General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
January Match Mix Shows Promise for Incoming Fellows in Advanced Internal Med Training
Thirty-two new fellows have matched into advanced training programs in internal medicine subspecialties for the 15 ACGME-accredited fellowship programs in the University of Arizona Department of Medicine.
With Audience of 200, Dr. Kraft Caps Banner ‘Doc Talk’ Lecture Series — Daily Wildcat
About 200 people showed for the final Doc Talk lecture at the Westin La Paloma on Tuesday evening, Feb. 28, featuring University of Arizona Department of Medicine Chair Monica Kraft, MD.
The topic was “Take a Deep Breath: Is a Cure for Asthma on the Horizon?”
Advances in Aging Lecture Series
TOPIC: “Variation in Use of Antipsychotic Medications in U.S. Nursing Homes”
SPEAKER: Hannah Stocker-Cioltan, MPH
Celebrating Compassionate Patient Care
The University of Arizona Health Sciences community is invited to attend a brief ceremony outside the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson at noon Friday where medical students, faculty physicians and staff will join hands to form a human chain symbolizing kindness in patient care.
Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building Opening Doors to Discovery
After nearly two years of construction, the sparkling copper Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building will open today, bringing scientists and researchers together to discover innovative solutions to today’s most pressing health issues.
The 10-story, 245,000-square-foot building is the latest addition to the growing downtown Phoenix Biomedical Campus. Part of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, it is adjacent to the college’s award-winning Health Sciences Education Building and connected through a walkway labeled the Grand Canyon.
University of Arizona Health Sciences Celebrates Anniversaries in 2017
This year, several institutions at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are celebrating milestone anniversaries and acknowledging the visionaries who worked tirelessly to lay the foundations for the establishment and success of these institutions at Arizona’s only academic health center.
Dr. Amy Sussman to Lead Education Programs in Department of Medicine as New Vice Chair
UA Department of Medicine Chair Monica Kraft, MD, announced last week that Amy Sussman, MD (right), associate professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology, director, UA Nephrology Fellowship Program, and clerkship director for the Department of Medic
UA Infectious Disease Researcher Receives Prestigious Fellowship
The importance of communicating science to the public—particularly the risk and uncertainty of mosquito-borne emerging infectious diseases—has never been more urgent.
Medicine Grand Rounds
TOPIC: “Scaling Physiologic Function from Cell to Tissue in Asthma, Development, and Cancer”
SPEAKER: Jeffrey J. Fredberg, PhD, Professor of Bioengineering and Physiology, Program in Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences (MIPS), Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston