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[Collage of photos of fellowship graduations from Department of Medicine programs in 2024]

DOM fellows, residents look to future in post-graduate world

DOM Fellows and residents have been graduating since May 5 from the 15 fellowship and two residency programs currently active within the Department of Medicine. All are headed to bigger and better things whether here or across the country and world. See where they’re going.

Summer sessions for DOM Faculty Instructional Development announced

The summer schedule for Faculty Instructional Development sessions – six in all (two per month) – within the Department of Medicine has been released, with the first occurring Wednesday, June 12, 2-2:30 p.m., via Zoom. Register for this and other sessions today!

[Dr. Jennifer Carew is a professor of medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and a member of the UArizona Cancer Center Clinical and Translational Oncology Program. (Photo by Kris Hanning, UArizona Health Sciences Office of Communications)]

Study finds potential pathway to reducing breast cancer brain metastases

Brain metastases are the most prevalent adult central nervous system tumors, with 20% to 30% of cases resulting from breast cancer patients. DOM’s Dr. Jennifer Carew and Steffan Nawrocki were co-authors on the paper.

[Pictures of nine Department of Medicine physicians who won promotions for the 2024-25 academic year]

Nine DOM faculty win title upgrades via promotion

Well wishes for Department of Medicine faculty who earned promotions for the next academic year. They include Drs. Mohanad Al Obaidi, Tara Carr, Michel Corban, Sima Ehsani, Justin Hayes, Olivia Hung, Neha Jaswal, Elizabeth Juneman and Bijin Thajudeen. Three are from Cardiology and two from Infectious Diseases.

[Residents and faculty—including Drs. Anthony Witten (wearing mask) and Kevin Moynahan (center)—mingle during the judging portion of the poster contest during the 2024 Internal Medicine Research Academic Half Day for the Department of Medicine.]

Research Academic Half Day adds oral vignettes to poster competition for 2024

Residents got twice the bang for their buck at this year’s Internal Medicine Research Academic Half Day with both a traditional poster contest as well as – for the first time ever – oral vignettes during the event’s activities. Multiple DOM faculty participated as judges. See photo gallery and announcement of who won.

[Cardiology's Dr. Steve Goldman (left) listens as DOM Chair Dr. James Liao welcomes attendees at memorial for lives of Drs. James Dalen and Jay Smith, former dean and vice dean of the College of Medicine - Tucson and DOM faculty. ]

More than 75 join to celebrate lives of Drs. Jim Dalen, Jay Smith

Families, friends and former faculty of prior College of Medicine – Tucson dean and vice dean—both with Department of Medicine divisions—share memories of a dynamic time in the college’s history at May 22 memorial held in their honor and hosted by DOM chair, Dr. Jim Liao, and vice chair, Dr. Joe Alpert.

[Drs. Mari Ricker and Andrew Weil were part of a panel discussion on the role of integrative medicine in the future of U.S. healthcare, April 24, 2024, in the HSIB Forum]

Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine celebrates grand opening

Panel discussion with pioneers in integrative health care, cooking demonstrations, public open house highlight debut of new complex. DOM faculty were prominent at each, if only in attending. See who was there with two mini-photo galleries and a video.

[Portrait of University of Arizona Health Sciences immunologist Deepta Bhattacharya]

Bhattacharya named inaugural executive director of CAMI

The Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies will be led by Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, a renowned immunologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson.

[Photo of Dr. Salma Patel at a SSWIMS fellows event, with photos inset of co-fellow Dr. Olivia Hung (2023-24) and incoming fellows: Drs. Billie Bixby, Saher Khalid and Amy Klein. ]

Two DOM faculty to graduate from SSWIMS fellowship, four more named fellows

Drs. Olivia Hung and Salma Patel are among 11 who’ll graduate May 15 in the first class for the Spurring Success for Women in Medicine and Science, or SSWIMS, fellowship at the College of Medicine – Tucson. And Drs. Danielle Avila, Billie Bixby, Saher Khalid and Amy Klein have been named to the second class.

