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
General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
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.
UA Health Sciences Colleges Celebrate 2017 Convocations
MEDICAL WRITERS/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS NOTE: Media are welcome to cover these events, which are open to graduates and their families and friends only, not the general public. Please note that media are asked to remain in the audience area. More details about the ceremonies and graduates will be posted on the UAHS Office of Public Affairs website, http://opa.ahsc.arizona.edu, as they become available.
Dr. Robert C. Johnson Appointed to the UA Institute for Cellular Transplantation
Robert C. Johnson, PhD, has been appointed research professor in the Institute for Cellular Transplantation in the Department of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
UA Sarver Heart Center Presents ‘Right Treatment, Right Person, Right Time: Progress in Precision Cardiovascular Care,’ May 17
LECTURE: Right Treatment, Right Person, Right Time: Progress in Precision Cardiovascular Care
“Imagine if the pills you took for heart disease were designed for you personally,” said Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, director of the UA Sarver Heart Center, chief of cardiology and professor of medicine at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson.
Forty Honored at 2017 DOM Annual Awards at Arizona Inn
Forty people were honored Thursday, May 4, at the Arizona Inn during the annual University of Arizona Department of Medicine Education Awards Reception.
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