If you tuned in to NPR on Arizona Public Media (AZPM) KUAZ 89.1 FM this morning, April 14, you may have heard Bhaskar Banerjee, MD, a professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, speaking about his efforts to improve endoscopy technology to make colonoscopies more effective and safer at catching and removing pre-cancerous polyps.
TOPIC: “Integrated Biology of Allergic Disease: At the Crossroads of Endocrine, Developmental and Immune Systems”
SPEAKER: Sergejs Bernikovs, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago
Hosted by Banner - University Medical Center Tucson and South, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and the UA Health Sciences, the 12th Annual Organ Donor Family Tribute Ceremony will be held Sunday, April 23, 2-4 p.m., in Kiewit Auditorium at the UA Cancer Center’s Leon F. Levy Building, 1515 N. Campbell Ave.
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and UA Health Sciences, in cooperation with Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South hospitals and clinics, has teamed up with the Donor Network of Arizona, to participate in its annual Health Care for Hope campaign.
SPEAKER: V. Michael Holers, MD
TOPIC: Studies of At-Risk Populations Provide Insights into the Origins, Pathogenesis and Prevention of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Speaker: Leonard Ditmanson, MD
Title: "The Opioid Epidemic in America; Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment"
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Lenn Ditmanson is a practicing internist in Tucson. He is the Medical Director of the 5th St. clinic and MAT Medical Director at ConnectionsAZ. He has been involved with opiate addiction treatment for 15 years.
In the April installment of the DOM Research Seminar, Ankit A. Desai, MD, will speak on “Bench-to-Bedside Approaches Unravel Inflammatory Mechanisms Underlying Novel Cardiovascular Phenotypes in Sickle Cell Disease” and Elizabeth Connick MD, will talk about “The Role of B Cell Follicles in HIV Replication and Persistence.”
A haboob, or dust storm, blowing into Ahwatukee, near Phoenix, as seen from the top of South Mountain, looking south on July 23, 2011. Inhalation of a fungus found in soils of the U.S. Southwest is what causes Valley fever. After an event like this, incidences of infection tend to spike.
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
AM Session: Precision Medicine in the Clinic
PM Session: Pharmacogenomics
CME & CPE Credits Available
