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South Campus’ Abrams Building to Host Behavioral Health Training April 6
Clinicians and others who want to learn more about elder care as it relates to Banner Health psychiatric and behavioral health services and the Crisis Response Center can earn 2 hours of continuing education units (CEUs) by attending a free workshop presented by the group SAFEE and hosted at the Abrams Building on the Banner – UMC South campus. It’s from 9-11 a.m., Friday, April 6. No registration required. Walk-ins welcome…
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Free Webinar, April 11, to Focus on ‘Non-Genetic Causes of PF’
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation offers a free webinar Wednesday, April 11, of interest to specialists in pulmonary and critical care medicine. It begins at 10 a.m. Arizona/Pacific Daylight Time. The speaker, Dr. David J. Lederer, is a PFF senior medical advisor for Education and Awareness and a faculty physician with Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital…
I-Squared Awards Honor Inventors, Entrepreneurs at 5th Tech Launch Arizona Event
Dr. Louise Hecker, a respiratory scientist with the UA Department of Medicine, was among 16 individuals or business startups assisted by Tech Launch Arizona recognized March 19 at the I-Squared Expo & Awards hosted by TLA, the research and innovation commercialization arm of the University of Arizona. The fifth annual event honors those whose work impacts the quality of life for people in Tucson, Arizona and the world through research, collaboration and invention…
UA Shares its Expertise in Free Precision Medicine Conference for Public, Researchers and Physicians, April 13
To help the public, physicians and researchers better understand how growing discoveries on the molecular makeup of disease affect decisions on health care, UA researchers and their partners are presenting a free precision medicine conference on Friday, April 13.
Dr. Janardhanan to Serve on ASE Committee, Faculty of 1000 Section
Dr. Raj Janardhanan, of the University of Arizona Division of Cardiology and UA Sarver Heart Center, has accepted positions with the American Society of Echocardiography, as a continuing member-at-large on the Industry Relations Committee, and the United Kingdom-based Faculty of 1000 (F1000), as co-head of peer review for the Valvular Disease Section with Dr. Joe Alpert…
UA Sarver Heart Center and Banner – University Medical Center Welcome Cardiologist Dr. Joel B. Holland
Nationally recognized cardiologist, Dr. Joel Holland, joins the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson faculty after a long career at Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Purdue University Honors UA Arthritis Center Disability Assessment Director David Smith
Disability Assessment Research Clinic (DARC) director at the University of Arizona Arthritis Center, David Wayne Smith, DEd, DABPS, DACFE—who’s been with the UA for 50 years and UA College of Medicine – Tucson for 32 years—has been named as one of two recipients of Purdue University's Health and Kinesiology Distinctive Service Award to be awarded in April. See other center news here, too…
Dr. Bime Chosen for National ATS Committee on Health Equality and Diversity
Dr. Christian Bime, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, UA College of Medicine – Tucson, and Medical Intensive Care Unit medical director at Banner – University Medical Center – Tucson, has been appointed to the American Thoracic Society’s Health Equality and Diversity Committee as well as the International Health Committee…
Dr. Janardhanan Honored with Native American Cardiology Outstanding Service Award
The University of Arizona Division of Cardiology’s Dr. Raj Janardhanan was presented with the Outstanding Service Award by the UA Native American Cardiology and Medicine Program at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson. In other honors, he’ll chair a session on multimodality imaging at the American Society of Echocardiography national conference in June and was part of the ASE team that just released new clinical guidelines for contrast echocardiography techniques…
UA Cancer Center, Banner – University Medicine to Observe Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month with Free Presentation, Screenings, April 28
April is Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month and the UA Cancer Center is enlisting dental professionals to incorporate head and neck cancer screenings into routine checkups.
‘Facts, Fads and Fiction About Joint Replacement Surgery’ Subject of UA Arthritis Center Lecture, April 4
Free and open to the public, the lecture by UA orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Michael Dohm will discuss the operative and non-operative treatment of joint disease, including evidence, outcome and value of current surgical and non-surgical treatments.
Future Physicians Celebrate Match Day at UA College of Medicine – Tucson
One-third of medical students in the Class of 2018 will remain in Arizona to pursue their residency training; more than half of the class will pursue primary care — a physician specialty that is critically low in Arizona and the nation.
The Intestinal Microbiome and Fecal Transplants’ Promise for Treating Digestive and Autoimmune Diseases Discussed in Free Public Lecture, March 23
Speaker Lawrence J. Brandt, MD, with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, will discuss the intestinal microbiome and how it can be changed to alter the outcome of patients suffering from a variety of illnesses, as well as the future of fecal transplantation and manipulation. The presentation is part of the Flinn Foundation Buffmire Lecture series.
