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April 10, 2018
Ten internal medicine resident physicians in training at the UA College Medicine – Tucson will serve as chief residents over the next two years—four each year at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and one each year at Banner – UMC South. Kudos to Drs. Kelly Barnett, Nathan Coffman, Joshua Cox, Kris Kumar, Danny Orta, Roberto Swazo, Jessica Vondrak, Anthony Witten, Ryan Wong and Ben Young…
April 10, 2018
Dr. Chithra Poongkunran, a fellow with the UA Sleep Medicine Fellowship in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, has been presented with a Bressler-Alpert Society Travel Award to attend the American Thoracic Society International Meeting in May. She's the third internal medicine trainee in 2018 and the sixth this academic year (2017-18) to receive awards. Overall, 42 trainees have received awards since they were first presented six years ago…
April 9, 2018
Kathleen Rothwell, 73, of Silver City, N.M., became the 300th transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patient at at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson when she was referred to the University of Arizona cardiology team in early April after being diagnosed with stage 4 heart failure. Congratulations to Drs. Kapil Lotun, Ranjith Shetty, Toshinobu Kazui, Samata Paidy and the rest of the Structural Heart Disease Program staff…
April 5, 2018
Clinicians and others who want to learn more about elder care as it relates to Banner Health psychiatric and behavioral health services and the Crisis Response Center can earn 2 hours of continuing education units (CEUs) by attending a free workshop presented by the group SAFEE and hosted at the Abrams Building on the Banner – UMC South campus. It’s from 9-11 a.m., Friday, April 6. No registration required. Walk-ins welcome…
April 4, 2018
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation offers a free webinar Wednesday, April 11, of interest to specialists in pulmonary and critical care medicine. It begins at 10 a.m. Arizona/Pacific Daylight Time. The speaker, Dr. David J. Lederer, is a PFF senior medical advisor for Education and Awareness and a faculty physician with Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital…
April 3, 2018
Dr. Louise Hecker, a respiratory scientist with the UA Department of Medicine, was among 16 individuals or business startups assisted by Tech Launch Arizona recognized March 19 at the I-Squared Expo & Awards hosted by TLA, the research and innovation commercialization arm of the University of Arizona. The fifth annual event honors those whose work impacts the quality of life for people in Tucson, Arizona and the world through research, collaboration and invention…
March 29, 2018
To help the public, physicians and researchers better understand how growing discoveries on the molecular makeup of disease affect decisions on health care, UA researchers and their partners are presenting a free precision medicine conference on Friday, April 13.
March 28, 2018
Dr. Raj Janardhanan, of the University of Arizona Division of Cardiology and UA Sarver Heart Center, has accepted positions with the American Society of Echocardiography, as a continuing member-at-large on the Industry Relations Committee, and the United Kingdom-based Faculty of 1000 (F1000), as co-head of peer review for the Valvular Disease Section with Dr. Joe Alpert…
March 28, 2018
Nationally recognized cardiologist, Dr. Joel Holland, joins the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson faculty after a long career at Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
March 27, 2018
Disability Assessment Research Clinic (DARC) director at the University of Arizona Arthritis Center, David Wayne Smith, DEd, DABPS, DACFE—who’s been with the UA for 50 years and UA College of Medicine – Tucson for 32 years—has been named as one of two recipients of Purdue University's Health and Kinesiology Distinctive Service Award to be awarded in April. See other center news here, too…
March 27, 2018
Dr. Christian Bime, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, UA College of Medicine – Tucson, and Medical Intensive Care Unit medical director at Banner – University Medical Center – Tucson, has been appointed to the American Thoracic Society’s Health Equality and Diversity Committee as well as the International Health Committee…
March 26, 2018
The University of Arizona Division of Cardiology’s Dr. Raj Janardhanan was presented with the Outstanding Service Award by the UA Native American Cardiology and Medicine Program at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson. In other honors, he’ll chair a session on multimodality imaging at the American Society of Echocardiography national conference in June and was part of the ASE team that just released new clinical guidelines for contrast echocardiography techniques…
March 26, 2018
April is Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month and the UA Cancer Center is enlisting dental professionals to incorporate head and neck cancer screenings into routine checkups.
March 26, 2018
Free and open to the public, the lecture by UA orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Michael Dohm will discuss the operative and non-operative treatment of joint disease, including evidence, outcome and value of current surgical and non-surgical treatments.
March 20, 2018
One-third of medical students in the Class of 2018 will remain in Arizona to pursue their residency training; more than half of the class will pursue primary care — a physician specialty that is critically low in Arizona and the nation.
March 19, 2018
Speaker Lawrence J. Brandt, MD, with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, will discuss the intestinal microbiome and how it can be changed to alter the outcome of patients suffering from a variety of illnesses, as well as the future of fecal transplantation and manipulation. The presentation is part of the Flinn Foundation Buffmire Lecture series.
March 16, 2018
Congratulations to 114 University of Arizona medical students who matched into residency programs on Match Day 2018—March 16. Hosted by U.S. medical schools, ceremonies are for students who’ll graduate this spring and become doctors-in-training when residency programs begin July 1. Forty-seven candidates nationwide matched into UA internal medicine residency programs—eight from the UA—and three into the advanced dermatology program. See who from the DOM was there as well as who matched where…
March 15, 2018
For Faculty/Staff/Students/DCCs convenience, the UA Health Sciences Planning and Facilities Office has arranged for a CatCard event on our campus (AHS Library Rm. 2150P) March 19-22 for half days. This is important as security is being added to doors of former clinical space being renovated for office use by several UA College of Medicine – Tucson departments, including the Department of Medicine. You’ll need a CatCard and pin to get in after hours, on weekends or during holiday closures. See times and details…