rejuvenation, microsurgery. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center.

KAMI LARSEN

Pediatric Urology CLARE CLOSE

BEVINS K. CHUE

Close Pediatric Urology, 2653 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., Suite 100, Henderson, 220-4006; genitourinary congenital anomalies, fetal urology, genitourinary disorders, hypospadias. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus, Mountainview Hospital.

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

ANDREW H. HWANG

Urology Specialists Nevada, 653 N. Town Center Dr., Suite 407, 7285686; transplant-kidney-pediatric, endourology. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin Campus, University Medical Center.

Pediatrics JAMES BAKERINK

4785 S. Durango Dr., Suite 101, 889-8444; newborn care. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. HealthCare Partners Nevada-Pediatrics, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 260, 870-2099; diabetes, infectious disease, nutrition. Mountainview Hospital-Las Vegas. RENU JAIN

Kids Healthcare, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 315, 992-6868;

WARREN TRACY HANKINS

Hankins & Sohn Plastic Surgery Associates, 60 N. Pecos Rd., Henderson, 948-7595; body contouring and cosmetic surgery (face and breast). Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

BLAIR DUDDY

CRAIG T. NAKAMURA

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Pkwy., Suite 315, 992-6868; lung disease, cystic fbrosis, pneumonia. University Medical Center, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

NIANJUN TANG

Centennial Pain Relief Network, 4454 N. Decatur Blvd., 839-1203; pain management.

KAYVAN T. KHIABANI

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 190, 671-5110; hand surgery, microsurgery, migraine, reconstructive surgery. University Medical Center. JOHN M. MENEZES

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 190, 671-5110; cranofacial surgery, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. University Medical Center. ANDRES G. RESTO

Plastic Surgery GOESEL A. ANSON

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

SurgiSpa, 2370 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., Suite 130, Henderson, 5668300; body contouring and cosmetic surgery (face and breast). St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus. MICHAEL C. EDWARDS

653 N. Town Center Dr., Suite 214, 248-8989; breast cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, liposuction and body contouring, body contouring after weight loss. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

physicians to participate in the nomination process to help Castle Connolly to identify Clark County’s top doctors. Additionally, a special mailing went out on October 10 to the chief executive officers, chief medical officers and chief marketing officers at all hospitals in the magazine’s market as an additional reminder to them and their affiliated physicians of the nominations process. Communication of the same also went to the county medical society. The nominations process can be accessed at CastleConnolly.com/nominations. Note: Doctors do not and cannot pay to be selected

1485 W. Warm Springs Rd., Suite 105, Henderson, 791-3525; cosmetic surgery (face and body), liposuction, body contouring, breast augmentation. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. WILLIAM ARNOLD ZAMBONI

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 190, 671-5110; microsurgery, limb surgery/reconstruction, hyperbaric medicine, wound healing/care. University Medical Center.

Psychiatry DANIEL SUSSMAN

4205 Mont Blanc Way, 4935203; psychoanalysis, geriatric psychiatry. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

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TOP DOCTORS 2014

Pulmonary Disease JOHN B. COLLIER

Lung Center of Nevada, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 125, 869-0855; airway disorders, lung disease. Mountainview Hospital, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. CHARLES D. MCPHERSON

Western Critical Care Associates, 10300 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 13-34, 233-9222; sleep disorders/apnea, airway disorders, critical care. HIDENOBU SHIGEMITSU

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 230, 671-5060; sarcoidosis, pulmonary fbrosis, interstitial lung disease, thromboembolic disorders. University Medical Center. GEORGE S. TU

Lung Center of Nevada, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 125, 869-0855; sleep medicine, emphysema, pulmonary fbrosis. Mountainview Hospital, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

Radiation Oncology MICHAEL JOHN ANDERSON

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 3730 S. Eastern Ave., 952-3400, head and neck cancer, prostate cancer, brachytherapy, intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Rose de Lima Campus.

894-5100; prostate cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

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

RAUL T. MEOZ

BRUCE S. SHAPIRO

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

Fertility Center Las Vegas, 8851 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, 2541777; infertility (in vitro fertilization). Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

TAM NGUYEN

21st Century Oncology, 52 N. Pecos Rd., Henderson, 990-4761; head and neck cancer, stereotactic radiosurgery, brachytherapy, prostate cancer. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. SUSAN A. REISINGER

21st Century Oncology, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 100, Henderson, 894-5100; breast cancer, stereotactic radiosurgery, brain tumors, prostate cancer. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. MICHAEL T. SINOPOLI

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada. 655 N. Town Center Dr., 233-2200; prostate cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, stereotactic radiosurgery. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. BEAU JAMES W. TOY

Radiation Oncology Centers Nevada. 624 S. Tonopah Dr., 463-9100; stereotactic body radiation therapy. Valley Hospital Medical Center. PAUL TREADWELL

21st Century Oncology. 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 100, 9904767; pediatric cancers, breast cancer, gynecologic cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Mountainview Hospital.

Reproductive Endocrinology

DAN LEE CURTIS

SAID T. DANESHMAND

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada. 655 N. Town Center Dr., 233-2200; prostate cancer, brachytherapy, head and neck cancer. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

Fertility Center Las Vegas, 8851 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, 254-1777; polycystic ovarian syndrome, infertility (in vitro fertilization). Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

FARZANEH FARZIN

Green Valley Fertility Partners, 2510 Wigwam Pkwy., Suite 201, 7222229; infertility (in vitro fertilization), menstrual disorders. Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center.

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada. 3730 S. Eastern Ave., 952-3400; breast cancer, intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), stereotactic radiosurgery. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. BRIAN D. LAWENDA

21st Century Oncology, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 100,

JEFFREY FISCH

EVA D. LITTMAN

Red Rock Fertility Center, 6410 Medical Center St., Suite A, 7494834; infertility (in vitro fertilization), pre-implantation genetic

Rheumatology EWA OLECH

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 220, 671-5070; Sjögren’s syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, musculoskeletal disorders. University Medical Center. CHRISTIANNE M. YUNG

2482 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., Suite 130; Henderson, 614-6868; autoimmune disease, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus.

Sports Medicine TIMOTHY TRAINOR

Advanced Orthopedic & Sports Medicine, 8420 W. Warm Springs Rd., Suite 100, 740-5327; arthroscopic surgery, shoulder and knee surgery, shoulder arthroscopic surgery. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center. RANDALL YEE

Advanced Orthopedic & Sports Medicine, 8420 W. Warm Springs Rd., Suite 100, 740-5327; arthroscopic surgery, cartilage damage and transplant, knee surgery. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center.

Surgery SOUZAN EL-EID

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, 9280 W. Sunset Rd., Suite 100, 255-1133; breast cancer and surgery, tumor surgery. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. MARK T. HOEPFNER

700 Shadow Lane, Suite 335, 3826591; endocrine surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopic surgery. Valley Hospital Medical Center, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

DANIEL KIRGAN

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 160, 671-5150; cancer surgery, breast cancer and surgery. University Medical Center, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. DEBORAH ANN KUHLS

University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 160, 671-5150; trauma, critical care. University Medical Center. KIARASH L. MIRKIA

Desert Surgical Associates, 3196 S. Maryland Pkwy., Suite 101-A, 3697152; minimally invasive surgery, complex hernia, wound healing/ care, pancreatic surgery. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. IRWIN B. SIMON

Vegas Valley Vein Institute, 2450 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., Suite 100, Henderson, 341-7608; minimally invasive vascular surgery, wound healing/care, vein disorders. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena and San Martin campuses. FRANCIS W. TENG

Advanced Surgical Care, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 508, 8385888; obesity/bariatric surgery, minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopic abdominal surgery, robotic surgery. Mountainview Hospital, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery QUYNH FEIKES

Cardiovascular Surgery Southern Nevada, 5320 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 282, 737-3808; cardiothoracic surgery, endovascular surgery, esophageal surgery. Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Rose de Lima Campus. J. RANDALL FEIKES

Urology MARK E. LEO

Urology Specialists Nevada, 5701 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 201, 877-0814; infertility (male), hormone replacement (male), sexual dysfunction (male and female). St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin and Rose de Lima campuses. MICHAEL P. VERNI

Urology Center of Las Vegas, 653 N. Town Center Dr., Suite 302, 2123428; pediatric urology, endourology. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, Mountainview Hospital. JASON ZOMMICK

Urology Specialists of Nevada, 5701 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 201, 8770814; prostate disease, vasectomy and vasectomy reversal. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin and Rose de Lima campuses.

Vascular & Interventional Radiology MICHAEL A. CARDUCCI

Desert Radiologists, 2020 Palomino Lane, Suite 100, 759-8606; interventional radiology, vascular malformations. Boulder City Hospital. STEVEN H. DAVIS

Red Rock Radiology, 7130 Smoke Ranch Rd., Suite 101, 304-8135; angioplasty and stent placement, radiofrequency tumor ablation, chemoembolization. Mountainview Hospital. FRANK KUE-YUNG HSU

Desert Radiologists, 2020 Palomino Lane, Suite 100, 759-8606; interventional radiology, abdominal imaging. Boulder City Hospital.

Vascular Surgery

Cardiovascular Surgery Southern Nevada, 5320 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 282, 737-3808; cardiothoracic surgery, cardiovascular surgery. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center.

VASANA CHEANVECHAI

MICHAEL G. WOOD

Vegas Vein & Cosmetic Center, 7200 W. Cathedral Rock Dr., Suite 130, 228-8600; endovascular surgery, varicose veins. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

MountainView Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Associates, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 140, 240-2963; cardiac surgery (adult), heart-valve disease, thoracic aortic surgery, mitral valve surgery. Mountainview Hospital.

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501 S. Rancho Dr., Suite F-38, 2581173; wound healing/care, endovascular surgery, vein disorders. St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin Campus. EARL COTTRELL

BRUCE HIRSCHFELD

Vegas Vein & Cosmetic Center, 7200 W. Cathedral Rock Dr., Suite 130, 228-8600; endovascular surgery, varicose veins. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Rose de Lima Campus.

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Seven Hills Behavioral Institute, 3021 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., Henderson. 646-5000; addiction/ substance abuse.

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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 ophthalmology 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 staff, 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 offering her services in ophthalmology to Las Vegas and the surrounding area since the fall of 1996. In the summer of 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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Dr. Pizio is respected throughout the ophthalmological community for her expertise as a 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 affected 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 four offce locations in Las Vegas, Henderson, Summerlin and Boulder City. 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 very unique style of combining the highest level of clinical and surgical eye care while providing patients with a pleasant and comfortable experience.

