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UA Offers Free Health Screening Services to Vulnerable Residents in Pima County
The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and the Mexico Section of the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission are bringing health promotion and education services to underserved residents in Pima County, and giving an interprofessional team of UA Health Sciences students experience working in the community.
Study Finds Molecular Explanation for Struggles of Obese Asthmatics
More so than others, obese asthma patients struggle with control of their disease — and symptoms that worsen with time. A team of researchers found an explanation and has begun developing a therapy to address it.
Congratulations to the 98 physicians associated with the UA College of Medicine – Tucson who were included among the 2017 Top Doctors in July’s edition of Tucson Lifestyle. Twenty-five of those are affiliated with the UA Department of Medicine, the largest department in the college with more than 200 faculty physicians. The local list is pulled from a national listing compiled by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd…
Dr. Parthasarathy Picked for UA Academic Leadership Institute Fellowship
Interim chief of the UA pulmonary division and UAHS Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences director, Dr. Sairam Parthasarathy is among 24 UA faculty and staff chosen for the Academic Leadership Institute’s Class of 2017-18 fellows. It involves a yearlong professional development program in which current and emerging campus leaders participate in discussions and workshops to help them further develop their leadership skills. Sessions start in August...
UA Wildcats Football Supports Fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis Research
A number of University of Arizona student-athletes with the Wildcat Football team will be at Brother John’s restaurant in Tucson on Friday, July 21, 5-7 p.m., to support cystic fibrosis research and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Southern Arizona. The event is hosted by the UA chapter of Uplifting Athletes. Come meet the players and support their efforts to help find remedies to rare diseases...
Cardiology Launches 2 New Fellowships, More Sarver Grants, Honors Announced
The UA Division of Cardiology announced two new one-year fellowships for heart failure and electrophysiology. Dr. Nancy Sweitzer wins a $2.6 million NIH grant to counter cognitive loss in CABG surgery patients. Dr. Heddwen Brooks awarded $1.53 million NIH grant to look at postmenopausal hypertension in women. These are just a few stories in latest Sarver Heart Center Newsletter…
Dr. Khalpey Named a ‘Leading Physician in the World’ by IAHCP
The International Association of HealthCare Professionals has accepted Zain Khalpey, MD, PhD, FETCS, FACS, a prominent UA cardiothoracic surgeon, to its organization and will include him in its upcoming publication of The Leading Physicians of the World…
Spanish Nephrologist to Speak on Kidney Disease as UA Visiting International Scholar, Friday
The UA Division of Nephrology will host a Special Conference for visiting international scholar Dr. Jose Ibeas, a nephrology consultant with Spain’s Hospital de Sabadell–Parc Taulí, which is affiliated with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and president elect of the Vascular Access Society, based in Maastricht, Netherlands. On July 14 at 1 p.m. in Room 5403 of the UA College of Medicine - Tucson, he’ll discuss challenges and opportunities in treatment of advanced kidney disease in Spain…
UANews Summer Stories Cover Health, Science from Tourniquet Comeback to Tillman Scholar
Among UANews articles you may have missed this summer, Dr. Andrew Tang touts the lifesaving tourniquet, Dr. Naomi Rance’s research focuses on hot flash relief, Dr. Brian McKay studies Parkinson’s drug effect on macular degeneration, Dr. David Armstrong continues fighting diabetic ulcers, how our brains evolved to need exercise, what summer heat does to our bodies, copper’s antibacterial properties — and more…
Dr. Persky Named Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2017 Man of the Year
Dr. Daniel Persky, associate professor in the UA Division of Hematology and Oncology, associate director of UACC Clinical Investigations and director of the UACC Clinical Trials Office, was instrumental helping raise $150,000 for the local chapter. The money helps patients afford copays and funds cancer research. In other news, H-H. Sherry Chow receives the Sydney E. Salmon Award and the Cancer Biology Program announces a new Genome Editing Facility…
University of Arizona Cancer Center at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Opens Multidisciplinary Thoracic Clinic
Patients will interact with multiple specialists during a single visit, where information is exchanged, care options are developed and the patient is presented with a comprehensive plan for the treatment and management of their specific diagnosis. The goal is for the patient and their family or partner to be better informed and feel a greater level of connection to their care as well as to their care team.
