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The David and Lura Lovell Foundation, which funded an award-winning end-of-life documentary that includes mention of the Living Will Project at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, has provided a nearly $30,000 grant to continue the educational program for UA medical students. The program teaches them about the importance of advanced care planning and directives and how to communicate with patients and their families on the subject…
The 8th Annual Interprofessional Chief Resident Immersion Training (IP-CRIT) Program, hosted by UA Center on Aging and College of Medicine – Tucson at Starr Pass Resort, June 10-11, provided leadership, skills and specialized training for Banner – University Medical Center and community-based clinicians. Participating were 39 chief residents with Banner – UMC Tucson and—for the first time—a dozen community providers from Nogales and Sells, Ariz., and Chicago…
UA nephrologist Dr. Akinlolu Ojo, a principal investigator on the Arizona All of Us℠/Precision Medicine Initiative Research Program, was quoted in an article on the program that appears in the August issue of the ASN Kidney News, a publication of the American Society of Nephrology. Read the full article here…
Dr. Craig Stump, Division of Endocrinology, and Dr. Charles Downs, a pulmonary and critical care researcher with the Division of Translational and Regenerative Medicine, are the first speakers in this academic year’s DOM Research Seminar Series, set for Thursday, Sept. 14, noon-1 p.m., COM-T Room 5403. See current 2017-18 calendar of speakers here, including Nov. 9 guest speaker Dr. Judith Voynow, of VCU’s Children’s Hospital of Richmond Cystic Fibrosis Center…
Two winners were named Aug. 11 for Hero Awards at the University of Arizona Cancer Center. Dr. Cynthia Miranti, program leader for Prostate Cancer Research and professor of cellular & molecular medicine, won the faculty award; and Carroll Dendler, principal accountant in Finance, won the staff award…
After a trial run in July, the UA Division of Nephrology and Banner – UMC Tucson will begin a rotating schedule of five informational sessions to help patients with chronic kidney disease and their families better understand how to manage their kidney disease. The free classes begin weekly, Aug. 29. Patients must be referred by a nephrologist…
A burst in media coverage recently on Valley fever coincides with a yearly increase in cases around monsoon season, but this year a journal article with significant findings, newly funded research into genetics of the disease and a syndicated video on research into a vaccine—as well as a global symposium at Stanford University—make for a busy summer for infectious diseases specialist Dr. John Galgiani, director of the UA Valley Fever Center for Excellence…
The newest member of the UA Department of Medicine administrative staff is Angelica Mercado, an administrative assistant supporting the Banner - University Medical Center South Cardiology team. See and save our updated departmental UofA/Banner Administrative Support/Program Coordinators List, which is posted here…
Vivian Y. Shi, MD, an assistant professor in the University of Arizona Division of Dermatology, has been awarded the 2017 Dermatology Foundation Patient Directed Investigation Grant.
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation webinars enable the community and clinical professionals to easily learn about the disease from leading pulmonary fibrosis specialists. Presenter Michelle MacDonald is a clinical dietitian and certified diabetes educator in the Sections of Nephrology & Diabetology and Clinical Nutritional Services at Denver’s National Jewish Health. This event starts at 11 a.m. AZ/MT. Register and submit any questions you may have today!
In addition to being No. 1 in Southeastern Arizona and No. 2 in the state, the hospital is nationally ranked in Cancer, Geriatrics, Gynecology and Pulmonary Care, with high-performing ratings in four more specialties (Diabetes and Endocrinology, Gastroenterology and GI Surgery, Nephrology, and Neurology and Neurosurgery) and five adult procedures (Heart Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure, Colon Cancer Surgery, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Lung Cancer Surgery).
The UA pulmonary division’s Drs. Sai Parthasarathy and Stefano Guerra are co-authors on the study in the American Journal of Medicine that notes, at a time when chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalizations are at an all-time high, 92 percent of U.S. COPD patients studied didn’t receive therapy to help them breath better while sleeping. The study was the subject of several articles in July…
The Home Centered Care Institute, a non-profit organization that works to nationally advance home-based primary care through research, education and training, will partner with the UA and seven other newly named HCCI centers of excellence to increase the number of high-quality home-based primary care professionals in the nation.
The UA Department of Medicine welcomed nearly a dozen new physicians in our various divisions over the past several weeks, among them Dr. Sophia Airhart who started Monday, July 31. This includes three in Inpatient Medicine, two in Cardiology and Hematology and Oncology, and one each in Endocrinology; Nephrology; Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; and Rheumatology. Several more are scheduled to start through mid-October…
If you were checking this week’s issue of U.S. News & World Report for the “Best Hospital” list, you’ll have to come back next week. Due to a data glitch, the magazine pushed back the annual rankings to its Aug. 8 issue. See how subspecialties in UA Department of Medicine have placed over the past decade here…
Times Higher Education's "World Reputation Rankings" recognize the most prestigious higher-education institutions throughout the world. The appearance on the list is the UA's fourth…