New Eyes doctors are: Helga F. Pizio, MD, FACS Paul W. Hiss, MD Ksenia Stafeeva, MD Ilan Reizes, MD Jeffrey K. Austin, OD Todd A. Hartman, OD

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We are different because of the quality of custom eye care we provide, and our focus on patient education and overall experience. Our offces are clean, and our staff is professional. All our doctors are caring and respectful of patients’ scheduled appointment times.

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“Dr. Pizio was great. I had retina surgery in January, and my doctor referred me to her. He could not have recommended a better doctor. She made the surgery effortless for me, and the results are amazing. Her offce is professional, well run, and exudes a sense of care and interest lacking at other places. All my questions and concerns were handled professionally, and I was made to feel important. I would recommend her to anyone seeking cataract surgery.”

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Dr. Joseph P. Contino MD, FACS Breast Surgeon Joseph P. Contino, MD, FACS, a breast surgeon with Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada (CCCN), is at the forefront of innovative care in Southern Nevada. Dr. Contino has treated all types of cancer, with a special focus in breast-related conditions and diseases for more than 20 years. His ultimate goal with each of his patients is to provide acceptable cosmetic outcomes and superior functional results. He is dedicated to treating his patients with sincere compassion, while exploring new avenues to conquer one of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deadliest cancers.

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His dedication as a surgeon extends beyond his work in the operating room. Dr. Contino has embraced all forms of social media into his practice by following health-care industry organizations and news outlets. He strongly believes in sharing this timely information with his patients and other followers, who all appreciate his proactive approach to imparting knowledge and surgical expertise. Prior to joining CCCN, Dr. Contino practiced in Salem, Oregon, from

1994 to 2010 at Salem Clinic Physicians and Surgeons, PC, where he was appointed Section Chief of Salem Hospital General Surgery. In July 2010, Dr. Contino moved to Las Vegas and began his practice at CCCN, focusing on breast-related diseases. Beyond his clinical work, Dr. Contino is a member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons and sits on the continuing medical education subcommittee of the American College of Surgeons. Locally, he contributes to the Breast Cancer Conference at Summerlin Hospital and regularly speaks about breastrelated health issues for Centennial and MountainView hospitals. Dr. Contino is advocating bringing a new piece of state-of-the-art technology to a local hospital, where he will perform surgical procedures that will signifcantly improve outcomes for some breast cancer patients. At this time, only a dozen sites in the United States have access to this unique equipment.

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Dr. Bernard Ong MD Dr. Ong was born and raised in New York City. After attending Brooklyn Technical High School, he went on to Cornell University where he graduated with honors and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society for his outstanding academic achievements. He received his medical training at New York University School of Medicine, where he fnished with distinction and was named to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. 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. For the past nine years, Dr. Ong has been the team physician for the Las Vegas 51s, Triple-A Minor League baseball team affliated with the New York Mets.

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Dr. Ong has conducted extensive research in knee, shoulder surgery and fracture care. He currently practices Orthopedic Sports Medicine with a focus on knee and shoulder surgery, joint replacement and fracture care. He has also published numerous articles and book chapters in the feld of orthopedic surgery.

Board cErtification American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2004; Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Board, 2011

Education Undergraduate Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., BA, Biology, 1988-1992, Phi Beta Kappa

mEdical New York University School of Medicine, New York, MD, Doctor of Medicine 1992-1996, Alpha Omega Alpha

intErnship New York University Medical Center, New York, Surgical Internship 19961997

rEsidEncy NYU/Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute, New York, Orthopaedic Surgery 1997-2001

fEllowship University of Pittsburgh Center for Sports Medicine, Pittsburgh, Sports Medicine/ Knee and Shoulder Surgery 2001-2002

achiEvEmEnts Team Physician New York Mets’ Minor League Team, Las Vegas 51s. Vegas Seven Top Doc 2012, 2013 and 2014; Las Vegas Life Top Doc 2012 and 2013.

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Mark Severino MD, FACOG RED ROCK FERTILITY CENTER specializes in helping couples achieve their dreams of becoming parents as well as assists patients in preserving their fertility so that they are able to have children later in life when the time is right.

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Founded in 2008 by Practice Director Dr. Eva Littman, Red Rock Fertility Center has grown to be one of the most successful fertility centers on the West Coast. Specializing in challenging cases and helping patients that other doctors have deemed as having a slim chance of conceiving is something we feel proud about. Along with having an amazing compassionate spirit, both Dr. Littman and Dr. Severino trained at and hold degrees from some of the world’s leading medical centers and universities. “It takes more than modern medical technology to realize a couple’s dream of becoming parents. I like to create an environment which nurtures the art and science of fertility care which is a very personal issue for so many couples.” says Dr. Severino. Dr. Littman is the only female Reproductive Endocrinologist in Las Vegas and one of the Valley’s most trusted, knowledgeable and honored fertility experts. She offers

an outstanding level of empathy and a broader amount of compassion for her patients given that she has personally undergone some of the procedures involved with fertility treatment. Dr. Littman has three children of her own, and she understands the desires of her patients to conceive. Dr. Littman frequently assists patients with less than a fve percent chance of pregnancy to welcome new lives into their families. Dr. Severino and Dr. Littman have contributed to worldwide knowledge of specifc infertility problems by publishing numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals and regularly presenting at international meetings and local conferences. Both doctors have also helped mentor future OB/ GYN residents by serving as Associate Clinical Professors in the Department of OB/GYN at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. Dr. Severino was also a Clinical Associate Professor with University of Wisconsin School of Medicine– Madison, SUNY at Buffalo and Oregon Health Sciences University. He currently is an oral examiner for the OB/GYN boards as well.

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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 father’s, grandfather’s and great-grandfather’s 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 boy he earned a rank of Eagle Scout and still remains active in BSA as a youth Leader and Chartered Organization Representative.

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He attended Brigham Young University and graduated with Honors from the University of the Pacific 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. 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 Veteran’s 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.

tEstimonials “Before moving here, I went to the same dentist for 18 years. Since experiencing your staff and your gentle ways, I have never looked back. You are the best bunch of people I have met in Las Vegas working as a team! Thanks for the front offce entertainment and for the kindness and gentleness in the back. You all make it a wonderful and fun visit! Thanks.” – DeDe “I live in California and worry about my elderly father who retired to Las Vegas—hundreds of miles away from me. During one of my visits to check on him, I took him to an appointment at your offce and was impressed with Dr. Foutz and his staff. It gives me great comfort to know that my father is in good hands with people who truly care for him.” – Vicki “You and your staff are wonderful. It feels like walking into a home full of family. Thanks for the genuine care!” – Lois

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Dr. Lane Smith MD Patients travel from all over the United States, Canada and even internationally to have surgery performed by Las Vegas plastic surgeon Dr. Lane Smith. Widely regarded as an expert in both breast augmentation and rhinoplasty, he has also presented his research on advances in abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) surgery. 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. Dr. Smith believes that plastic surgery is a combination of art and science. He received rigorous training at such prestigious places as the 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 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.

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As an artist, Dr. Smith enjoys painting, and a trip to his house or offce will fnd many of his paintings providing the décor. The combination of 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 director of the Plastic Surgery Institute of Las Vegas, which

has been affectionately renamed the Smith Plastic Surgery Institute by his patients and staff. The luxurious institute is on Sahara Avenue just west of Canyon Gate Country Club. 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 medi-spa, skin clinic with multiple lasers, stateof-the-art equipment, an accredited surgery center and the plastic surgery clinic. The staff has been carefully chosen for their skills and professionalism. At the Smith Plastic Surgery Institute, 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 facelifts. Dr. Smith and his entire staff 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 staff have had the privilege to treat and by their frequent charitable activities. “Thank you for your tremendous skill in

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Dr. Arthur M. Cambeiro MD Arthur M. Cambeiro, M.D., is a native of Las Vegas and a graduate of Bishop Gorman Preparatory High School. Dr. Cambeiro graduated from the University of Southern California in the Psychobiology Honors Program and received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Colorado, He continued his education, specializing in cosmetic, plastic and reconstructive surgery at the worldfamous Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. At the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Cambeiro volunteered with Global Health Outreach, donating his surgical skills to correct congenital facial defects on Vietnamese children. His experience at the Mayo Clinic has been invaluable, and he is extremely proud to have been a part of an organization whose hospitals are consistently ranked as one of the top hospitals in the nation (U.S. News and World Report).

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Dr. Cambeiro is an extensively experienced Cosmetic Surgeon. He is a triple board-certifed surgeon through the Nation Board of Medical Examiners, American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery, and consistently scored in the top 95th percentile in the nation on his certifying exams. Dr. Cambeiro has been recognized nationally, regionally and locally with multiple awards for his skills, compassion and aesthetic results. He has been named one of Americas Top Plastic Surgeons and one of Las Vegas’ Top Doctors in plastic surgery every year since 2005. He also has been named Top 40 under 40 and has been featured in Glamour, Allure and Newsweek magazines. Continuing to give back to his community, he serves on the

Foundation Board of Directors and the Community Board of Directors for all three St. Rose Hospitals. Dr. Cambeiro has been awarded an appointment to NOVO, the National Advisory Council for Leaders in Breast Aesthetics, an elite group of fewer than 100 plastic surgeons who are at the forefront of aesthetic breast and facial surgery in the United States. Dr. Cambeiro utilizes his knowledge in psychology coupled with his surgical experience and technical skills to focus on the patient’s needs of physical beauty as well as their inner-self. Dr. Cambeiro’s new multimillion-dollar plastic surgery, skin and laser center located in Henderson allows patients to achieve their goals through various traditional and safe innovative means. Through his new center, Dr. Cambeiro continues to offer superior leadingedge facial, body and advanced breast surgeries. Additionally, candidates for non-invasive or minimally invasive facial or body improvements can beneft from cutting-edge advancements offered through this center. Dr. Cambeiro offers a wide array of technically advanced lasers and rejuvenation equipment including: Ulthera (Only FDA approved laser to lift the face), Coolsculpting (freezes and removes fat), Cellulaze (the only FDA approved laser to treat cellulite long term), Smart Lipo Triplex (melts fat and tightens skin with minimal downtime), Photo-facials and laser hair removal. Dr. Cambeiro and his exceptionally trained staff can guide patients to the treatments that best suit them. At Dr. Cambeiro’s offce, the needs and safety of the patient always come frst.