[Chair of the UArizona Chapter of the Academy of Medical Education Scholars, or AMES, Tara Carr, MD (far right), presents plaques to newly inducted members, Holly Bullock, MD, MPH (OB-GYN), Saman Nematollahi, MD (Infectious Diseases), Joy Bulger Beck, MD (GGP-General Internal Medicine), Jennifer Plitt, MD (GGP-Palliative Medicine), and Amy Mitchell, MD (OB-GYN). Missing from the photo are other new members, Maria Bishop, MD (Hematology-Oncology), Steven Dudick, MD (OB-GYN), and Aaron Mason, MD (Surgery).]

Seven from DOM recognized by Academy of Medical Education Scholars UArizona chapter

Four DOM faculty were inducted recently into the UArizona Chapter of the Academy of Medical Education Scholars, or AMES, at the College of Medicine – Tucson and three others from the department won research grants. Find out who they were here.

[Illustration of how the Multi-Institutional Transformation and Graduate Student Support Initiative (MITSI) works to build bridges and transform institutions to support graduate STEM education for indigenous and Latinx students.]

Summer 2024 professional development opportunity for UArizona faculty

UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson faculty are encouraged to apply to participate in NAU Flagstaff program to build bridges and transform institutions in support of graduate STEM education among indigenous and Latinx students.

[Collage of photos from Docs in the Kitchen cooking demonstration for healthy diet, May 4, 2024, around an image of the Hacienda at the River senior living community in Tucson]

Photo Gallery: Mediterranean diet, fiber-rich foods focus of latest ‘Docs in the Kitchen’ cooking demo

A fiber-rich diet’s many benefits include reducing risk of cancer, according to hematology & oncology fellowship director Dr. Krisstina Gowin and Dr. Juanita Merchant, UArizona Cancer Center interim director and GI division chief. See a photo gallery of them helping prepare four-course meal.

Dr. Elizabeth Juneman listed among 2024 Rising Star Women of Medicine

Women We Admire, a membership organization comprised of accomplished women executives and leaders across the U.S. and Canada, included University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson cardiologist Elizabeth B. Juneman, MD, among the 2024 Rising Star Women of Medicine.

[From left, Dr. Kent Kwoh, Arthritis Center director and Rheumatology division chief; infectious diseases specialist and Valley Fever Center for Excellence researcher Dr. Fariba Donovan; DOM Ambulatory Medicine Clerkship co-director, allergist and integrative medicine specialist Dr. Randy Horwitz; geriatrician and director of the UArizona Climate & Health Group Dr. Julia Jernberg; and emergency medicine professor emeritus and Sarver Heart Center member Dr. Art Sanders]

DOM faculty anchor Climate Change panel at Arthritis Center symposium

Arthritis Center director and Rheumatology division chief Dr. C. Kent Kwoh moderated the panel which included the DOM’s Drs. Fariba Donovan, Randy Horwitz and Julia Jernberg and Emergency Medicine’s Dr. Art Sanders. A related KJZZ story with Dr. Jernberg was picked up by over 1,000 media outlets. See mini-photo gallery.

[UArizona Internal Medicine Student Association members with IMSA faculty advisor Amy Sussman, MD (center), at a Post-Match Day celebration at Zinburger in Tucson: Bailey Antonowicz (MS4), Katie Pulling (MS4), Sanjay Menghani (MS4), Lauren Murphy (MS4), Dr. Sussman, Lupita Molina(MS4), Julia Couto (MS4), and Molly Courtright (MS2).]

Post-Match Day celebration turns into student-to-student mentoring session, honors for faculty

Dr. Amy Sussman, Internal Medicine Student Association’s UArizona Chapter advisor, launched the dinner as a debrief for graduating medical students to share advice with first- and second-year students. She was picked this year by all COM-T students for Outstanding Teacher in Clinical Sciences and Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award honors.

