HTCP began in early 2013 as an interprofessional care team created within the University of Arizona Health Network (now the Banner – University Medicine Division of Banner Health) in collaboration with the University of Arizona Health Plans (UAHP), the UA Center on Aging and the UA Health Sciences colleges. The goal — to improve care for vulnerable UAHP dual Medicare/Medicaid eligible members who receive their primary care from a UAHN provider.
The Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine provides comprehensive general treatment for adults of all ages and specialized care for older adults and those suffering from serious health conditions.
Aging is the quintessential interdisciplinary issue, cutting across basic sciences, cognitive, clinical/translational and health services research — invigorating and bridging research across the campus, across colleges and across the state. Remarkably, the aging process itself – what actually happens on the biochemical, genetic, cellular and physiologic levels remains largely unknown.
The Hospice & Palliative Medicine (HPM) Fellowship is a one-year ACGME-accredited program intended for physicians interested in providing compassionate high quality care for patients facing serious medical illnesses.
The one-year, ACGME-accredited Geriatric Medicine Fellowship at the University of Arizona offers outstanding clinical, research and learning experiences to physicians pursuing a career in geriatric medicine and related subfields.
The Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine is committed to interdisciplinary approaches in medical and postgraduate medical education. We encourage the exchange of scholarly and creative thought among faculty, students and health care professionals with the understanding that all adults deserve thoughtful, compassionate care suitable to their values and whatever stage in life they find themselves.
The Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine is an amalgam of three distinct areas of medical study and practice who coordinate as a team to work with adult patients with simple and complex conditions to help ensure they get the best care possible. Click on the photo at left below to see our team.
![[Pain & Your Brain flyer for Living Healthy With Arthritis Conference, January 2016]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/lhwa_2016-01_pain-and-the-brain_358x500px.jpg "Pain & Your Brain flyer for Living Healthy With Arthritis Conference, January 2016")
The role of the brain in the pain and inflammation of arthritis will be addressed by David M.
![[Jeannie K. Lee, PharmD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/jleeteaser_0.jpg?itok=OvEldsT6 "Jeannie K. Lee, PharmD")
![[Jeannie K. Lee, PharmD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/jleeteaser_0.jpg "Jeannie K. Lee, PharmD")
Jeannie K. Lee, PharmD, assistant head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy and an associate professor in the same department, has been named the 2015 Geriatrician of the Year by the Arizona Geriatrics Society.
![[Steven J. Barker, PhD MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/barkerteaser.jpg?itok=_RLdxEzl "Steven J. Barker, PhD MD")
Drs. Steven J. Barker, Karen Herbst and C. Kent Kwoh, three University of Arizona Health Sciences affiliated faculty and medical researchers, were recognized by various organizations for outstanding contributions in their fields.
UA Anesthesiology Professor Steven J. Barker, PhD, MD, Honored with Two Lifetime Achievement Technology Awards