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To provide convenience for patients, DR maintains full-service outpatient facilities throughout Las Vegas and Henderson. The company is proud to be the radiology providers for 10 Nevada hospitals, two Texasbased hospitals, and one hospital in Oklahoma. Additionally, DR provides radiology services for a large accountable care organization, a group of multispecialty medical centers and several smaller facilities throughout the western United States. Focused on providing the most comprehensive diagnostic procedures available, Desert Radiologists’ diagnostic imaging services include

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Brian Afronti has the pulse of Victor Drai’s Las Vegas nightlife empire, which despite challenges, is still very much alive By David Morris

February 20–26, 2014

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WITH THE DEBUT of Drai’s Nightclub & Beachclub atop the Cromwell fast approaching, now is the perfect time to sit down with one of nightlife impresario Victor Drai’s top lieutenants, Brian Affronti, to see what it takes to ready an $85 million megaclub. Affronti has been an industry fxture for well over a decade, and currently directs operations for all of Drai’s venues, a role he became familiar with when he served as general manager at XS and Tryst nightclubs when Drai was an owner.

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First off, how do you intend to top what’s been done at XS? The one thing with Victor is every time he does something new, he tries to outdo himself, and he does that by creating an emotion or feel, which he expresses through a design that permeates his entire concept. In essence, that’s what will set the rooftop project apart and how he intends to again show everyone why he’s the king of nightclubs. The rooftop will be a 24-hour venue? Right, and we will also be retaining Drai’s Afterhours in the basement; [that’s] undergoing a small renovation, but it will have the same look and feel it has always had.

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With one venue on a rooftop and the other in a basement, do you foresee any issues getting people up and down in an expeditious manner? It’s defnitely going to be organized chaos at the door, but we do have six elevators that are going to be able to bring everybody up and down. Our guests will also enter on the 11th foor and exit from the 10th foor. The idea was to create an entrance that will allow the guest to overlook the entire club before they descend a set of stairs down to the actual nightclub/ beach club. We have implemented this design element in order to control the fow, so you don’t have people trying to get in the elevator while others are trying to get out. Where’s the DJ? We’ve designed the beach club to have its own DJ and VIP area. The DJ will be facing in from the Flamingo side, so that energy is directed

"THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO BRING THE PARTY BACK TO THE NIGHTCLUB AND BRING BACK THE IDEA THAT THE NIGHTCLUB ITSELF IS THE STAR." – Brian Affronti toward the Bellagio fountains and the Valley. Any decisions made about music programming? We’ll offer music that appeals to all. We will mix up the format a lot. The renderings show a private pool for the 11thfoor cabanas. Yes, that is dedicated for the upper cabanas and overlooks the Strip. The downstairs cabanas will have their own individual pools. The cabanas will also be set up so they can be used as traditional pool caban-

as; on the days that we’re not open for the beach club, we will also be open for guests of Caesars Palace. We will have your typical amenities in the cabanas, such as TVs, heaters for the winter and fans for the summer. Any other special features? Wi-Fi. With social media being so prominent and important these days, we want to make sure that people are able to communicate while they’re at the club. Who’s putting together your production elements? Steve Lieberman, who also

designs for and is involved with Electric Daisy Carnival and other festivals around the world.

What’s your capacity? The rooftop is going to be roughly 4,500 people.

And the sound system is … Funktion-One, which is defnitely a leader in festival and nightclub sound.

Can you afford to be selective with such a sizable venue? That’s a great question. Las Vegas, at a time, was very selective in regard to who was let in. Clubs were much smaller, ranging from 28 to 40 tables, but when you have 150 tables to sell, I think everybody is welcomed into the venue. While we are defnitely going to be open to everybody, typically our crowds are good looking.

Will Giada De Laurentiis or Drai’s be handling the food at the beach club? It will be Drai’s. We will have a fully run Drai’s kitchen with Victor, obviously, behind the concept. If it follows our Drai’s Hollywood menu, you can expect to see our sliders, great salads, fruit platters and the like.

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What will set your rooftop apart from the ever-competitive daylife/nightlife fold? Location—the fact is we’re on a rooftop overlooking the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. In addition, I would say that Victor designs his venues like nobody else, and with Victor’s design behind the venue, you’ll see we’re going to have a much more comfortable vibe. The whole idea is to bring the party back to the nightclub and bring back the idea that the nightclub itself is the star. A lot of focus has been purely on the DJs at a lot of the other venues, and there’s a lot of branding toward the DJ as opposed to the venue, and we want to go back to branding the venue.

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Spacebyrdz and Blackboots late tonight, err, early Sunday morning. (3765 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 2 a.m., Facebook.com/ AfterLasVegas.)

SUNDAY 23 Do you like food? Music? Art? Yeah, you do! So don’t miss Sunday Riots, organized by local street-wear brand Civilian. For the event’s 2014 return, DJs Dielekt, Edoc and Daze 1 are spinning all vinyl. Legit vinyl, as in sans Serato. Not only that, but the night will also feature provocative pop art from Las Vegas own’ Dillon Boy, snacks by Robo Duck and limited-edition Civilian tees for sale. Admission is free but you should bring a few bucks—you won’t want to leave empty-handed. (6460 Windy Rd., Suite A, 7 p.m., Civilian-Clothing.com.)

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Is your regular Thursday haunt feeling too clean for your taste? Local rocker Franky Perez comes to your rescue with his new project, The Dirty, during a launch party at Fizz. The band promises soulful renditions of pop tunes from Motown to Timberlake. (In Caesars Palace, 10 p.m., WeAreTheDirty.com.)

FRIDAY 21 In November, 21-year-old DJ/ producer Porter Robinson inked a deal with Astralwerks Records. Earlier this month, he posted a 10-hour looped video to his website with the sole purpose of announcing the title of his debut album, Worlds. Give the kid props for creative thinking when

he takes control of Marquee. (In the Cosmopolitan, 10 p.m., MarqueeLasVegas.com.)

SATURDAY 22 Rumors are swirling that Ronda Rousey might retire if she loses the UFC 170 match tonight against Sara McMann. The star fghter and former Olympian is already cast for a major role in the upcoming Entourage flm, plus appearances in the next Expendables and Fast and the Furious. You oughta tune in before she goes full-on Hollywood on us. We suggest you do so at Posh, where admission to the viewing party includes two complimentary drinks, pizza and raffe tickets. (3525 W. Russell Rd., 6 p.m., CrazyHorse3. com.) You may have heard John Dadzie—better known as

dubstep pioneer 12th Planet— flling Body English with underground sound last year. Now he’s bringing his North American Smog City Tour to a non-nightclub venue—Hard Rock Live—so the 18 and over crowd can be exposed to his wonky beats. (3771 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 9 p.m., HardRock. com.) In early February, After organizer Thom Svast caused a minor Internet earthquake with his list of DJ rules that banned, among other things, “anything with a Lil John or TPain drop in it” and the music of Strip staples such as Calvin Harris and David Guetta. The rules made national headlines, and garnered the attention of major names that now want in on the afterhours action. In the frst of many more guests to come, Canadian techno legend Max Graham joins residents

Thank Hyde for giving you a good reason to party postweekend and pre-hump day. Tonight marks the two-year anniversary of the Lost

Angels industry night with sounds by DJ Konfikt and sponsored cocktails from Absolut vodka. Cheers! (In Bellagio, 10:30 p.m., Bellagio.com.)

WEDNESDAY 26 Artisan is also celebrating, honoring one year of Latin favor during Cuban Night Wednesdays. Dress in circus-themed attire for the occasion; you’ll be in good company with models from the Exclusive Customs calendar. (1501 W. Sahara Ave., 10 p.m., ArtisanHotel.com/ Nightlife.) Dutch DJ/ producer Don Diablo makes his frst residency appearance at Light. He has already made waves, though: His song “Starlight,” a collaboration with Matt Nash, was named among Billboard’s Top 50 Game-Changing EDM Tracks of 2013. Make sure to add it to your “Getting Ready to Go Out” playlist. We know you have one. (In Mandalay Bay, 10:30 p.m., TheLightVegas.com.)

Don Diablo.

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Franky Perez (center) will debut the Dirty at Fizz.

On Feb. 13, DJ Five won Spearmint Rhino’s frst Valentine’s Day poker tournament. After doing so, he tweeted “lap dances on me next week!!” but you can ask him if the offer is still valid when he spins at XS tonight. (In Encore, 10:30 p.m., XSLasVegas.com.)

Sunday Riots.

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Josie Martin and Ethan Davis are Candyland.

A Visit to the Sweet Shop Coed duo Candyland nabs a Las Vegas residency By Deanna Rilling

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and Ethan Davis—might look like an unlikely pair, but the two musicians have found harmony and a niche in the world of bass music. Spinnin and OWSLA Records have signed their tracks. They’ve won remix contests for tracks by Skrillex and Bingo Players, and they run their own label, Sweet Shop Records. And now they’ve nabbed a residency at Marquee, spinning next on February 24. Martin tells us what she really thinks of a certain children’s board game and of female DJs who don’t put the music frst. Do you two have distinct roles in the booth? Pretty much, Ethan is more of a hype guy; I do most of the DJing, and Ethan is on the mic and hopping around and stuff. When we do live shows, Ethan drums.

