Despite declines in cancer deaths starting in the 1990s, cancer remains the second leading cause of death in Arizona and nationwide. The Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson works within the University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center to provide specialty multidisciplinary care, cutting-edge research, and expert education and training for the next generation of hematologists and oncologists.
Rachna T. Shroff, MD, MS, FASCO
Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology
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![[Banner image for "Celebrating Women in Medicine Month" and the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson 2024 Women in Medicine & Science Torchbearer Awards]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/_torchbearer_wims_2024_card.jpg?itok=qPSluBDD×tamp=1726448311 "Banner image for \"Celebrating Women in Medicine Month\" and the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson 2024 Women in Medicine & Science Torchbearer Awards")
Three of four 2024 Torchbearer Awards go to DOM faculty
Fifteen Department of Medicine faculty and staff joined to celebrate Drs. Lisa Alschuler, Liz Connick and Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, who were among this year’s winners recognized by COM-T Women in Medicine & Science for Women in Medicine Month.
![[Masthead of DOM Internal Digest newsletter for August 2024 with collage based on stories covered]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/2024-08_dom-masthead-w-pix_card-2.jpg?itok=wuTCoHvG×tamp=1725642168 "Masthead of DOM Internal Digest newsletter for August 2024 with collage based on stories covered")
DOM Internal Digest newsletters for July and August 2024
The August and July Internal Digest newsletters were highlighted by welcomes to new residents, fellows and faculty, the white coat ceremony for new med students, a plethora of honors and awards for DOM faculty and staff, and features on summer research intern mentors, DEI champions, Banner – UMC Tucson’s U.S. News top ranking and more.
![[April Ehrlich, MD, a new geriatrics faculty member in the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, at the opening session of the Butler-Williams Scholars Program, a summer research institute hosted at the National Institute on Aging headquarters in Bethesda, Md.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/dr.ehrlich-at-nia-scholars-retreat_2024-08_card.jpg?itok=xOWPhSfC×tamp=1724787096 "April Ehrlich, MD, a new geriatrics faculty member in the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, at the opening session of the Butler-Williams Scholars Program, a summer research institute hosted at the National Institute on Aging headquarters in Bethesda, Md.")
New geriatrics faculty member selected for National Institute on Aging scholars program
With just a few weeks under her belt as a faculty member, Dr. April Ehrlich, in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, was off to NIA headquarters for a weeklong summer aging research symposium named for the institute’s first two directors.