User:Ori.Devera/sandbox

Northwest Career College is a privately owned and operated college in Las Vegas, Nevada with an emphasis on health, legal and criminal justice fields of study. Northwest Career College is owned and operated by physicians and is nationally accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES).

History
Northwest Career College was founded in Las Vegas, Nevada by Dr. John Kenny in 1997 as Northwest Massage School. Dr. Kenny graduated from Northwestern University, where he wrestled for all four years, with a degree in Biology and went on to become a physician after graduating from National College of Chiropractic. He opened two practices in Chicago, Illinois before moving to Las Vegas in 1988. Dr. Kenny has been a practicing physician since 1982 and has been teaching at Northwest Career College since it opened.

Dr. Kenny’s dream was to open a school that would help people who did not have a set career path but knew they were interested in the health care field. Dr. Kenny is passionate about teaching and wanted to create an excellent learning institution for people interested in the healthcare field. He was focused on education as the core pathway to change students’ lives for the better. As the need in the community for trained healthcare providers grew, Dr. Kenny expanded the number of program offerings to include Dental Assisting, Medical Assisting, Phlebotomy and Medical Billing and Coding and renamed the school Northwest Health Careers.

Since then, Northwest has continued to grow and now offers Pharmacy Technician and Medical Administrative Assisting programs as well as degree granting programs in Paralegal Studies and Criminal Justice. Four of Dr. Kenny’s children have joined the staff and faculty and have assumed many roles in the growth and development of Northwest Career College. Dr. Kenny’s daughter, Dr. Stephanie Kenny, a graduate from USC and Touro University, is the Director of Education; Dr. Thomas Kenny, a graduate from USC and UNLV Dental School, is the Director of Compliance and Program Chair for Dental Assisting; Patrick Kenny, a graduate from the University of San Diego is the COO; Michael Kenny, attended the University of San Diego and is completing his accounting degree at UNLV, is the Director of Finance.

Northwest Career College offers a full range of educational possibilities in order to boost our students’ personal growth, improve career outlooks and expand awareness of their own personal possibilities. We want each of our students to be the best professionals they can be.

Programs of Study
The ever expanding programs include
 * Dental Assisting
 * Massage Therapy
 * Medical Assisting
 * Medical Administrative Assisting
 * Medical Billing and Coding
 * Pharmacy Technician
 * Phlebotomy
 * Paralegal Studies
 * Criminal Justice

Partnerships
Northwest Career College is a long standing supported of United Blood Drive. Northwest holds blood drives three times a year on campus to help support the blood needs of Nevada. Northwest works with many vocational rehabilitation counselors to help their clients become educated in a new career after a serious injury.