How about in the studio? Ethan is the engineer, so he does more of the handson stuff and I do more of the critiquing. In general, I’m more of the DJ, and he’s more of the producer. What were your individual music backgrounds before teaming up? We both play drums, guitar and piano. We were in a band before, a ska band. I got into DJing and my frst gig was his birthday, and that’s where we met and just started playing for fun. A hobby turned into a profession. It sounds like Knife Party might have been a big infuence on your music? Yeah, Knife Party, Skrillex—all the heavier-sounding producers infuence us. There seems to be a humorous aspect to Candyland,

too, from your comical press shots to track titles such as “It’s a Shark.” Is that intentional? Yeah, we’re always being weird—we’re a pretty weird group. What brought Ethan and I together in the first place is, we’re always being weird together. Whenever we try to do something serious, it always ends up kinda ridiculous. It’s not something we try to do, it just happens that way. How does that translate into a more enjoyable experience for the crowd during your live shows? We just have fun. When we’re together playing up there, we have a good time. We’ve been closing our sets with “Shout” [by the Isley Brothers]. It’s really weird, but it’s become a tradition of ours. When I was growing up, I always went to rock

shows where people gave a crazy performance. I couldn’t just be pushing buttons—it wouldn’t be enough for me, and I won’t give that to someone else. What separates your tracks from a lot of other electronic music out right now? It’s really melodic in a way that’s not like most bass music. Usually, you listen to a dubstep song and it has that little melodic breakdown, just superintense after the drop ... everything is very similar these days. We’re the perfect mix of melodic and bass music. Since DJing is such a maledriven industry, have you run into any particular challenges? Honestly, no. But a female DJ who’s going to dress up like Paris Hilton is a fucking joke. And to try to prove themselves as a DJ? That’s only hurting

female DJs. Have you heard of the Jane Doze? They’re female DJs who are killing it. People respect female DJs who just get up there and do the damn thing and don’t dress up like a fucking princess. Don’t make it look like an act. Do it because you love it. What were your favorite characters in the Candyland board game? I hate that board game so much. It’s the worst. It’s just luck, that’s all it is. It’s so frustrating. Nobody should ever play Candyland. It’s a terrible game. What should they play instead? They should play Clue. You’re working toward something. In Candyland you’re just fipping that damn card, and who knows where you’re going to go. In Clue, you have to be a little bit smart to win.

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CANDYLAND—A.K.A. JOSIE MARTIN

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Feb. 20 DJ Five spins Feb. 21 Sakebomb Fridays Feb. 22 Eric D-Lux spins

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Feb. 21 Wolfgang Gartner spins Feb. 22 Zedd spins Feb. 23 Heroes & Villians spin

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Feb. 20 Cocktails and Dreams competition Feb. 22 UFC 170 viewing party

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Ghostbar in the Palms

Gastro Fare. Nurtured Ales. Jukebox Gold.

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“I’m passionate about barbecue, [and] I want to live my life cooking the shit I love to cook.”

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Dishing With Grace, Scene Stirs and BLVD. Cocktail Co. comes to Linq

The Palms’ popular steakhouse gets a tasteful, tasty makeover By Al Mancini

still modern and sexy, with a bar just slightly raised to overlook the main dining room and a private dining room in the back. Sure, there are some new draperies and other nice touches, but they’re generally overshadowed by the one big change to the room: the Center Table. Located in the center of the dining room, the large table sits under an ornate midcentury mod chandelier and is enclosed in a canopy of drapes. In a restaurant that’s always taken pride in its VIP guests, it’s presumably a way to simultaneously draw attention to their presence, yet shield them from prying eyes. I’ve never been a fan of celebrity-flled restaurants and the stalkers they attract. (The fact that N9NE isn’t mentioned in the gossip

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Dressed to the N9NEs

WALKING INTO N9NE STEAKHOUSE for the frst time since its recent remodel and menu re-write, I was a bit nervous. A little more than three years ago, I publicly vetoed its inclusion in the frst edition of my restaurant guidebook, over the strenuous objection of my colleague, co-author and Vegas Seven food critic Max Jacobson. That veto, which lasted three editions, angered a lot of local foodies, and a few N9NE employees. I wasn’t sure how welcome I’d be, but since I’m flling in for Jacobson, I knew I owed the revamped restaurant a fresh look. The frst thing you notice about the new N9NE is that, while it’s clearly been spruced up, the overall vibe isn’t much different. It’s

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The massive lobster thermidor is mind-blowing.

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pages quite as much as it once was makes me like it better.) So I couldn’t care less about who was sitting at the Center Table during my recent visits. But I was thankful the curtains at least slightly turned down the volume in what’s always been a very loud room. The bar menu offers small snacks that range from whimsical creations including Philly cheesesteak egg rolls to traditional dishes such as oysters Rockefeller. The a la carte menu is just as diverse, with typical steakhouse fare alongside unexpected options—for example, lobster pot stickers and sashimi. For me, the most signifcant change to the menu actually took place more than a year ago, when longtime chef Barry Dakake added dry-aged beef. It’s admittedly an acquired taste, but one I’ve always felt should be an option in any serious steakhouse. The chef has apparently come around to my way of thinking, and taken it to the extreme by offering both a 35-day rib eye and a New York sirloin that’s been dryaged for 50 days. (Standard dry aging is 21–28 days.)

Over the course of two visits, my guests and I have eaten our way through a large portion of the menu, and have been impressed with almost everything. Both the sirloin and a wet-aged rib cap were perfectly prepared and so favorful there was no need for any of the house-made sauces—although I recommend ordering the creamy horseradish just to sample it. The newly added butternut squash ravioli is sweet and delicious. The textural contrast on the Cajun-dusted salmon served over sweet potato hash and topped with bacon is sublime, although I thought the saltiness of the topping came close to overpowering the fsh (my guest disagreed). And the massive lobster thermidor—another new dish that starts with a sautéed three-pound lobster and blends its sweet meat with Gruyère cheese sauce and toasted breadcrumbs—is mind-blowing. The only thing I wouldn’t order again are the cheesesteak egg rolls, which were too greasy for my taste. I’m glad I returned to N9NE,

and want to thank Dakake and his staff for making me feel welcome. If anyone was scared away by my book, I encourage them to check out N9NE today, with one caveat: The majority of dishes— from the linguini in a creamy tomato sauce to sides such as broccoli and caulifower doused in white cheddar—are incredibly rich. So unless you’re looking to clog as many arteries as possible, order carefully.

N9NE STEAKHOUSE In the Palms, 933-9900. Open for dinner 5:30–10 p.m. Sun–Thu, 5:30–11 p.m. Fri-Sat. Dinner for two, $150-$300. AL’S MENU PICKS: Butternut

squash ravioli ($16), 18-ounce prime bone-in New York sirloin ($72), creamy horseradish steak sauce ($3), lobster thermidor ($89). ON THE CHEAP: Three-course

prix-fxe menu ($59 from 5–7 p.m.)

Avid restaurant goers are patiently awaiting the return of Three Square’s Las Vegas Restaurant Week, March 7-14 (HelpDineoutLV.org), when eateries around the Strip and Valley indulge our Champagne tastes on a beer budget with reasonably priced prix-fixe menus, all to help hungry families in Southern Nevada. I look at Restaurant Week as an opportunity to eat at spots I might not normally get a chance to visit, including at the far-flung Aliante Casino, where MRKT Sea & Land (692-7777, AlianteGaming. com) will offer three courses of a seafood Luis salad, Kona-crusted New York strip steak and fresh berry crème Brûlée for $50.14, with $5 of each dinner sold going to Three Square. I also want to go to restaurants that I wish I could get to more often, such as Andre’s in Monte Carlo (798-7151, AndreLV.com), where I can tuck into a three-course, Michelin star-quality meal for the bargain price of $50.14. Andre’s menu invites you to nosh on salad Niçoise or chilled heirloom tomato soup for a first course, then pulls out all the stops on the second course: Choose from chicken and spinach-stuffed crepes, beef short ribs with potatoes Parisien, Cajun-crusted salmon with spring pea spätzle, or even the vegetarian option of roasted carrot risotto. For the most part, I see these menus as a jumping off point, and occasionally add other dishes a la carte to round out my experience. But remember: As with any other high-volume dining holiday, reservations are necessary for Restaurant Week. The rest of the year, I want to hit up where all the cool kids are eating. The Blind Pig Provisions & Lounge (in Panorama Towers, 430-4444) is trotting out our love of all things pig- and cocktail-related in a spot convenient not only for the residents of Panorama Towers, but for anyone on the west side of Interstate 15. The casual, counter-order restaurant by Block 16 Hospitality features pizzas, seasonal bites, smoothies, coffee, grab-and-go items and hand-crafted cocktails and beers—you know, all those things we’re looking for in a neighborhood eatery. This one just happens to be in a skyscraper. Speaking of neighborhood eateries, on the Summerlin side of town, Echo & Rig (in Tivoli Village, 489-3525, EchoandRig.com) makes happy hour the “happiest hours,” offering specials from 3-6 p.m. daily, then again from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Monday through Saturday. So no matter when your own shift ends, you can belly up to the charcuterie bar for $1 butcher-fresh hot dogs, $2 steak and eggs and $2 shrimp cocktails. Or if you’re feeling especially thirsty, grab a seat at the cocktail bar for $10 pitchers or a free cocktail of the day for ladies, while “Singles Turn Into Doubles” for men. Finally, an equal-opportunity happy hour! Grace Bascos eats, sleeps, raves and repeats. Read more from Grace at VegasSeven.com/ DishingWithGrace, as well as on her dining-andmusic blog, FoodPlusTechno.com.

PHOTO BY JON ESTRADA

February 20–26, 2014

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The Center Table is the biggest change to the N9NE dining room.

Former Border Grill chef hits the road with a food truck and a dream By Al Mancini

PHOTOS BY ANTHONY MAIR

➧ DON’T TELL MIKE MINOR the food-

truck fad is over. As far as he’s concerned, it’s just in a state of transition—and he’s the guy to take it to the next level. Minor is putting his career and his money where his mouth is, stepping away from a 10year stint as executive chef of a top Strip restaurant to open a rockabilly/tattoo-themed food truck that combines his

two passions: barbecue and Mexican cooking. And those who think he’s crazy need only look to the name of his soon-to-launch truck, TruckU, to see how little he cares about your opinion. When it comes to making Mexican food, Minor is indisputably one of Las Vegas’ best. As executive chef at Border Grill, he’s been charged with

interpreting the visions of celebrity chef owners Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken. He’s traveled throughout Mexico with them and on his own, developing an appreciation for the many styles of that nation’s chefs. And he’s used what he’s learned to make Border Grill’s menu his own, introducing its famed brunch and countless regular

menu items. But at the age of 40, he feels he’s gone as far as he can for his bosses. “I’ve done everything I wanted to for these guys. And now it’s time to take care of myself,” he explains. “I want everybody to see what I’m doing without being under their umbrella.” Moreover, he wants to move beyond Mexican cuisine. “I’m passionate about

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Minor’s Major Move

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Chef Mike Minor breaks from the border to launch his own food truck.

