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November 9, 2018
With a full agenda at the Fall 2018 General Faculty Meeting for the UA Department of Medicine, seats filled quickly. About 65 people attended with several more watching online to hear addresses by Drs. Michael Dake (Sr. VP, UA Health Sciences), Irv Kron (Dean, UA College of Medicine – Tucson) and Rick Schnellman (Dean, UA College of Pharmacy). Other reports came from Tech Launch Arizona, and Drs. Tammy Ojo (Clinical Affairs) and Amy Sussman (Education). See the photo gallery, view the video…
November 8, 2018
Congratulations to Drs. Bujji Ainapurapu, Erika Bracamonte, Monica Vandivort and Tirdad Zangeneh, four Department of Medicine faculty who were among 10 physicians recognized Nov. 7 at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson General Faculty Meeting with inaugural Clinical Excellence Awards by Dean Irving Kron. See the photos, watch the video!…
November 8, 2018
A Melanoma Work Group for the American Academy of Dermatology released in early November new “Guidelines of Care for the Management of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma,” which includes among its co-authors work group member Dr. Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, from the University of Arizona Division of Dermatology, UA Skin Cancer Institute and UA Cancer Center…
November 7, 2018
Southern Arizonans seeking employment in the medical professions are invited to attend a Banner – University Medicine hiring event from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, to learn about hundreds of health-care job openings across Tucson. It will be held in the plaza south of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, adjacent to Banner – University Medical Center Tucson at 1501 N. Campbell Ave…
November 6, 2018
Donata Vercelli, MD, has been elected secretary general of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum, a group of distinguished international physicians and scientists who study the emerging field of allergy and clinical immunology. As secretary general, Dr. Vercelli eventually will become the first female president of the organization.
November 5, 2018
Among kudos for the division in the past few months are the opening of a multidisciplinary stone clinic, creation of a Nephrology Fellow Survival App, welcome of a new pancreas and kidney transplant medical director, successful conference presentations and honors, a record 10 kidney transplants in one week and a kidney patient panel talk…
November 2, 2018
A review article published by the journal Frontiers in Immunology and written by the University of Arizona Division of Infectious Diseases’ Drs. Matthew Bronniman and Elizabeth Connick highlights recent research findings UA regarding the barriers to a cure for HIV that are posed by the B cell follicle…
November 1, 2018
The University of Arizona Petersen HIV Clinics, a clinical care and outreach program hosted by the UA Division of Infectious Diseases at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South, sponsored a table at local festivities for the 16th Annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) held Oct. 26 at the Abrams Public Health Center…
November 1, 2018
NIH grant will allow Taben Hale, PhD, to study cardiac fibroblasts.
October 30, 2018
Led by Dr. Kent Kwoh, UA Arthritis Center director and Division of Rheumatology chief, researchers had 15 abstracts accepted for the 2018 American College of Rheumatology/American Rheumatology Health Professionals Annual Meeting, Oct. 19-24, in Chicago. PGY2 rheumatology fellow Dr. Manjinder Kaur won first place in the 2018 Image Competition. In addition, division faculty and researchers presented a series of lectures to highlight “Spotlight on Arthritis Week” at world-renowned Canyon Ranch Health Resort in Tucson, Oct. 9 -12. All this and more…
October 29, 2018
An opportunity to visit one-on-one with UA Arthritis Center faculty members, physicians and scientists to learn about the Center’s leading-edge research.
October 28, 2018
Dr. Sachin Chaudhary will co-chair a complimentary 3.5-CME event, “Empowering the IPF Patient,” Dec. 3, at Aloft Tucson University with National Jewish Health’s Dr. Gregory Cosgrove, who also is CMO for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation. The event is free and open to the public…
October 25, 2018
Hospitalist Dr. Bujji Ainapurapu, geriatrician Dr. Monica Vandivort, infectious disease specialist Dr. Tirdad Zangeneh and pathologist Dr. Erika Bracamonte, who heads the Renal Biopsy Service with a dual appointment in the Division of Nephrology, were among 10 University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson faculty to be presented Nov. 7 with the inaugural Clinical Excellence Awards at the college’s quarterly general faculty meeting…
October 25, 2018
Physicians at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson can take much of the credit for recent news Banner – University Medical Center Tucson has been recognized by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association as a Blue Distinction Center® for lung transplants. It’s the second such feat in a year, as the lung transplant program earned Aetna Institutes of Excellence™ status last fall. Both should broaden the geographic base of the program’s clientele…
October 25, 2018
For their outstanding dedication to clinical care, 10 physicians have received the UA College of Medicine – Tucson’s new Clinical Excellence Awards.
October 24, 2018
A lab simulation model of an artificial artery in the Slepian Lab at the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center demonstrates “pulse wave velocity” is a feasible measurement for monitoring blood pressure. Wearable patches show promise for measuring PWV, making them a potentially inexpensive blood-pressure monitoring option.
October 23, 2018
Dr. Esther Sternberg, UA Center for Integrative Medicine research director and the UA's resident expert on workplace well-being, offers advice for staying healthy at the office – like standing, stretching and getting outside. "Add up every day of your working life and these small, incremental improvements truly add up to a much happier, healthier life," she says. "You can think of your office as your new gym..."
October 22, 2018
Two Healthy Dose Blog posts from the University of Arizona Health Sciences focus our attention on cancer this month, one appropriately—as October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month—targeting BRACA1 and BRACA2 mutations. The other addresses HPV, which is causes cervical cancer and head-and-neck cancer…
October 21, 2018
Several faculty members and houseofficers from the University of Arizona Department of Medicine will split recognition for nine honors Nov. 8, at noon, in DuVal Auditorium, for the 39th Annual UA College of Medicine – Tucson Faculty Teaching Awards and Vernon and Virginia Furrow Awards Ceremonies. Come help us celebrate Drs. Bonnie Barbee, John Bloom, J.P. Ferreira, Elizabeth Juneman, Kris Kumar, Robert Segal, Amy Sussman (and Erika Bracamonte) — NOTE: The date for this has been moved from Nov. 7 to Nov. 8, noon, DuVal…
October 19, 2018
Haven’t been following the University of Arizona Department of Medicine on Facebook of late? You’ve missed a lot of activities and events highlighted there via video and photo posts as well as kudos for faculty members. Click through to learn more about the CUP Program’s 40th Anniversary, 2nd Annual Innovations & Inventions Research Fair, 3rd Annual South Campus “Pathways” High School Health Career Fair and the DOM Faculty Meet-n-Greet on Oct. 4…