On Friday, March 16, 114 medical students in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson learned where they will go to complete the next phase of their medical training.
Fecal transplants—a procedure in which stool from a healthy person is transferred into another person’s intestines to re-populate good bacteria—have shown promise as a treatment for Clostridium difficile (C. diff.) infection, as well as for digestive and autoimmune diseases, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
Free public tours of the nine-story tower under construction at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., will be offered 4-5 p.m. March 29, April 5 and April 12.
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 | 11:00 a.m.
Skaggs, 325 (NOTE ROOM CHANGE)
For the convenience of Faculty/Staff/Students/DCCs, the Planning and Facilities Office for the University of Arizona Health Sciences has arranged for the CatCard Office to host a CatCard event on our campus (AHS Library Room 2150P) March 19-22 for half days as follows:
Wednesday, March 21 | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Banner University Medical Center - Tucson | Dining Rooms E & F
Refreshments will be served.
SPEAKERS: Vivian Y. Shi, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, and Director, Eczema and Skin Barrier Clinic and Follicular Disorder Clinic, Banner – University Medicine North, Building 2, and Banner – University Medical Group Casas Adobes, and John N. Galgiani, MD, Professor of Medicine, UA Division of Infectious Diseases; Director, UA Valley Fever Center for Excellence, and Medical Director, Banner – University Medicine Valley Fever Program (Tucson and Phoenix).