barbecue,” Minor says, “[and] I want to live my life cooking the shit I love to cook.” The chef taught himself the art of barbecue in his own backyard. “I bought a smoker about 15 years ago. It sat in my backyard for about two or three years, and I only grilled on it,” he recalls of his early experience. But as a serious chef, he wasn’t content to leave it at that. “I started smoking,” he says. “And then I started developing my barbecue. I’ve got a certain way of setting the meat on the grill. I’ve got a certain temperature that I’m cooking on. I’m using a certain kind of wood. And I’m cooking it for an exact amount of hours at an exact temperature.” It’s a style he says is closest to Kansas City’s: slowsmoked, dry-rubbed and fnished with a sauce. But he’s also made it his own, infusing it with the Mexican infuences he knows so well, as he does with his sticky molasseshabanero sauce. For Truck-U, Minor will add a few more Mexican infuences, serving his barbecued meats in tacos, tortas and burritos. His recipes include eight different chili peppers from various regions of Mexico. Menu highlights include a pork-butt torta with anchohoney barbecue aioli, serrano barbecue steak tacos, short-rib enchiladas with ancho-chocolate mole and Oaxacan cheese, and a chipotle fried chicken and cheese grits burrito. They’ll be served from a truck decorated by tattoo artist Dirk Vermin and HGTV star Luca Paganico, as rockabilly blasts from the sound system. By leaving the casino world, the chef is also hoping to better connect to the growing local food scene. “I grew up here,” he says of Las Vegas. “I’ve been here for over 30 years. And I want to be more a part of the community. When people say Vegas and the food scene, I want them to think of me and how I’m helping develop that.” His former bosses couldn’t be more encouraging of his new effort. “After working with Mike for nearly 10 years, we know he is a powerhouse of spectacular favors and creative ideas,” Milliken says. “His truck is going to be amazing, and we can’t wait to taste all his new creations.” They won’t have to wait long: Minor is hoping to get the truck (@truckbarbeque) out on the streets by early March.

DRINKING

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WAYFARER BAR, 365 TOKYO AND THE ROOF: DRINKING AROUND DOWNTOWN’S INSPIRE

Coming Soon: BLVD. Cocktail Co. A KIND SOUL RECENTLY SENT me a Boulevardier at a bar. Cousin and precursor to the Negroni (but with rye or bourbon instead of gin, plus Campari and sweet vermouth), it reminded me how delightful and comforting a simple drink could be. You should be able to get a Boulevardier just about anywhere on the Strip. But perhaps the best new space to enjoy a Boulevardier on the Boulevard will be BLVD. Cocktail Co., opening the frst week of March in the Linq. The 2,400-square-foot cocktail bar and lounge from the owners of Commonwealth and Park on Fremont (also owners of Vegas Seven parent company WENDOH Media) will serve classically inspired cocktails from its 45-foot-long bar, and will offer tableside service to guests in oversize booths or on the 600-square-foot patio. The focal point, other than the cocktails, will be a Steinway & Sons baby grand piano, which has the technological capability for satellite performances. An LED “cloud” will showcase irreverent art as well as simulated thunderstorms, which are almost guaranteed not to over dilute your martini. BLVDCocktail.com.

Be it for cocktails or coffee, I have a few new reasons to do my drinking Downtown these days, and there are plenty more coming. I recently toured Inspire Theater and News Café on the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont Street with co-owner Michael Cornthwaite of Future Restaurant Group. He’s partners with the Downtown Project in the multifaceted venture, and this is readily apparent by the ample places to have those serendipitous collisions of which Tony Hsieh is so fond (although hopefully not with a hot coffee in your hand). The former and long-dormant 7-Eleven nearly became a live-music venue called The Hive before falling victim to the recession and returning to its hibernation. At the corner, a throwback marquee reads “INSPIRE(D),” the D cheekily implied but left off as if both an invocation and a declaration of the concept’s intentions. Inside the door, a plywood panel slides back during the day to reveal a barista’s station. (That the panel is left unfinished could either be intentional or just by happenstance, as this project is still very much a work in progress.) Across the hall, Inspire Café sports 200-plus magazine subscriptions, with another 100 on the way, which you can flip through while a bookista prints, covers and binds a fresh copy of The Scarlet Letter for you on the Espresso Book Machine. Behind bleachers strewn with cushions, the 150-seat Inspire theater awaits its next booking. Upstairs is occupied by communal space, a glassed-in conference room and Hsieh’s private box, as well as a green room, catwalk and what Cornthwaite calls a bit of “future space,” a dusty, forgotten loft above Downtown Cocktail Room that is rumored to have at some time been Frank Sinatra’s dance studio. But it’s the bars that really interest me. Only one is open at present, but this too is a work in progress. Wayfarer Bar is an anteroom to Inspire Theater, with doors hidden behind heavy curtains when the theater is not in use. This darkly paneled drinking hole is a nod to a more glamorous time, with sconces throwing flattering amber light on a crowd sipping barrel-aged classic cocktails. On the second floor, accessed through a mirror in a walnut bookcase, 365 Tokyo is a members- and invitedguests-only speakeasy paying homage to Japanese-style bartending and all the rituals that comes with. When this space—a glass-enclosed balcony that seems to float above Fremont Street—opens in late March, Korean lead barman Seong Ha Lee will preside over a highly detailed beverage program (think hand-chipped ice, humble service and monastic concentration). As to the name, that refers to the maximum number of members that will have reservations access to the bar, as well as to certain other perks. Oh, and on the way up from Wayfarer Bar, depending on which stairwell you take, you might notice an elevator. This portal has a future not in moving bodies up and down but rather as an obscure new entrance into the already rather speakeasy-esque Downtown Cocktail Room—clever! Still another floor above the street, The Roof bar can hold 200 bodies, and with daybeds, lounge furnishings and a nicely shaded bartop is Downtown’s best new rooftop experience. A challenging architectural anomaly has been repurposed as a peek-a-boo backbar, showing off the building’s bones. “I figured the best thing we could do would be to give people a look into the building,” Cornthwaite says. He is simultaneously putting the finishing touches on 365 Tokyo, The Roof and Scullery, which is slated to open in three weeks in the ground floor of the Ogden—yet another new Downtown watering hole I simply cannot wait to wade into. Learn about all of Future Restaurant Group’s venues at FRGLV.com. – X.W.

PHOTO BY ZACK W

February 20–26, 2014

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This Downtown gym ofers an unlikely canvas to Vegas’ top street artists By Geoff Carter NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO, Real Results was tagged for the frst time. The urban gym, located on the western edge of the 18b Arts District, was vandalized not long after it opened its doors in April 2012. Other businesses might have painted the walls back to neutral, installed security cameras. But the Real Results crew—

Curiously, the different styles complement each other, and they share a common theme: Every vibrant color and jagged line mirrors what’s happening inside the gym. The murals express optimistic struggle, constant motion and a love of the hip-hop beats that are almost constantly playing at the gym. In fact, the latest mural that Real Results commissioned pays direct homage to hiphop and the passion it inspires. Ras One’s depiction of hip-hop royalty, on the gym’s north wall, includes portraits of Rock Steady Crew’s Prince Ken Swift and Floor Rock, graffti writer Rammellzee and legendary DJ Afrika Bambaata. And while Ras seems a bit reluctant to talk about the work—“I’m not done yet; I’ve got one other caricature coming,” he says—he proudly points out the reverse acronym he got from “Results”: “Revolution Evolves Starting Under Life’s True Struggles.” It’s a sentiment that could have been expressed

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Branden Collinsworth and Paul Rosenberg— had an epiphany. “Branden and I both like graffti art,” Rosenberg says. “So, we thought, why not just cover the building? More than likely, it’s not going to get tagged if there’s good quality artwork on there.” That’s how a gym became a sort of a gallery, too. Today, every inch of Real Results’ outer walls—and, increasingly, its inner walls—are covered with evocative murals by a who’s who of local street artists, including Astro, Guma, King Ruckus, Saveme, SOA Crew and Ras One. Rosenberg says that the mixture of artists and styles was unintentional, at frst. “I don’t know why we used different artists. We could have used the same one, but you know those guys are busy,” Rosenberg says. “But opportunities and relationships develop, and we just took advantage of that. Now, I like that we have different artists, as opposed to using one for the whole building. I like the different styles.”

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King Ruckus (inset) is one of several top street artists whose work adorns Real Results’ walls.

mill,” Ruckus says. He replaced it with a dynamic portrait of Ali in mid-boast, painted in oranges and reds so hot that they appear to be melting before your eyes. “WE GONE SHAKE UP THE WORLD,” the mural declares. All told, the walls of Real Results are

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Women artists get the spotlight at the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art

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“Male-dominated” may not be the trait of a Young Woman,” an oil first thing one thinks of when it painting from 1797 that displays comes to the world of fine art. the French artist’s natural, yet But from the giants of the Renaisidealized, approach to portraiture. sance—Michelangelo, Raphael, da Vigée-Le Brun—whose patrons Vinci—to modern masters such included Marie Antoinette—set the as Picasso, Pollock and Rothko, example for female painters to folprominent female artists don’t imlow, and consequently served as mediately spring to a starting point for mind, even today. All Bellagio Gallery of of which makes the Fine Art executive PAINTING WOMEN Bellagio Gallery of director Tarissa Fine Art’s new exTiberti’s arrangeBellagio Gallery of hibit, Painting Womment of the exhibit. Fine Art, en, both important “I like the 10 a.m.-7 p.m. daily and relevant. Featurtheme—the idea through Oct. 26, ing 34 paintings from of women artists $13 for Nevada the Museum of Fine and their achieveresidents, 693-7871, Arts, Boston, the ments through the Bellagio.com/BGFA. expansive exhibition centuries,” Tiberti is dedicated both to says. “It wasn’t just women who painted women being and the men with whom they colpainted. They were getting on the laborated. other side of the canvas.” The introductory piece of the With works on display from show is, appropriately, Louise nearly every era since the late Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun’s “Por18th century, Painting Women

explores an impressive breadth of styles and subjects from both American and European artists, including abstract works by Maud Morgan and Doris Lee, landscapes by Georgia O’Keeffe and Gertrude Fiske, and still-lifes from Gretchen Woodman Rogers and Berthe Morisot. “I wanted to make sure you got as wide a range as possible,” Tiberti says. Perhaps the most significant time period represented by the show is the late 1800s, when art academies and salons opened their doors to women for the first time, allowing these artists to pursue painting as a serious vocation. Still, the works on display in Painting Women tell a dual tale: that of women whose talents were nurtured—oftentimes in creative partnerships, such as Philip and Lilian Hale—and careers flourished, and that of others who struggled to be taken seriously and ultimately gave up on art. “Women didn’t have any profession at the time,” says Katie Getchell, deputy director for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. “Societal expectations didn’t allow for them to have their own pursuits. These artists were brave and courageous.” It’s a shame, because as dem-

