Cardiology
New Hospitalists Starting in Division of Inpatient Medicine Soon
Look for new faces soon in the UA Division of Inpatient Medicine. Along with some recent departures come arrivals as well.
UA Researchers to Evaluate New Therapeutic Platform in Targeted Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
UA Professor Lynn Gerald, PhD, Appointed to National Asthma Education and Prevention Program
Lynn Gerald, PhD, Canyon Ranch Endowed Chair and professor of health promotion sciences at the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and associate director for clinical research for the UA Health Sciences Asthma and Airway Disease Research
UA Health Sciences Convocations 2017: Meet Some of the Graduates
UA College of Medicine – Phoenix Class of 2017:
Tabarik Al-Abbadi, Ken Zurcher, Akua Minta
Media contact: April Fischer, 602-827-2595, aprilfischer@email.arizona.edu
UA Health Sciences Convocations 2017
PLEASE NOTE Media are welcome to cover these events, which are open to graduates and their families and friends only, not the general public. Media are asked to remain in the audience area.
MONDAY, MAY 8:
Best in Class: Grads Saving, Improving Lives
The University of Arizona's 2017 graduating class includes a U.S. Air Force veteran who saved lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and is working to become a dermatologist, and a mining engineer devoted to improving safety in her field.
The class also includes a researcher who has been studying how Buddhist monks connect traditional knowledge with Western scientific research to explain mental functions, and a highly accomplished percussionist who has performed nationally and internationally.
Here are some of the students who will receive their degrees on Friday:
With Skin in the Game, Graduating UA Med Student ‘Anthony’ Cervantes Makes Good
Headed for an internal medicine internship and dermatology residency training program as a physician after graduation, Jose “Anthony” Cervantes has had a lot of “enablers” in his life—but, for him, that’s a good thing.
Sarver Director Emeritus Dr. Gordon Ewy to Receive Honorary Georgetown Degree
The Georgetown University School of Medicine will award Gordon A. Ewy, MD, a University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson professor emeritus in the Division of Cardiology and director emeritus of the UA Sarver Heart Center, a Doctor of Science (DSc) degree at its graduation ceremonies on May 26.
Celebrating the Career of Dr. David Alberts, UA Cancer Center Throws a Party
At his May 8 retirement celebration, the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) honored the career David S. Alberts, MD, Regents Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, Nutritional Science, Public Health and BIO5 at The University of Arizona College of Medicine, and UACC Director Emeritus.