The Notes: Nov. 17

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The Cleveland Clinic expands

The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health has expanded its clinical and research capabilities with the addition of specialists Gabriel Leger and Sarah Banks, recognized experts in Alzheimer’s disease and the related subspecialty of Frontotemporal dementia (Pick’s disease), a form of dementia that causes extreme changes in behavior. Léger previously was an assistant professor and Director of the Neurology Residency program at the University of Montreal. Banks is a clinical psychologist specializing in neuropsychology. She has worked with patients with movement disorders and focused on neurodegenerative disease.

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Oncology program awards researchers

The Community Clinical Oncology Program has presented Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang and the research staff at Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada with a Gold Certificate of Excellence for outstanding achievement in clinical trial patient enrollments.

CCOP advances clinical trials nationwide, and recognizes physicians who contribute to furthering cancer research through groundbreaking clinical trials. Dr. Vogelzang and his team are one of only 16 nationwide to earn this certificate, which acknowledges high patient enrollment in National Cancer Institute Treatment and Cancer Control Trials between June 2010 and May 2011.

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Year’s last auction scheduled

Clark County and several other government agencies will collaborate to produce their last government surplus auction of the year on Nov. 19. The auctions feature items used or acquired by government agencies, and include vehicles, office equipment and lost and found merchandise. Those interested in bidding are urged to pre-register. More information is available by going online to www.tntauction.com.

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NCA awards luncheon Nov. 29

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman will serve as host of the Nevada Contractors Association’s 12th annual Contractor of the Year Awards luncheon on Nov. 29 at the Orleans Hotel & Casino convention center. The event starts at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $40, and sponsorships are available. More information can be obtained by sending an email to marketing@nevadacontractors.org.

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CenterPoint wins NAIOP award

CenterPoint was named NAIOP 2011 Developer of the Year at “Development ’11: The Annual Meeting for Commercial Real Estate.” The company’s former chief executive officer Michael Mullen and other members of the CenterPoint team accepted the award.

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IIA forms chapter here

A group of organizations and individuals have formed a Nevada chapter of the Internet Innovation Alliance to promote broadband availability throughout the state.

IIA is a national coalition of business and non-profit organizations committed to achieving universal broadband in the U.S.

Nevada IIA will spend the coming months educating state leaders and others about the importance of mobile broadband and its many benefits. The Alliance supports reforming the Universal Service Fund to include broadband, the more efficient use of spectrum and the proposed $39 billion merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, as a key way to achieve broadband availability to more than 97 percent of our nation’s population. More information is available at www.internetinnovation.org.

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Senior Facility gets LEED certified

The City of Henderson’s Senior Facility has received LEED Gold Certification. The Las Vegas-based firm Carpenter Sellers Del Gatto served as architects for the project.

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Vegas PBS wins at EMAs

Vegas PBS won four awards at the recent Electronic Media Awards. Mitch Fox, Marilyn Miller and Mark Williams won in two categories for their work on Nevada Week in Review, and in a separate category for their broadcast of the 2010 U.S. Senate election debate between Sen. Harry Reid and Sharron Angle. Cade Cridland and Vegas PBS’s “Keeping Kids Fit” program representatives also won for self-promotion of the station’s annual run and walk.

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