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Mary Cassatt’s “Mrs. Duffee Seated on a Striped Sofa Reading.”

onstrated by the pieces on display in Painting Women, not only is the quality and diversity of the art impressive, but as Getchell notes, “looking at them, you wouldn’t know they were painted by women.” Indeed, from the almost unnaturally vibrant portraiture of Adèle Romany to the Cubist-inspired, mixed-media work of Fannie

Hillsmith, there is nothing notably feminine, demure or inferior about these paintings. Rather, they are exemplary representations of their respective styles and periods. “We hope people will gain a better understanding that women have been doing art for a long time,” Tiberti says. “They are a big contribution to the art world.” - Pj Perez

REAL RESULTS PHOTOS BY GEOFF CARTER; RUCKUS PHOTO BY ANTHONY MAIR

by Muhammad Ali, whose portrait—created by King Ruckus—is just around the corner from Ras One’s mural, on the gym’s western face. It’s one of Real Results’ frst murals: Rosenberg and Ruckus, both boxing fans, agreed that the gym needed the spirit of The Greatest. “Before this mural, I had a realism of Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali up there, but it was run-of-the-

about action, straight up. They make you want to do something. It’s nearly impossible to look at these murals without at least entertaining the idea of dropping what you’re doing and jumping some rope and lifting some weights. It’s a brilliant commercial strategy, but that’s not why Real Results asked street artists to paint its walls. Says Rosenberg, grinning: “We just like the art,”

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By Camille Cannon THE JACKSONS LIVE Feb. 20 begins the Jacksons’ 40-date Rocktellz and Cocktails residency in the Planet Hollywood’s PH Showroom. Go because you want to witness pop-music royalty, and because you’ve been meaning to scope out the VH1 Storytellers-esque series, but Meat Loaf—a resident on alternate nights—just isn’t your thing. RockTellz.com.

February 20–26, 2014

HOLBROOK STILL HOLDS IT DOWN Hal Holbrook, 89, has been performing his one-man Mark Twain Tonight! for more than five decades. He keeps it fresh by whipping out unique material at each show from an arsenal of the legendary author’s monologues. Holbrook visits UNLV’s Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall on Feb. 22. PAC.UNLV.edu.

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OFF-STRIP PRODUCTION It’s not often we get to see Strip performers out of character. On Feb. 24 at Vinyl at the Hard Rock Hotel, Graham Fenton of Jersey Boys, Martin Kaye of Million Dollar Quartet and Justin Mortelliti of Rock of Ages team up for Broadway Rocks Vegas, a collaborative concert introducing their individual talents. HardRockHotel.com. SO VOCAL The a capella fad doesn’t seem to be fading. Exhibit A: Pentatonix, the Season 3 winners of NBC’s The Sing-Off who jazz up radio hits with a bubbly a capella twist on an international tour. They stop at House of Blues on Feb. 26. MandalayBay.com.

Queens of the Stone Age

The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel, Feb. 13

Touring behind their first album in six years, Queens founder and frontman Josh Homme has expanded on the band’s sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll template, revealing an emotional vulnerability not explored previously. Sure, QOTSA flexed plenty of melodic muscle for the near-capacity crowd, getting the chicks to pump their fists on burners such as “Little Sister,” and the dudes to shake their asses on new tracks “If I Had a Tail” and the funked-up, falsetto-delivered “Smooth Sailing.” But it was some of the slower tunes from … Like Clockwork, such as the album’s spacey title track—with its melancholy refrain of Because not everything that goes around comes back around you know—that gave the show a greater depth. The band went back to its stoner-rock roots after that, closing with their ode to excess “Feel Good Hit of the Summer” and “A Song for the Dead,” sending the crowd off on a definite buzz. ★★★★✩ – Sean DeFrank

Casablanca: Play It Again, Phil Beneath the screen, the Las Vegas Philharmonic spins a subtle spell By Greg Blake Miller You must remember this: Casablanca is blessed with some of the most crackling phrases in American cinema. A kiss is just a kiss, after all: Lots of movies have plenty of kissing, but only this one precedes it with the immortal words, “Here’s looking at you, kid.” A sigh is just a sigh, but in this film the sigh comes from a certain Ingrid Bergman, exasperated with asking Humphrey Bogart to stop whining about lost love and start considering the fate of the free world. When Ingrid

Bergman sighs, you want to hear her sigh. The fundamental things apply when it comes to staging a talkie such as Casablanca with a live orchestra, as the Las Vegas Philharmonic did on February 15 at The Smith Center. For instance, no matter how virtuoso your violinists, you don’t step on dialogue spoken by Bergman and Bogart. Fortunately, the Phil was up to the challenge and then some, allowing the film to breathe and to truly be a film, rather than a rear projection at a concert. It was supremely

judicious in the moments it chose to strike up the band— the famous Paris sequence was a perfect such opportunity—and also in its volume, which, during such scenes as Bogart and Bergman’s parting on that rain-soaked runway, was seamlessly subtle, informing the picture rather than overwhelming it. Only once, during the stirring barroom rendition of “La Marseillaise” did the Phil’s exuberance get

the better of it, whisking away Paul Henreid’s baritone on a storm of strings. As time goes by, we can only hope to see more of this sort of thing from the Phil. Turner Classic Movies is an American treasure, but nothing revives a great film like live accompaniment in an elegant space. Like moonlight and love songs, the spell cast by strings and screen never goes out of date.

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE PHOTO BY GLENN BROGAN; CASABL ANCA PHOTO BY LINDA EVANS

THE ACEMAN COMETH Who holds the Guinness World Record for Most Downloaded Podcast? That would be Adam Carolla, and he’s live taping his eponymous show with sidekick Alison Rosen and guest Jo Koy at Treasure Island Theatre on Feb. 21. The comedian will also debut his Brosé wine (a follow-up to his bottled cocktail, Mangria) during a pre-show signing at Gilley’s Saloon. TreasureIsland.com.

By Jarret Keene

GRINDCORE

POP-PUNK

Garth Brooks,

The Weirding Way,

Happy Campers, Dancing With

Now we know who to blame for the travesty that is Brooks, a tubby Phil Collins for wannabe cowboys. His Walmart-only CD/DVD box set includes performances from his Wynn stint. More than anyone, Brooks pushed country music in a puerile pop direction. Hearing him cover rockabilly (“Great Balls of Fire”), soul (“Shout”), soft rock (“Doctor My Eyes”) and hard rock (“Bad Company”) is insulting. If you’re a Brooks fan, please do the gene pool a favor by killing yourself. ★✩✩✩✩

Since arriving in town 13 years ago, I’ve searched in vain for a copy of the debut demo EP by these homegrown, Duneworshipping, sonic terrorists. Thanks to PunksInVegas.com, I’m in grindcore heaven now, cranking mp3s such as “Cryogenic Awakening” with the muted David Lynch film playing on my TV. Meanwhile, “Cleansed,” from 2005’s Panspermia, has a definite cleansing effect—like dipping my eardrums into a bath of atomic fire. The Weirding Way remains way ahead of its time. ★★★✩✩

Ignore the misleading album cover—this is no Satan-genuflecting headbanger’s ball. Instead, Demons, the Campers’ first disc in six years, deals 13 tracks of fiercely melodic punk, with crisp-to-a-fault, Fat Wreck Chords-defining production by Ryan Greene (Lagwagon, NOFX). Now a quartet, the band sounds more sophisticated, thanks to more than a few shredding fretboard runs by new lead guitarist Bill Simons. But it’s frontman Isaac Irvine’s songwriting that really shines. “Bleeding Me Dry,” for example, is better than any blood transfusion. ★★★✩✩

Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades of Infuences (Self-released)

The Bile of the Newborn Worms of Arrakis EP/Panspermia (PunksInVegas.com)

Demons (Self-released)

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INSPIRE GOES TO THE DOGS (AND PONIES) Inspire, recently opened at the corner of Fremont Street and Las Vegas Boulevard, is multiple venues in one: the three-level building encompasses a cocktail lounge, a newsstand café and a 150-seat theater, among other things. The venue has seen sporadic action—a lecture here, a magic show there—but if you really want to see this new theater put to its fullest use, you should check out Selene Luna’s Dog & Pony Show on February 21-22. To paraphrase Bill Hader, this wild variety showcase has everything: Selene Luna, a 3-foot-10-inch burlesque performer and comic; Prince Poppycock, an “operatic dandy” who’s a cross between Klaus Nomi and Lady Gaga; drag sensation Jackie Beat; singer Lindsey Alley; burlesque dancer Audrey DeLuxe; mentalist RJ Owens; and Team America: World Police puppeteer Scott Land. Tickets for this glittering, lunatic blowout are $20, and can be found at Facebook.com/InspireLV. – Geoff Carter

NOBODY DOESN’T LIKE AMOS LEE I honestly don’t know if Amos Lee is the male Norah Jones or if Norah Jones is the female Amos Lee, but one thing is certain—when Amos Lee opens his mouth and sings, you’re not thinking about anyone else. Lee’s best-known tunes (“Violin,” “Colors”) routinely pop up on television (Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Parenthood) where his folky soul sound doesn’t need to be loud to be heard. Amos Lee plays The Smith Center on February 25 ($29$48), and my guess is he’ll be keeping it loose, keeping it tight and making new fans the whole damn night. ON SALE NOW Hold onto your umlauts and roll out your black leather: Megadeth and Motörhead take over the Pearl on April 17 ($45-$95). Both bands released new albums last year (Aftershock from Lemmy Kilmister and Motörhead, Super Collider from Dave Mustaine and Megadeth), and despite being plagued by health issues that led to the cancellation of Motörhead’s recent European tour, let’s hope Kilmister is up for the twin challenges of Coachella and Las Vegas.

February 20–26, 2014

COUNTRY-POP

BRIGHT LIGHTS Could Parade of Lights shine any harder right now? Their song “Golden” has been featured prominently in NBC’s Sochi Olympic coverage (no doubt scoring the band countless new fans), they have a forthcoming EP due out on Astralwerks (featuring “We’re the Kids,” the song that led to their major-label contract, “Golden,” and more) and their stirring, synth-pop anthems are more likely to incite full-on foot-stomping than shoe-gazing. Parade of Lights plays Vinyl on February 20 ($12) and even though the promotional materials refer to the band as “L.A.-based,” drummer Anthony Improgo still calls Las Vegas home. How ’bout we score their success a local victory?

