An engaging discussion with Charles Katzenberg, MD, titled “Tools You Can Use to Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke,” will provide specific actions to prevent heart disease and stroke. The lecture will take place Saturday, Jan. 13, noon.
Internationally recognized immunologist and gerontologist Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, will deliver the keynote address, “Aging and Our Immunity,” at the University of Arizona Arthritis Center’s 16th Annual Living Healthy With Arthritis Conference, Saturday, Jan. 27, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center will kick off its Green Valley Lecture Series, Thursday, Jan. 18, at 10 a.m. with “New Ways to Diagnose and Treat Atrial Fibrillation and Other Arrhythmias,” with 
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The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, UA Center on Aging and Banner Health—are highlighted in a recent Commonwealth Fund report on “Transforming Care – In Focus: Spreading Innovative Approaches to Dementia Care” that was released just prior to the end of 2017.
The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center will kick off its Green Valley Lecture Series, Thursday, Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. with “New Ways to Diagnose and Treat Atrial Fibrillation and Other Arrhythmias,” with Peter Ott, MD.
It’s a week until showtime for Banner – University Medicine North, the new outpatient clinical facility for the Banner – University Medical Group.
Several University of Arizona Department of Medicine faculty physicians participated in filming this fall of educational videos for the start-up video-based informational website, Doctorpedia™, that educates online health-care seekers and connects them with doctors and fellow patients.
Banner – University Medicine North will open its doors to its first patients on Dec. 28, making state-of-the-art care — in a soothing setting — available to patients in Tucson and across Arizona.
The three-story, 13-acre outpatient clinic in the new Building 2 is located just east of the University of Arizona Cancer Center – North Campus Peter and Paula Fasseas Cancer Clinic. Specialties will range from cardiology to neurosurgery to rheumatology, with more than 25 specialties available by mid-January.
Charles Katzenberg, MD, clinical professor of medicine, UA Sarver Heart Center, and cofounder of The Heart Series, will discuss how to become empowered to take specific actions to prevent heart disease and stroke. The talk will take place near the Heirloom Farmers' Market at Steam Pump Ranch, along with other Second Saturday activities. Register at heartseries.org or call Edna Silva at 520-544-3720. The Heart Series is an award-winning, medically directed, evidence-based, 12-week program designed for anyone who want to prevent, halt or reverse coronary artery disease.
