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Another Milestone for UA/Banner Tucson Structural Heart Team—First-Ever Bicuspid TAVR-TEE Procedure with No Contrast
The University of Arizona Structural Heart Disease Program team in the Division of Cardiology at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson reached another milestone this week in completing the first ever transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure on a patient with a bicuspid aortic valve utilizing only transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to guide them…
Join Doximity Today to Have Your Say on Next U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Survey
Are you a physician interested in weighing in on the annual U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Survey? Sign up for Doximity and join the voices of over 70 percent of U.S. doctors and 45 percent of nurse practitioners and physician assistants! See key dates for the 2019 Physician Survey. On Nov. 15, eligible specialists will be sorted into two groups. Both will be surveyed in early 2019….
Tucson High Schoolers to Explore Careers in Medicine Oct. 17
Local high school students will attend “A Pathway to Success,” an interactive health-care career fair spearheaded by residents at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
New UA/Banner Health Valley Fever Clinical Guidance Designed to Avert Diagnoses Delays
Banner Health has launched new clinical practice protocols developed with input from the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence to help primary care physicians more quickly diagnose and treat patients with Valley fever infections. To that same end, it is making those protocols available to all community physicians in hopes of heading off diagnoses delays that can severely impact patient health, compromise antimicrobial stewardship goals and the cost of treatment…
New UA Researchers to Showcase Medical Innovations and Inventions Oct. 16
Faculty members at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson will give brief snapshots of their research at the Innovations and Inventions research fair on Tuesday, Oct. 16.
UA Valley Fever Center, ADHS, Tucson’s Pueblo High Host Youth Awareness Poster Contest
The Arizona Department of Health Services has partnered with the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence and Tucson’s Pueblo Magnet High School to run an awareness poster contest regarding this fungal disease. The statewide contest started Oct. 1 and will end in the middle of Valley Fever Awareness Week, which this year runs from Nov. 10 to Nov. 18. Winners will be announced and prizes sent out soon after the competition ends on Nov. 14...
Healthy Dose Blog Takes Aim at Valley Fever for Fungal Disease Awareness Week
In desert soils of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah a disease lives right under foot, and researchers at University of Arizona are trying to find ways to fight it! This UA Health Sciences blogpost by Drs. Valerie Schaibley and Ken Ramos, of the UAHS Center for Applied Genetics & Genomic Medicine, focuses on Valley fever—a fungal respiratory illness whose effects can be mild in some and crippling—even deadly—in others. Why? That’s what researchers like Dr. John Galgiani and others are working to learn…
UA College of Pharmacy Establishes Arizona Center For Drug Discovery
The Center will focus on bridging faculty experts with partners in the pharmacy industry, creating a pipeline for advancing drug discovery and development.
8.0-CME 'Tucson Conference' Date Changed to Feb. 2 at Tucson Marriott University Park
An 8.0 CME event, “The Tucson Conference,” will be hosted by Banner – University Medicine and Tucson Medical Center (instead of Oct. 20) will now take place Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at the Tucson Marriott University Park, 880 E. Second St. Lead organizer for the event is DOM Chair Dr. Monica Kraft and DOM faculty instructors and panelists include Drs. Edwin Aquino, Tara Carr, Steve Knoper, Merri Pendergrass and Nancy Sweitzer. See agenda topics and register today…
Facebook Status: Sick. How People Use the Internet to Cope with Illness
In a new book—"Coping with Illness Digitally" (MIT Press), UA communication professor Stephen Rains explores how people diagnosed with serious illnesses turn to social media, online health forums and other digital resources for help coping….
John Ehiri, PhD, to Lead Data Tracking and Evaluation Core for NIH All of Us Research Program at UA-Banner
John Ehiri, PhD, MPH, MSc, professor of public health and chair of the Department of Health Promotion Sciences at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, brings extensive global health experience in program evaluation of previous and ongoing funded projects.
Banner – University Medicine Welcomes PCPs, Specialists to Green Valley
Several primary care providers and physician subspecialists are now available to see patients at the Banner - University Medicine physician offices at 1141 S. La Canada Drive in Green Valley. They include Drs. Jeff Maudlin, Kapil Lotun, Ranjith Shetty, Craig Weinkauf, David Tzou, Allison Rottman, Vlad Sauciuc as well as Hannah Tiu and Gerald Wolff...