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Wave of Adulation Why is Pixies founding drummer David Lovering surprised by his band’s enduring popularity?

FISTFUL OF HEAVY METAL

February 20–26, 2014

By Kurt Rice

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BY THE TIME the Pixies offcially fell apart in 1993, the post-punk altrockers had produced fve albums and zero hits. But their barely controlled cacophony and mangled, baroque lyrics had attracted a slavishly devoted following—including past and future greats David Bowie and Kurt Cobain. As a result, Pixies DNA is scraped all over the music of the late 20th century. Pixies founding drummer David Lovering—a modest and congenial 52-year-old who holds a degree in electrical engineering—didn’t foresee his band’s longevity. Figuring his touring days over, the former engineer turned his love of science rooms or out at bars, and magic into a stage and that involves a deck PIXIES act he calls “scientifc of cards, some rubber phenomenalism.” Now with Best Coast bands, coins, money. on tour with the frst new The Joint at Pixies music in 20 years, Hard Rock You often cite Steely Lovering has returned Hotel, Dan and Rush as to the triumphs and 8 p.m. Feb. 23, infuences, yet the tribulations of rock ’n’ roll. $37 and up, Pixies’ aesthetic is 693-5222, the antithesis of When you graduated HardRockHothose acts. college, what future did tel.com. All the infuences I you have in mind? had were growing up. I was working for a comI remember [the early pany in Massachusetts building inPixies’] demo tapes we did back in dustrial lasers. I didn’t really think 1985, and I was very different, very about any other jobs because I was much like Rush. It took me six to already happy with that one, until I 10 months of playing with the Pixswitched over to the Pixies. ies [to] realize that this kind of stuff doesn’t go with their style. It was Do you see “scientifc phenomdefnitely very busy with a lot of flls, enalism” as a Bill Nye thing? just not apropos with the Pixies. The My vision of it was to do physics only thing I can say is the infuence experiments onstage. As the show it’s had on me; it’s everything that went on, I would incorporate magI learned in my formative years. ic, but not let the audience know Nothing in music now does anything that it’s magic. I’m just trying to for me. I think I’m just too old. present it as wilder and wilder science experiments. You said that you reunited because you simply wanted to play. And You also do sleight of hand. in 2010 you said, “The Pixies had I don’t do that onstage because I to be the four of us, and that’s it.” have to keep up with the scientifc How does Kim Deal’s departure message. I don’t want to bring in a modify that earlier statement? deck of cards or anything that looks The Pixies were defnitely with like a magic prop. … on tour. I’ll do Kim; each of us in our hearts were close-up magic backstage, in dressing the Pixies. When Kim left in the

Pixies 2.0: Santiago, Black Francis and Lovering.

middle of recording, it threw us in a lurch, and we didn’t know what to do. We didn’t know if we were going to break up the Pixies or what, but we were halfway through the recording, so we forged ahead. [Guitarist] Joe [Santiago] and I picked up double duty on the vocals to cover the missing Kim vocals. Yeah, I guess I have to modify the last statement: We’re Pixies, version 2.0. In 1987, did you imagine the Pixies would have staying power? When I frst went to the audition, I remember sitting in Kim’s house with Joe and Charles [a.k.a. Black Francis] and they were just playing acoustics songs. At frst, coming from a Rush and a Steely Dan background, I didn’t get it. But then I went through the whole process and began to live and breathe them. I wouldn’t have known that they would live on, but now it’s 2014 and people are telling me that the songs really stand up. I think it’s pretty incredible. Have you ever played the Rock Band video game drum set to “Wave of Mutilation?” I actually have, once. I failed miserably. What does Lovering think of Spotify and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame buzz? Visit VegasSeven.com/Pixies to find out.

It’s a headbanger’s ball this week with three highly anticipated underground-metal shows coming to Las Vegas. To my utter dismay, two of these shows fall on February 21. Here’s how I plan on catching both headliners. First, at 10 p.m., Dio’s Disciples—comprising former bandmates of the late Ronnie James Dio—will descend upon Count’s Vamp’d. Performing only Dio songs, this tribute lineup includes guitarist Craig Goldy (who played on Dio’s classic Dream Evil record); ex-AC/DC drummer Simon Wright; Warrant keyboardist Scott Warren; Quiet Riot bassist Bjorn Englen; plus two singers, Oni Logan (Lynch Mob) and Mark Boals (Yngwie Malmsteen). California metal act Night Demon opens. Since that show only has two bands on the bill, I figure I can still catch the headliner, Swedish melodic death metal group Dark Tranquility, at LVCS. Arguably the longestrunning group to emerge from the punk-influenced Gothenburg scene of the early ’90s, Dark Tranquility is touring the U.S. in support of last summer’s album—its most diversesounding to date—Construct. The song “Uniformity,” for instance, shifts from crushing riffs and serrated vocals to anthemic chords and tuneful singing. If you dig thinking man’s metal, Dark Tranquility will tantalize you. And since this 8 p.m. show has five bands (including Finnish metal group Omnium Gatherum, SoCal prog-thrashers Exmortus, as well as local acts Sicocis and Pillars of Creation), I feel confident I can make it in time to see the angstridden Swedes take the stage later. Then, at 8:30 p.m. February 26 at Cheyenne Saloon, the mighty Virginia-born doom-metal band Pentagram performs sonic ritual abuse. Pentagram has been punishing eardrums since the early ’70s, but vocalist Bobby Liebling was most recently featured in the documentary Last Days Here, which chronicles the singer’s triumphant rise from the ashes of substance abuse. Your Vegas band releasing a CD soon? Email Jarret_Keene@Yahoo.com.

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Trying to fathom the strange magic of returning Mamma Mia Waterloo, couldn’t escape if I wanted to … Waterloo, something, something, hmmm, hmmm, da-da-da … With that, I’m back in a dilapidated blue Toyota, circa 1974, turning up the AM radio, humming/singing/ screeching along—with windows closed and never, ever with a passenger. Tell anyone and I’ll deny it. Judging by the exaggerated, anti-ABBA sneering of my high-school pals back then, they’d say the same now. Like me, they were probably dragged to Mamma Mia by an unashamed fan, fake-kvetching until they were caught humming/singing/ screeching. We all cop to a guilty pleasure or two. How guilty can it be, though, when millions share the same guilt? Time to cave: I like Mamma Mia. I like ABBA’s music (well, a lot of it), and not just because as a teen, I drooled over dancing queens who were young and sweet, only 17. (It’s creepy to say that now.) And it’s why I’ll happily go again when Mamma pulls a Vegas rarity and returns in May at the Tropicana, fve and a half years after ending a six-year run at Mandalay Bay. Few shows are such a snug-as-abug-in-a-rug ft for this city. “Guilty Pleasure” is the middle name(s) of this town, where people indulge impulses they’d never consider back home (or at least not discuss in detail). How much ya wanna bet there are visitors who’d see it here who’d never be caught at a tour version in their hometown? However, given that it’s been a global hit since debuting in London in 1999, its appeal stretches way beyond those grappling with bubblegum-

pop guilt. Maybe it’s that Mamma Mia conveys a sense of joy that is blissfully unironic, a blessed relief from a world so depressingly awash in snark and cynicism that sincerity reads as The New Hip. Maybe it’s because the sight of middle-aged people jiggling in rainbow spandex lets us revel in silliness that’s now overt, rather than pretending there ever was a coolness factor to ABBA. Kitschy and catchy, yes. Cool, no. Maybe it’s that even with its sitcomsimple story—young bride-to-be wonders which of her mom’s three ex-paramours is Daddy—at least it’s a jukebox musical with a story that somehow holds up. By defnition, they’re written assbackward from traditional musicals— and it usually shows. Creating rich characters and interesting plots is nearly impossible when they must be tethered to tunes never designed to tell a continuous narrative. (Jersey Boys is a quality exception, but with the advantage of being biographical, its songs naturally in context to the Four Seasons’ career.) Maybe—because it’s not some froufrou piece of “theater” but a lark born of pop-culture frivolity—it’s a musical even haters of musicals can love and still claim to hate them, their purity more or less intact. Whether you’re guilt-laden or guilt-free, Mamma Mia is a tuneful trip back to the days of that rusted clunker I drove in 1974. With its return, maybe I’ll even play the soundtrack—with the windows open. Got an entertainment tip? Email Steve.Bornfeld@VegasSeven.com.

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BULLETS, BRAWN … AND BRAINS? This exciting and intelligent RoboCop remake is actually good By Michael Phillips Tribune Media Services

INTRIGUINGLY AMBIGUOUS in its rooting interests, the RoboCop remake doesn’t really believe its own poster. The tagline “Crime has a new enemy” suggests little more than point and shoot—the same old cyborg song and dance. While nobody’d be dumb enough to reboot the original 1987 kill-’em-up franchise by holding back on the scenes of slaughter in favor of sly political satire about arm-twisting Fox News jingoism or American business ethics, Brazilian-born director Jose Padilha manages to do all that and still deliver the product. That frst, excitingly sadistic RoboCop, directed by Paul Verhoeven, paved the way for one of the ugliest-spirited sequels ever, and a third, forgettable outing. Now, working from a script by Joshua Zetumer based on the Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner ur-text, we have a movie taking place in the ever-popular near future, 14 years hence. We’re back in Detroit. America’s the lone, squishy-liberal holdout among frst-world nations in the crimefghting revolution deploying deadly

First for-profit prisons and now this: corporate justice machines (Joel Kinnaman).

peacekeeping robots and robotics. The airwaves are ruled by a Bill O’Reillytype show, The Novak Element, in which a paranoid visionary (Samuel L. Jackson in fantastic, “distinguished” anchorman hair) shills for the OmniCorp company, the money behind the armed robots. The company president (Michael Keaton) realizes the American public won’t support robot police offcers, unless they can package them as human-ish. Joel Kinnaman of The Killing plays Alex Murphy, the Detroit police detective critically injured by a car bomb and reconfgured, by Gary Oldman’s kindly OmniCorp researcher, into the franchise title at hand. There’s a lot to enjoy here, though the brutality is very rough for a PG-13 rating. (The screening included an awful lot of clueless parents accompanied

by an awful lot of preteens.) RoboCop becomes a pawn in the corporate game, as he was in the original flm, but here the machinations and talk of focus groups and marketing strategies is more pronounced and pretty sharp. Most audiences will be content with the gamer-friendly set pieces, in which a fatality count snuggles itself into the upper-right corner of the screen. Jackie Earle Haley plays the robot trainer/programmer, and he’s one of several ace supporting players lifting RoboCop above the routine. The female roles aren’t much, but they’re not insulting, and they’re handled with steely panache by Abbie Cornish (grieving, confused wife, since her husband’s not technically dead); Marianne Jean-Baptiste (no-nonsense police

February 20–26, 2014

SHORT REVIEWS

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About Last Night (R) ★★★✩✩

About Last Night, which is about hookups and relationships and the photogenic allure of the revitalized downtown Los Angeles, comes with a strange pedigree. Danny and Bernie are best pals played by Michael Ealy and Kevin Hart. About Last Night has one problem, a substantial one, it cannot shake: We have been here before. Ealy and Joy Bryant as Debbie are smooth operators, easy to like. However uneven, the movie at least knows the cardinal rule: In a romcom, there’s no rom without the com. Hart and Hall give it their all.

