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SUMMER 2023 MAGAZINE
country. I’ll be working on broken femurs, broken tibias, pelvis fractures, car
wrecks, motorcycle accidents, those types of things.”
week of June. Then, he’ll have two weeks to study for board
exams before he becomes board-certi昀ed in orthopaedic
surgery. Continuing this breakneck pace in July, he’ll have a
week to move his family to Tampa, FL, before he begins his
one-year fellowship in orthopaedic trauma. “It’s a historic
program. It’s one of the oldest trauma fellowships in the
After his fellowship, will the hometown boy come back home to practice? “I
would love to work at UMC with the UNLV faculty … with Dr. Kubiak, Dr. Daubs,
and Dr. Wentz. That would be my goal, to come back here.”
And it’s not just because it’s his hometown. Dr. Roehr can’t speak highly enough
about the program he’s been immersed in these last few years.
“One of the highlights of our program, and what I tell new applicants, is the
faculty that we have. Starting with our chairman, Dr. Daubs, and all the way
down. There’s not many programs I know of, especially in orthopaedic
surgery, where you can talk directly to the chairman at any point in
time. He’s so approachable and that’s followed down the whole
line to all of our attendings. They are so easy to talk to, easy to
get along with. That’s a huge selling point for our program
here.”
Despite the newness of the orthopaedic program at
the school of medicine, Dr. Roehr has seen amazing
growth in the few short years he’s been in it. It
wasn’t that long ago, no one had ever heard of
the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
or its orthopaedic program. That’s changing.
“Nobody knew about our program, and we
didn’t have many rotators. Now, there’s so
much interest from all over the country.
We get a bunch of fourth-year rotators
who come through and say, ‘I heard
about your program,’ and you start to
match people into fellowship programs,
and our name just grows and grows. It
takes time, but I think we’re really getting
our name out there.”
Dr. Roehr sees things only getting
bigger and better for the orthopaedics
department in the coming year, especially
in the area of research. “Dr. Daubs and
Dr. Kubiak have been such big in昀uences
in academia. Their research background
is enormous. You go to national meetings
and those two are known literally around the
country for what they do. So, that’s our strong
suit. They want to push research development
further and each year they look at bigger and better
things and making our research department bigger.
That’s how you get put on the map as a program.”
What is Dr. Roehr’s ultimate goal? He wants to teach the
students just like he’s been taught.
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“Academia is something I’ve always been passionate about,” Dr.
Roehr says. “Giving back what everybody has done for me and gotten
me to where I am today. I want to give that back to future generations
who want to go into orthopaedics.”
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