Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- Southern Nevada currently lacks a medical school in which students can pursue an M.D.

Leaders in the business community gathered on Monday at the Metro Chamber of Commerce, to change all of that, believing the medical school is one the key's to our region economic future.

"When you have the largest region without a medical school, and you put a medical school in that region, good things happen", says Dr. Stephen Lang.

Dr. Stephen Lang of UNLV's Lincy has been a proponent of bringing a medical school to southern Nevada ever since the organization dedicated to improving Nevada's health, education and social well-being.

Research that shows Southern Nevada is losing millions and millions of dollars every year to nearby cities like Phoenix and Los Angeles as southern Nevadans continue to go elsewhere for medical treatment.

Lang believes the mistake was putting a medical school in Reno, instead of the state's largest city.

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Medical school at UNLV could mean huge economic boost for Las Vegas