General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Students Given Option for Early Graduation in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson has announced that it will offer its Class of 2020 students set to graduate later this spring the opportunity to apply for early graduation.

A similar alternative was offered to UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix students on Friday. Both measures are driven by projected health-care staffing demands due to the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the nation and globe.

Integrative Medicine Approaches May Combat COVID-19

TUCSON, Ariz. – During this time of great societal stress, there is a high level of interest in evidence-based integrative strategies to augment public health measures to prevent COVID-19 virus infection and associated pneumonia.

UArizona Cancer Center Joins Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network

TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona Cancer Center is one of two new centers to join the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) and has received an initial $1.4 million to advance cancer prevention and control science, with particular focus on the health needs of Hispanic cancer survivors.

Is COVID-19 Making You Stay at Home? Turn Your Home into a Healing Space!

Are you one of the more than 100 million Americans and 1.5 billion worldwide under a shelter in place or stay at home order due to the coronavirus pandemic? Is being made to stay close to home stressing you out?

Esther Sternberg, MD

Medicine Grand Rounds

"Management of pancreatic cysts: Current status and future directions"
Hemanth Gavini, MD

Amid Shortage of COVID-19 Collection Kits, UArizona Scientists Race to Make More

The University of Arizona Health Sciences Biorepository, a team of scientists, has secured the materials to produce 7,000 coronavirus specimen collection kits this week. A significant shortage of kits nationally and regionally has limited the ability to test patients for the virus.

Aspiring Physicians Celebrate Match Day, Residency Results

TUCSON, Ariz. – On Friday, March 20, 115 medical students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson (COM-T) learned where they will first practice the science and art of medicine as they begin the next phase of their professional journey.

Arizona Telemedicine Program Rapidly Responds to Coronavirus Pandemic

TUCSON, Ariz. – As our state, nation and world confront the emerging COVID-19 pandemic, ever-increasing numbers of individuals and families are self-isolating to help lessen the spread of the dangerous new disease. But these individuals still require access to health-care services, especially if they manifest symptoms of the novel coronavirus.

UArizona Restructures ‘Match Day’ in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

[Statue of Hippocrates in plaza between UArizona Sarver Heart Center and College of Pharmacy]

[Statue of Hippocrates, a Greek physician considered the “father of medicine.”] TUCSON, Ariz.

Sarver Heart Center Cancels Green Valley Lecture on Heart Rhythm Disorders, March 19

TUCSON, Ariz. – Out of an abundance of caution regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sarver Heart Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson has canceled its Green Valley Lecture, “Heart Rhythm Disorders: What’s the Role of Medications and Technology,” with Peter Ott, MD, scheduled Thursday, March 19, at 10 a.m.

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