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Dr Heddwen Brooks, Physiological Sciences GIDP chair, professor, Departments of Physiology and Medicine, and associate professor, Department of Pharmacology, has been awarded $1.53 million from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study postmenopausal hypertension and renal injury in women. She’s joined on her research by Drs. Janko Nikolich-Žugich and "Chip" Brosius…
Incoming University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson residents, chief residents and fellows joined each other Friday, June 23, for the Banner – UMC New Resident Orientation event hosted by the Marriott Tucson University Park Hotel. Across all departments, there are 711 resident physicians in training. Of those, the Internal Medicine program is the largest with 93 at Tucson Campus and 31 at South Campus. See the pictures…
The University of Arizona Division of Cardiology and UA Sarver Heart Center recently celebrated the graduation of several fellows from its two fellowship training programs. Fellows also presented awards to faculty and Ily Kristine Yumul-Non, MD, was named SAVAHCS Cardiology Fellow of the Year…
The UA Division of Endocrinology celebrated the graduation recently of two fellows in the Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Fellowship Program, Gisell Gonzalez Rios, MD, and Sukhampal Sidhu, MD...
Not impressed by Workplace by Facebook’s stated goal of reducing your email inbox clutter? Before you ban it to your Junk E-mail folder, know that you can adjust your settings to eliminate email notifications until better controls can be added later. Here’s how along with a few tips on how to navigate Workplace as well as find or create groups of interest to you. Many already exist for the Department of Medicine. Check it out…
UA College of Medicine - Tucson and UA College of Medicine - Phoenix faculty qualify for a $15,000 scholarship for the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the UA Center for Integrative Medicine. Read about this and other integrative medicine news…
The Core and Key Clinical Faculty Guide for the UA Department of Medicine has been updated for the 2017-18 academic year beginning July 1. In addition to Dr. Amy Sussman, who became Vice Chair for Education in January, and Susan Ellis, who starts with the DOM Education program July 3, others new to the guide this year are: Drs. Katherina Beeler, Janet Campion, Lori Fantry, Anca Georgescu and Elizabeth Juneman. New chief residents (aka, clinical instructors) also are listed…
It’s that time of year again. In June, new physician faces roll in as residency and fellowship programs welcome new trainees and recent training program graduates gain employment at academic medical centers and other hospitals across the country. That means updating your web profile on the UA Department of Medicine website and BannerHealth.com. See these tips to accomplish the task more quickly…
UA Division of Cardiology chief and director of the UA Sarver Heart Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Dr. Nancy K. Sweitzer is the new editor-in-chief of Circulation: Heart Failure, a scientific journal of the American Heart Association…
Banner Health dropped the non-compete clause for physicians working for Banner – University Medical Group in Tucson, which had been undermining physician recruitment and retention for both the health care company and University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. The move was announced June 7 in an email from co-chairs of the Academic Management Council…
UA Internal Medicine Residency Program – South Campus faculty, residents and staff celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2017 at the Omni Tucson National Resort. Among those recognized with awards were: Drs. Danny Orta, Wei Xiang Wong, Norm Beatty, Anil Potharaju and Vijay Chandiramani…
UA Center on Aging Co-Director and Division of Geriatrics, General Internal and Palliative Medicine Chief Dr. Mindy Fain is quoted in a new report from The Commonwealth Fund that supports home-based primary care as a more comprehensive, less expensive and compassionate way to handle health care needs of patients who suffer from severe or chronic illness, frailty or functional limitations. Her comments came as current president of the American Academy of Home Care Medicine…
Drs. Elizabeth Juneman and Andrew Kraft closed out the DOM Research Seminar Series for the 2016-17 academic year, June 8, speaking about electrophysiology in heart failure and targeted therapy of cancer. See the photo gallery and archived video for this and all the lectures in this inaugural year for this series that showcases the breadth and innovation of research into solutions for some of the most challenging medical conditions being conducted at the UA Department of Medicine…
UA Department of Medicine Chair Dr. Monica Kraft was chosen to join the prestigious Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program as a fellow for its Class of 2017-18. The year-long, part-time fellowship is hosted by the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Philadelphia’s Drexel University College of Medicine. She is the ninth UA faculty member to participate in the program…
At the graduation dinner for the Class of 2017 members of the University of Arizona Internal Medicine Residency Program – Tucson Campus, a number of awards were presented—some in recognition of the hard work of three year’s training, others in jest—reflecting the camaraderie developed in that time…
A recent Arizona Republic op-ed article co-written by the UA senior VPs Drs. Kimberly Andrews Espy (research), and Leigh Neumayer (health sciences), on federally funded research under way at the UA to ease breathing woes of those suffering from asthma. The May 31 article spotlights the work of Drs. Fernando Martinez and Monica Kraft, both of whom received large NIH grants in the past year…
The study suggests that a regular sleep schedule may be an effective, relatively simple and inexpensive preventative treatment for heart disease, as well as many other health problems.