News - Internal Medicine Residency - Tucson Campus
Four of 25 Tucson Campus IM Residents Take Top Honors in Research AHD Poster Competition
Twenty-five participants in the 2016 Research Academic Half-Day poster competition for residents in the Internal Medicine Residency Program – Tucson Campus shared their work for viewing and judging April 28 in DuVal Auditorium. Top honors went to Roberto Bernardo, MD; Justin Lee, MBBS; Jawad Bilal, MBBS, and Manjinder Kaur, DO. See a photo collage here…
Internal Medicine First Choice for Match Day Surprises
Shawn Ong was first to announce winning his top pick for Match Day at the UA College of Medicine - Tucson. Among 99 local students participating in the national event, he's headed for Yale-New Haven for an internal medicine residency. Many chose to stay in Tucson for their resident physician training...
![[Medical student Shawn Ong shares Match Day excitement at learning where he'll practice medicine after graduating this spring.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/shawn_ong_90x110_3_0.jpg?itok=l-mbrt0T×tamp=1458659884 "Medical student Shawn Ong shares Match Day excitement at learning where he'll practice medicine after graduating this spring.")
Primary Care Wins the Largest Share of Students in the UA College of Medicine – Tucson Class of 2016
The students opened Match Day envelopes Friday that revealed where they will go for residency training: nearly 40 percent of the class – 39 of 99 students – will pursue primary care, the most critical physician shortage in Arizona.
Of 4,000 Applicants, Last of 300 Internal Medicine Residency Candidates Finish Interviews, Tours
Final Applicant Visit Day events preceding the 2016-17 Resident Match Day ceremonies took place in January. In all, nearly 3,500 applications were received for each UA Internal Medicine Residency Program—at Tucson and South campus—and more than 400 candidates interviewed for about 40 positions. The Dermatology Residency Program got more than 450 applications and interviewed about 45 candidates...
UA Internal Medicine Residents Get Early Holiday Present – A New Lounge
The new Resident Lounge for the UA Department of Medicine opened Thursday, Dec. 17, to great fanfare with a ribbon-cutting event and red, white, blue and chocolate cupcakes. Drs. Monica Kraft and Laura Meinke clipped the big red bow to cheers of the residents…
![[Tejal Parikh, MD, one of the recipients of an AMES Grant for Medical Education Research, with Paul St. John, PhD, AMES chair.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/201505439_com_faculty_teaching_awards_2015_dsc1141_90x110_0.jpg?itok=Fmy6jk3t×tamp=1450305106 "Tejal Parikh, MD, one of the recipients of an AMES Grant for Medical Education Research, with Paul St. John, PhD, AMES chair.")
UA College of Medicine – Tucson Recognizes Top Educators
Thirty-sixth annual Faculty Teaching Awards and the Vernon and Virginia Furrow Awards ceremony honored faculty members’ outstanding achievements and excellence in teaching.
DOM recruitment season excitement builds
With recruitment season in full swing, applicant interviews with candidates for the Department of Medicine’s 11 fellowship programs will wrap up soon and those for our residency programs are about to begin. A big thanks to all faculty and staff who’ve assisted in putting our best foot forward…
![[Pooja Rajguru]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/poojateaser_0.jpg?itok=pQ99qZj5×tamp=1443743225 "Pooja Rajguru")
Pooja Rajguru Awarded Theodore H. Koff Graduate Scholarship For Studies in Aging and Gerontology
The UA Center on Aging presents the scholarship each year to outstanding UA graduate health professions students who are pursuing studies or have an interest in aging, health care administration or gerontology.
Kudos for Internal Medicine Resident – University Campus | August 2013 – November 2014
See news bits on awards and accolades as well as papers, abstracts and posters presented and published from residents participating in the University of Arizona Internal Medicine Residency Program – University Campus from August 2013 through November 2014…
Noted Physician-Scientist Dr. Monica Kraft Appointed Chair of Department of Medicine at UA College of Medicine – Tucson
Monica Kraft, MD, an internationally renowned physician-scientist who specializes in translational asthma research, has been named chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. She is scheduled to begin her new duties at the UA in December.
Kudos for Internal Medicine Resident – University Campus | March 2013 – May 2014
See news bits on awards and accolades as well as papers, abstracts and posters presented and published from residents participating in the University of Arizona Internal Medicine Residency Program – University Campus from 2012 through May 2013…