Vampire Academy (PG-13) ★★✩✩✩

The young bloodsuckers of Vampire Academy belong to warring clans, with a royal family, “guardians” of those royals, silver daggers and varying degrees of sun sensitivity. It’s a self-aware horror/action comedy, first in a possible franchise based on Richelwle Mead’s books, that sits between Twilight, Harry Potter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sexy, PG-13 sassy, flip and funnier than it has a right to be, written by Daniel Waters (Heathers) and directed by his brother Mark (Mean Girls), this film still feels slapdash.

The Lego Movie (PG) ★★★★✩

Finally! A comedy that works. An animated film with a look—a kinetic aesthetic honoring its product line’s bright, bricklike origins—that isn’t like every other clinically rounded and bland digital 3-D effort. A movie that works for parents and their offspring. A movie that will work even if you don’t give a rip about Legos. The Lego Movie proves that you can soar directly into and then straight past product placement into a realm of the sublime, if you’re clever enough. This is the funniest film, period, in months.

chief); and the great Jennifer Ehle (icy business associate). The script includes some interesting ideas about the researchers struggling to get RoboCop’s medication doses at the right level, so he retains enough of his human side to be relatable to the public. This is at heart a pretty sad movie. Verhoeven wouldn’t be caught dead making you care about anything in his RoboCop; Padilha is after something different. He shoots in a familiar shaky-cam style that might be called “early NYPD Blue.” That I can do without. But unlike the recent, empty-headed Total Recall remake, for example, this movie comes at you with an idea or two, as well as every available gun blazing. RoboCop (PG-13) ★★★✩✩

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The Monuments Men (PG-13) ★★✩✩✩

A genial disappointment about the preciousness of art amid the destructive horrors of war, The Monuments Men is scored to a military march by composer Alexandre Desplat. The whole film, with its unfashionable techniques (slow fades and dissolves by the dozen) and uber-relaxed, old-school vibe, almost works. George Clooney plays a Harvard art historian based on George Stout, a World War I veteran returning to the fields and villages of battle of battle with a different objective this time.

MOVIES

At Middleton (R) ★★★✩✩

Labor Day (PG-13) ★★✩✩✩

That Awkward Moment (R) ★★✩✩✩

The Invisible Woman (R) ★★★✩✩

At Middleton is formulaic and contrived. It’s also worth seeing because Vera Farmiga and Andy Garcia know what they’re doing as they guide this appealingly simple brief encounter of a romance. Their characters, Edith and George, meet at fictional Middleton College, where they’ve come with their respective offspring for a tour. Both Edith and George are married, not miserably but not happily. A lot of it feels slightly pushy in the comedy. The film itself functions as a catchy, bittersweet waltz. You’ve heard it before, but the dancers are fun to watch.

We can buy a lot in fiction, on the page. The movies make romantic balderdash easier to swallow in some ways but tougher in others. Kate Winslet has such sound and reliable dramatic instincts (that Face doesn’t hurt, either) she very nearly makes something of Adele. Josh Brolin lets his mellow, insinuating voice do the heavy lifting as tight-lipped Frank, a hunky amalgam of Shane and a drifter out of a William Inge play. For all his skills, Jason Reitman hasn’t fully mastered the director’s most important tool: the BS detector.

More grating than peppy, this Manhattan-set romantic comedy proceeds as a series of awkward moments in search of a premise and a protagonist a little less stupid. Zac Efron bed-hops around as writer-director Tom Gormican’s narrator/hero. He’s a graphic designer whose life is one long hookup. This lady-killer, meant to be fetchingly blasé on the surface and a fine fellow underneath, comes off like such a pluperfect egotist, you find yourself rooting for everyone but him. That Awkward Moment sets such a low bar for Jason’s redemption it becomes a drag.

Claire Tomalin’s excellent study of Charles Dickens and his love affair with actress Nelly Ternan, outside the bounds of Dickens’ famously bustling home life (at least until it caused the end of his marriage), has now been adapted into an absorbing film, The Invisible Woman. Even if you don’t entirely buy this version of events, director Ralph Fiennes has given us a speculation that works as drama. It’s an elegant bit of goods. The film works mainly because of its actors and because Fiennes gives us a spirited, loving tribute to theatrics.

Gimme Shelter (PG-13) ★★✩✩✩

Ride Along (PG-13) ★★✩✩✩

It’s hard not to be affected by a story about a pregnant, homeless teenager such as the one at the heart of Gimme Shelter, which stars High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens. But some movies, full of good intentions and clichés undermining those intentions, make it very hard indeed. In this one, writer-director Ron Krauss deals a mixture of truth; characters based on actual people, composites and creative fabrications. But Gimme Shelter suffers from an acute case of the fakes. The speeches sound like speeches, and not good ones.

This is the ol’ odd-couple cops routine, rigged up to support the pairing of Ice Cube, in the role of a snarling Atlanta police detective on the trail of an arms dealer, and Kevin Hart, as the detective’s prospective brother-in-law, a high school security guard with aspirations to join the force. Hart’s Ben Barber must prove his worthiness to his future in-law and show he has what it takes to be a good cop. The rest of the movie is sexual molestation jokes, misjudged brutality and a general glorification of assault weapons. No surprises.

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What are the most common calls you answer? Depending on where you are in the city, the common calls change. In Summerlin, the common call would be falls, cardiac arrest, liftassists. Down here at Station 4 [at Charleston Boulevard and Maryland Parkway], it could be a drug overdose. You go anyplace near the interstate, you could get all kinds of traffc accidents. So there really isn’t a common call. And that’s kind of why I love the job, because no two days are the same.

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The veteran Las Vegas paramedic and frefghter on earning the respect of doctors, treating an unruly Ted Binion and handling cat calls By Matt Jacob You’ve been a paramedic for more than 20 years, including 16½ with Las Vegas Fire and Rescue, so you’ve dealt with your share of doctors in hospitals. Do they respect what you guys do? I would say that most do. But when we take a patient

into the emergency room, you have to kind of earn that respect. When I worked in Virginia, we used to have to do hospital rotations in the ER, so as the doctor got to know you and know your capabilities, they would be more apt to respect your

opinion when you came in and said, “Hey, I’ve got this problem with this patient.” But there are a lot of doctors in Las Vegas, when you go into the ER, they kind of give you their ear but they don’t necessarily hear what you’re saying.

What’s the most memorable, only-in-Vegas incident to which you responded? Prior to Ted Binion’s demise, he had been taken into custody because he went to a convenience store and [shoplifted]. When the employee said, “Hey, you have to pay for that,” Mr. Binion gets upset, goes home, gets a shotgun, comes back and points the shotgun in this guy’s face and says, “Now do you know who I am?” And the guy says, “Yeah, you’re Ted Binion. Take whatever you want.” Of course, [the employee] calls Metro; Metro goes out to Binion’s home, they arrest him, and in the process Binion gets [disorderly], and they pepper-spray him. Well, we often get called out to do eyewashes, and I proceed to fush Binion’s eyes, and he looks up and spits right in my face. Now, there are two things you don’t want to do to me: Don’t spit on me, and don’t bite me. Of course, I reared back and said, “Do that again and I’ll knock you out.” He looked at me and said, “I didn’t do it on purpose.” I said, “Sir, you did it on purpose.”

How stressful is the job on a day-to-day basis? I would say this is probably one of the highest stress jobs out there. A lot of what we do you’re doing under stress, and sometimes you’re doing it with a lack of sleep. And we as paramedics don’t just do paramedicine; we’re fremen, as well. Recently, the department has put a lot of pressure on medics to do more transporting within the city; I’m sure you’ve heard the chief talk about his new goal of wanting [Las Vegas Fire and Rescue] to handle 75 percent of the [city’s paramedic] calls by the end of next year. ... So the stress that the department puts on us is one thing; the stress of always doing the right thing for the patient can take a toll; and then the fact that you’re away from your family so much. You might have things going on at home, but because you have a job that you can’t just say, “Sorry, boss, I’ve got to run home,” that adds additional stress. What’s the best hospital in town? If you’re talking about a place that has great snacks after we’re done [with a transport], Centennial Hospital. If you’re talking about being sick and dying, it would depend on what you’re sick and dying of. As far as just getting general care, they’re all about the same. But if it’s a trauma call, UMC is the best; they save lives every day at that place. If you’ve been shot or been in a bad traffc accident, you better hope they’re taking you to the Trauma Center. How often have you been called to rescue a cat stuck in a tree? [Laughs.] I can say I’ve only had one. Kids will often ask me that, though, and the answer I always give to them is, “Have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree? That’s because the cats always manage to get down.” When I lived in Virginia, we had a freman die doing a cat rescue—he went up there and the cat jumped at him, and it caused him to come in contact with some power lines and ended up electrocuting him. So, risk a lot to save a lot; risk a little to save a little. And I’m not saying the cat doesn’t need to be rescued, but like I said, you don’t see too many cat skeletons in trees.

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How frustrating is that? After you’ve been doing it as long as I have, you get to where you expect it. But part of the problem is that some patients give more information to a doctor than they do to me, and then the doctors think, “The paramedic didn’t get all the information from this patient.” It’s not necessarily [true]; when you get to the hospital, it’s funny how sometimes the patients’ stories change—you think you’ve got all the answers to all the questions when you go into an emergency room, and then the docs or nurse will ask a question, and the patient will answer it in a totally different way than when you had them in the back of your rig.

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