2018 Match Day for UA College of Medicine – Tucson Wows Crowd in New Venue
Congratulations to 114 University of Arizona medical students who matched into residency programs on Match Day 2018—March 16. Hosted by U.S. medical schools, ceremonies are for students who’ll graduate this spring and become doctors-in-training when residency programs begin July 1. Forty-seven candidates nationwide matched into UA internal medicine residency programs—eight from the UA—and three into the advanced dermatology program. See who from the DOM was there as well as who matched where…
Get a CatCard or Your CatCard Checked for 6OPC/7OPC Office Space Entry, March 19-22
For Faculty/Staff/Students/DCCs convenience, the UA Health Sciences Planning and Facilities Office has arranged for a CatCard event on our campus (AHS Library Rm. 2150P) March 19-22 for half days. This is important as security is being added to doors of former clinical space being renovated for office use by several UA College of Medicine – Tucson departments, including the Department of Medicine. You’ll need a CatCard and pin to get in after hours, on weekends or during holiday closures. See times and details…
Drs. Bime, Juneman, Koppula Chosen for ‘Class of 2018’ Banner Leadership Program
Drs. Christian Bimé (Pulmonary), Elizabeth Juneman (Cardiology), and Sireesha Koppula (Nephrology) are the three University of Arizona Department of Medicine representatives among 72 clinicians—14 from Tucson—included in the “Class of 2018” for the Banner Health Advanced Leadership for Physicians Program. It’s the largest leadership class ever for Banner. See who else got picked…
Skin Disorders, Valley Fever Focus of DOM Research Seminar Lectures, April 12
The University of Arizona Division of Dermatology’s Dr. Vivian Shi and Division of Infectious Diseases’ Dr. John Galgiani, director of the UA Valley Fever Center for Excellence, will offer lectures on “The ‘Gaps’ in Eczematous Dermatoses” and “Updating Valley Fever Serology: It’s Not World War II Anymore” for the UA Department of Medicine Research Seminar Series lectures April 12. See link to video, photo galleries from prior lectures…
UA Medical Students’ Residencies to be Revealed at Match Day Ceremony March 16
On Friday, March 16, more than 100 medical students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson simultaneously will open an envelope revealing where they will go for their residency training. Surrounded by friends and family, the emotion-filled ceremony is a rite of passage for soon-to-be doctors.
Banner – UMC South Earns Spot on National ‘100 Top Hospitals’ List, Everest Award
Banner – University Medical Center South in Tucson and Banner – UMC Phoenix have been named to the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals list—formerly known as the Truven Health Analytics® 100 Top Hospitals—by IBM Watson Health. Banner – UMC South also was named one of 13 “Everest Award” winners by IBM Watson for improvements over the past five years…
Several UA Department of Medicine Docs to Serve on Panels at National Health Journalist Event
Five University of Arizona Department of Medicine physicians were asked to participate on panels during the Health Journalism 2018 conference hosted, April 12-15, in Phoenix by the Association of Health Care Journalists and Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism—Drs. John Galgiani, Steve Goldman, Sai Parthasarathy, Ken Ramos and Esther Sternberg. Their topics range from precision medicine to valley fever. See who else will be there from the UA and Banner Health...
UA Sarver Heart Center Presents: ‘New Interventional Procedures for Heart Disease’ – March 15 in Green Valley
Part of the 2018 free Green Valley Lecture Series.
See Fellows Match in Internal Medicine Subspecialties Both at, from UA Department of Medicine
Thirty-four physicians matched into fellowships in advanced training for internal medicine subspecialties at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson—10 of them from UA internal medicine residency programs. Another 17 UA internal medicine residents and two dermatology residents matched to fellowships elsewhere (from Mayo Scottsdale to Mass General). New fellows start July 1. See who’s coming and who’s going…
Devastation, Recovery in a Hurricane’s Wake, with Drs. Tammy and Lolu Ojo
After Hurricane Irma swept through the Caribbean last September, the University of Arizona Department of Medicine’s Drs. Tammy Clark (Pulmonary) and Akinlolu Ojo (Nephrology) traveled to the island of Tortola, part of the British Virgin Islands, on a medical mission. They’ve been back twice since to assist clinical teams following the Category 5 storm’s devastation. See a mini-photo gallery…