[Group photo of DOM Annual Awards Ceremony winners with faculty and collage (at bottom) of shots of Arizona Inn; Drs. Jim Liao, Sarah Upson and Laura Meinke; and Drs. Jim Knepler, Liz Connick and Alex Perry]

Twenty-three share honors at 2024 Department of Medicine Awards Ceremony

In a return to the Arizona Inn for the event, two Class of 2024 students won dual honors: Lupita Molina for top student in nephrology and endocrinology; and Michael Haekwang Kim for infectious diseases and rheumatology. Other key honors included Dr. Daniel Brown – Residency Director's Award; Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine chief fellow Dr. Sarah Upson – Outstanding Medicine Fellow, and Lauren Murphy – the J.W. Smith Outstanding Medical Student of the Year.

[Collage of images for the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Eller College of Management and Eller Executive Education program overseeing the new Advanced Healthcare Leadership Academy]

Applicants being accepted to new COM-T, Eller Advanced Healthcare Leadership Academy

The program developed collaboratively by the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and Eller College of Management’s Eller Executive Education program re-envisions and replaces COM-T’s Learning to Lead program. Applications are due Friday, May 17. Learn more and get yours in today.

College of Medicine – Tucson welcomes new Sarver Heart Center director, cardiology chief

Dr. Hesham Sadek brings experience and an impressive research portfolio from Dallas’ UT Southwestern, where he was associate director of the Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine and a professor of internal medicine/cardiology with joint appointments in biophysics and molecular biology.

Climate change and health focus of Living Healthy with Arthritis Symposium

UArizona public health professor Kacey Ernst’s keynote address focuses on health challenges facing people in many parts of the world, including Arizona, due to climate change. Department of Medicine faculty in a related panel discussion include Drs. Fariba Donovan, Randy Horwitz and Julia Jernberg.

[Photo collage of Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine’s new building complex (Credit: Angela Martinez, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson)]

Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine to host opening events

A public open house on Saturday, May 4, highlights opening week celebrations at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine's new building complex.

[Woman lying in hospital bed holding cloth over her mouth and nose]

Banner Urgent Care implements new technology to detect Valley fever earlier in patients

New EHR dashboard for urgent care, developed with Dr. John Galgiani, will help remind physicians to consider testing for Valley fever to speed up detection of the respiratory illness in its early stages before it becomes worse.

DOM faculty, staff spotlighted in UArizona Cancer Center newsletter

The latest UA Cancer Center newsletter highlights Dr. Aaron Scott in a “Cancer Bytes” video, Dr. Juanita Merchant as NCI equity leadership team member, Dr. Janet Funk as presenter at breast cancer research symposium, Lisa Quale as Skin Cancer Institute sun safety ambassador advocate, and T32 postdoc training opportunities.

[Mosaic of images of the Banner Wellness Center in basement of Banner – University Medical Center Tucson]

Banner Wellness Center memberships now open to all Banner, COM-T faculty

Banner Health makes access to gym available to all via $180 annual membership as way to improve health, fitness and wellness for both Banner and University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson faculty, including resident and fellow physicians.

[Dr. Amy Klein, director of the Hospice & Palliative Care Fellowship in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, talks about the special care needs of her specialty with Kyle Cook (gray shirt) and Ethan Ross (blue shirt) as geriatrician Dr. Julia Cremer looks on. ]

Sharing memories, experiences all part of IM Specialty Speed Dating benefits

With nearly a dozen Department of Medicine faculty members and twice that many medical students participating, April 10 event offered opportunity to share different pathways physicians took to their internal medicine specialties.

Docs in the Kitchen to focus May 4 on ‘Fiber-Rich Foods for a Healthy Lifestyle’

The gastro-dietary educational event hosted by the UArizona GI Division at Hacienda at the River to look at high-fiber, anti-inflammatory Mediterranean diet as complementary to cancer prevention. See the menu and sign up to savor the meal.

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