Boosting Immunity in Older Adults: UA Health Sciences Immunologists Unmask New Infection-Fighting T Cells
Sixty-five is the age when many people retire, kick back and take it easy. And so it often is with the human immune system.
Sixty-five is the age when many people retire, kick back and take it easy. And so it often is with the human immune system.
It is that time of year when, across the country, we have the annual comings and goings of fellowship program members graduating from and starting their advanced medical training. Programs in the Department of Medicine are feeling the churn as well — with farewells to colleagues we’ve gotten to know and greetings to new physicians joining us — all in anticipation of great things to come.
Up to a half dozen cancer survivors will tell their stories about their inspiring journeys at the next University of Arizona Cancer Center Open House, while Leila Ali-Akbarian, MD, MPH, a Family Medicine physician who heads the Cancer Center’s Supportive and Survivorship Care program, will talk on topics around survivorship.
The Diabetes Prevention and Education Center (DPEC) in the Abrams Public Health Center lobby on the Banner – University Medical Center South campus will hold its first Diabetes and Wellness Fair for a group of approximately 200 attendees anticipated, including hospital staff, health partners, and the community to promote health and wellness.
A host of new faculty have joined the University of Arizona Department of Medicine since the last issue of the departmental newsletter, The Pulse.
The University of Arizona Department of Medicine hosted its 2016 Graduation Dinner for the UA Internal Medicine Residency Program – Tucson Campus residents June 3 at the Skyline Country Club, with nearly 40 graduating residents and their families attending.
Christian Bime, MD, a University of Arizona assistant professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, has been named the new medical director of the Medical ICU (D3W) at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson. He replaces Gordon E. Carr, MD, who recently assumed the post of chief medical officer for the Banner - UMC Tucson and South hospitals.
Among 36 new incoming interns (aka first-year resident physicians) in the University of Arizona Internal Medicine Residency Program - Tucson Campus for the 2016-17 academic year are 28 categorical residents and eight preliminary residents. Categorical residents will complete their full three-year internal medicine residencies here. Preliminary residents will spend their intern year here before joining another residency program.