Dr. Heddwen Brooks Wins $1.53M NIH Grant to Study Post-Menopausal Hypertension in Women
Dr Heddwen Brooks, Physiological Sciences GIDP chair, professor, Departments of Physiology and Medicine, and associate professor, Department of Pharmacology, has been awarded $1.53 million from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study postmenopausal hypertension and renal injury in women. She’s joined on her research by Drs. Janko Nikolich-Žugich and "Chip" Brosius…
Banner New Resident Orientation Event Draws 700 Physicians in Training
Incoming University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson residents, chief residents and fellows joined each other Friday, June 23, for the Banner – UMC New Resident Orientation event hosted by the Marriott Tucson University Park Hotel. Across all departments, there are 711 resident physicians in training. Of those, the Internal Medicine program is the largest with 93 at Tucson Campus and 31 at South Campus. See the pictures…
Sarver Heart Center Recognizes Seven Graduating 2017 Cardiology Fellows
The University of Arizona Division of Cardiology and UA Sarver Heart Center recently celebrated the graduation of several fellows from its two fellowship training programs. Fellows also presented awards to faculty and Ily Kristine Yumul-Non, MD, was named SAVAHCS Cardiology Fellow of the Year…
Endocrinology Celebrates Class of 2017 Fellows Graduation
The UA Division of Endocrinology celebrated the graduation recently of two fellows in the Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Fellowship Program, Gisell Gonzalez Rios, MD, and Sukhampal Sidhu, MD...
The Fix Is In for Email Notifications – How to ‘Disarm’ Your Workplace by Facebook Account
Not impressed by Workplace by Facebook’s stated goal of reducing your email inbox clutter? Before you ban it to your Junk E-mail folder, know that you can adjust your settings to eliminate email notifications until better controls can be added later. Here’s how along with a few tips on how to navigate Workplace as well as find or create groups of interest to you. Many already exist for the Department of Medicine. Check it out…
Fellowship in Integrative Medicine Offers $15K Scholarship to UA College of Medicine Faculty
UA College of Medicine - Tucson and UA College of Medicine - Phoenix faculty qualify for a $15,000 scholarship for the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the UA Center for Integrative Medicine. Read about this and other integrative medicine news…
2017-18 Medicine Core and Key Clinical Faculty Guide Now Available
The Core and Key Clinical Faculty Guide for the UA Department of Medicine has been updated for the 2017-18 academic year beginning July 1. In addition to Dr. Amy Sussman, who became Vice Chair for Education in January, and Susan Ellis, who starts with the DOM Education program July 3, others new to the guide this year are: Drs. Katherina Beeler, Janet Campion, Lori Fantry, Anca Georgescu and Elizabeth Juneman. New chief residents (aka, clinical instructors) also are listed…
UA Researchers to Evaluate Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Two University of Arizona investigators were awarded a two-year, $415,491 grant to develop an oral drug approved to treat multiple sclerosis.
UA’s Dr. Archita Receives Grant from Liver Disease Foundation
Archita Desai, MD, a research associate with the University of Arizona Liver Research Institute, won a two-year, $150,000 grant from the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease Foundation to examine health-care utilization by advanced liver disease patients to better determine when care can be better managed for more optimal outcomes and potentially at lower costs over the long term.
How to Request Profile, Webpage Updates on the Banner Health Website
It’s that time of year again. In June, new physician faces roll in as residency and fellowship programs welcome new trainees and recent training program graduates gain employment at academic medical centers and other hospitals across the country. That means updating your web profile on the UA Department of Medicine website and BannerHealth.com. See these tips to accomplish the task more quickly…
Sweitzer Selected as Editor of the Journal, Circulation: Heart Failure
UA Division of Cardiology chief and director of the UA Sarver Heart Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Dr. Nancy K. Sweitzer is the new editor-in-chief of Circulation: Heart Failure, a scientific journal of the American Heart Association…
Quest to Prevent Macular Degeneration Continues With UA Researcher’s $1.7M NIH Grant
Brian McKay, PhD, will continue his work that has shown that l-dopa—used to treat Parkinson’s disease—can delay or prevent the sight-destroying eye disease.
AMC Approves Drop of Non-Compete Clause from Banner Tucson Provider Contracts
Banner Health dropped the non-compete clause for physicians working for Banner – University Medical Group in Tucson, which had been undermining physician recruitment and retention for both the health care company and University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. The move was announced June 7 in an email from co-chairs of the Academic Management Council…
Benjamin Alouidor Awarded the Best Student Scientific Award at the American Society of Extracorporeal Technology's 55th International Conference
Benjamin Alouidor, a first year Master’s student in the UA College of Medicine – Tucson Medical Pharmacology-Perfusion Sciences Graduate Program was awarded the Best Student Scientific Award at the American Society of Extracorporeal Technology’s 55th International Conference, held May 2017 in Boston, MA.