Congratulations to CB2’s Terry Smith for Wildcat Family Spirit Award
Kudos to Terry Smith, REDCap program manager for the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics (CB2), for receiving a Wildcat Family Spirit Award for his outstanding work, dedication, and commitment to making REDCap, which supports clinical surveys and databases projects and initiatives, a huge success for university researchers and collaborators…
The Future of Health Care — Insurance, Access to Care, Prescription Benefits — to be Discussed by UA Health-Care Policy Expert, Oct. 3
Critical issues facing the U.S. health-care system and the potential impact of the mid-term elections will be discussed by Daniel Derksen, MD, a nationally noted health-care policy expert and associate vice president for health equity, outreach and interprofessional activities at the University of Arizona Sciences. The free lecture will include time for questions and answers.
Banner – University Medicine in Tucson Welcomes New CEO
Loyola UMC President Chad Whelan, MD, Starts Today
Celebrating September as Women in Medicine Month
As the AMA recognizes September as “Women in Medicine Month,” so too are University of Arizona Health Sciences colleges, departments, divisions and centers and institutes. We’re proud of all the UA Department of Medicine’s many female physicians and their contributions to academic, research and clinical progress. Kudos to you all!
UA Colleges of Law and Pharmacy, Critical Path Institute, Launch Graduate Certificate Program in Regulatory Science
Designed for graduate students and working professionals, the certificate program provides specialized training in navigating the path from research to bringing medical products to market.
UA Immunobiology Chief Awarded $1.5M Grant to Study Threat of Chikungunya to Elderly
Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson will study why the elderly suffer disproportionately from the emerging mosquito-borne virus.
A Dozen New Hospitalists Start at UA Division of Inpatient Medicine, Banner – UMC
Eleven hospitalist physicians have started in the University of Arizona Division of Inpatient Medicine since July 1, with another set to start on Oct. 1. They come with a wide range of experiences and clinical and research interests, says Division Chief Dr. Tejo Vemulapalli. Be sure to welcome Drs. Alvaro Altamirano, Tarun Bathini, David Brual, Soham Davé, Roshanak Habibi, Robert Koch, Shilpa Pedapati, Nanda Pullela, Sorabh Sharma, Annie Shergill and Kamaldeep Singh…
Scleroderma and Vasculitis Specialist Dr. Alicia Rodriguez-Pla Joins UA Rheumatology Faculty
Also a University of Arizona Arthritis Center member, she trained at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Johns Hopkins University and Boston University and conducted research on lupus at the Baylor Institute for Immunology Research in Dallas.
UA Medical Students Create Life-Saving CPR Training Videos in Spanish
Work by medical students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, with the Department of Emergency Medicine and Sarver Heart Center, to increase use of chest-compression-only CPR among Hispanics in Arizona just got a new tool. Thanks to a $5,000 grant from the Arizona Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), the student-led Resuscitation Education and CPR Training (REACT) Group, completed two videos in Spanish. Take a look…
Clara Curiel, MD, Wins Recognition as 2018 Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year
The bioscience industry organization named Dr. Curiel this year’s top researcher for her pioneering work in skin cancer prevention, screening, treatment and community outreach.
UA Trains Next Generation of Cancer Prevention Researchers
The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health received a $1.25 million federal grant to train a new generation of students from underserved communities in cancer prevention and control research.
UA Cancer Center News: Post-Radiation Dry Mouth, ‘Evil’ Proteins, Hopi Tribe Alliance, Lymphoma Event
These are just a few of the headlines in the just-released September issue of the University of Arizona Cancer Center Newsletter. Welcomes also to Drs. Juan Chipollini and Leslie Farland and new UACC Communications and Public Affairs Director Megan Guthrie. Shared Resource Highlight: Tissue Acquisition and Cellular/Molecular Analysis. Read all about it…
Breast Team Asks, ‘Are You at High Risk for Breast Cancer?’ at Free Educational Presentation, Sept. 29
The UA Cancer Center’s Breast Team will educate the public about their risk for breast cancer in a presentation featuring talks about genetics, prevention and more.