UA’s Dr. Archita Receives Grant from Liver Disease Foundation
Cardiology
2017-18 Medicine Core and Key Clinical Faculty Guide Now Available
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.
How to Request Profile, Webpage Updates on the Banner Health Website
It’s that time of year again.
At the end of June, new physician faces roll in as residency and fellowship programs welcome new trainees and recent graduates of those training programs gain employment at academic medical centers and other hospitals across the country.
Sweitzer Selected as Editor of the Journal, Circulation: Heart Failure
Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, has been named the new editor-in-chief of Circulation: Heart Failure, one of 12 American Heart Association scientific journals, effective July 1, 2017.
Quest to Prevent Macular Degeneration Continues With UA Researcher’s $1.7M NIH Grant
After showing that individuals who take levodopa, or l-dopa, for movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease are protected from developing macular degeneration, University of Arizona researcher Brian S. McKay, PhD, is taking the next step in his quest to prevent the blinding eye disease, thanks to a $1.7 million R01 grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
Department of Medicine General Faculty Meeting
The primary purpose for this meeting is for Carol Karp (CFO, BUMG & BMG-Tucson) and Scott Hofferber (COO, BUMG) to join us to discuss key points of the Compensation Plan. This portion of the meeting will be free-form and conversational in style. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions or request clarification of any component of the plan. We will keep you posted should we add additional items to the evening’s agenda.
AMC Approves Drop of Non-Compete Clause from Banner Tucson Provider Contracts
Banner Health dropped the non-compete clause for physicians working for Banner – University Medical Group (BUMG) in Tucson, which had been negatively affecting physician recruitment and retention for both the leading non-profit community health care company and University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
UA PTSD Study Seeks Participants to Help Understand and Provide Solutions for Sleep Struggles
Getting a decent night’s sleep is a common struggle among people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD and the lack of sleep can make PTSD symptoms such as anxiety, flashbacks and memory problems even worse.
South Campus Residents Join at the Omni Resort for Grad Night Festivities
Commonwealth Fund Report on Home-Based Primary Care Quotes Dr. Mindy Fain
University of Arizona geriatrician Mindy Fain, MD, is quoted as president of the American Academy of Home Care Medicine 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 nee
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