News
With New Chief, Staff, UA Nephrology Division Focuses on Partnerships to Deliver Innovative, High-Quality Kidney Care
As the new UA, Banner kidney specialist leader in Tucson, Dr. Prabir Roy-Chaudhury brings his lab from the University of Cincinnati where the NIH-funded physician scientist was director of the Dialysis Vascular Access Research Group and embraces the UA’s academic, community and industry collaborative approach.
Top Docs, AzCIM, SALSA Spotlighted Among AHSC Top News Items of the Week
Tucson Lifestyle’s “Top Doctors” issue is out, the UA Center for Integrative Medicine gets nod from White House on participation in FlexTech Alliance, and Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance calls out disparity in amputations for low-income and rural type 2 diabetes patients…
$1.5M NIH Grant Supports Development of Therapeutic Agent to Reduce AVF Failures
The 2-year project, funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, will allow Symic Biomedical – working in collaboration with UA Nephrology Division Chief Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, to perform additional preclinical efficacy studies on a therapeutic agent to reduce arteriovenous fistula failures in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis…
DOM in the News – Valley Fever, Kindness Event, Ebola, AEDs & 19 ‘Great Hospitals’ in the West
Among recent headlines of interest to or featuring Department of Medicine divisions, programs and staff are the following news items…
Banner University Medical Centers in Phoenix and Tucson named to U.S. News ‘Best Hospital’ ranking
Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix and Banner-University Medical Center Tucson have each been named to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospital ranking, and nationally recognized for specialty services.
Kudos for Internal Medicine Resident – University Campus | August 2013 – November 2014
See news bits on awards and accolades as well as papers, abstracts and posters presented and published from residents participating in the University of Arizona Internal Medicine Residency Program – University Campus from August 2013 through November 2014…
Most Influential Women in Arizona Business
Each year Arizona Business Magazine celebrates the amazing women who make an impact on Arizona business and they have deemed Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, director of UA Sarver Heart Center, an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist and physiologist, one of Arizona’s 2014 Most Influential Women.
Noted Physician-Scientist Dr. Monica Kraft Appointed Chair of Department of Medicine at UA College of Medicine – Tucson
Monica Kraft, MD, an internationally renowned physician-scientist who specializes in translational asthma research, has been named chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. She is scheduled to begin her new duties at the UA in December.
![[Zain Khalpey, MD, PhD, MRCS(Eng)]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/khalpeyteaser.jpg?itok=q-8r5UUY "Zain Khalpey, MD, PhD, MRCS(Eng)")
UA Heart Surgeon Dr. Zain Khalpey Receives Grant to Understand Healing Power of Stem Cells
Stem cell therapy shows promise in the repair and regeneration of damaged heart tissue from a heart attack, the leading cause of death and disability in Western society. Understanding the mechanisms of how stem cells react in the body could maximize their efficiency and offer better ways to treat people with heart failure.
Baby Boomers Greatest at-Risk Group of the Silent Killer Infection, Hepatitis C; New Clinic at UAMC Offers Free Screenings
Each year, more than 2 million people in this nation are infected with the hepatitis C virus. The group with the greatest number of infected individuals is the baby boomer generation, and now, thanks to a free hepatitis C screening clinic at the University of Arizona Health Network, those who unknowingly carry the silent killer virus, can be screened free of charge.
More than 100 UAHN Physicians among 'Best Doctors in America'
More than 100 Tucson physicians with the University of Arizona Health Network are ranked among the 2014 Best Doctors in America and are featured in Tucson Lifestyle magazine’s July issue on Best Doctors in Tucson.
Orphaned Ugandan Boy Undergoes Surgery at UAMC to Correct Severely Deformed Spine
University of Arizona and Barrow Neurological Institute neurosurgeons teamed up to perform the corrective procedure.
Dr. Pradeep V. Kadambi Joins Division of Nephrology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
Also appointed medical director of solid organ transplantation at the University of Arizona Medical Center.
UAMC Reactivates Heart Transplant Program
The University of Arizona Medical Center – University Campus has reactivated its Heart Transplant Program after receiving approval from the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS).
![[Willard S. Kasoff, MD, MPH]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/kasoffslide_0.jpg?itok=2Fr1hnL3 "Willard S. Kasoff, MD, MPH")
Neurosurgeon Dr. Willard S. Kasoff Joins UA Department of Surgery To Direct Neuromodulation Program
Dr. Kasoff’s appointment expands and strengthens UAMC’s patient services for Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor and other movement disorders.
Into the Wild: New Wilderness Medicine Program at UA Hones Patient Care Skills in Austere Conditions
The sterile, high tech and fully stocked clinical environment at the University of Arizona Medical Centers provide an ideal learning and teaching environment, but this semester students, residents and faculty had the opportunity to demonstrate their medical skills in the wild, rugged terrain of the Arizona wilderness.
![[Jason X.-J. Yuan, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/yuanslide_0.jpg?itok=xMhcwoop "Jason X.-J. Yuan, MD, PhD")
Dr. Jason X.-J. Yuan Appointed Associate Vice President for Translational Health Sciences at the Arizona Health Sciences Center
An internationally recognized physician-scientist in pulmonary vascular disease research, Dr. Yuan will provide critical leadership in translational health strategies and training physician-scientists at AHSC.
New One-Click Access to Cutting-Edge Clinical Trials Now Available at the Arizona Health Sciences Center
Connecting your family to cutting-edge research through enrollment in clinical trials just got easier, thanks to a new website that makes it easy to find and potentially enroll in current health-related studies at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.
Spring Season Blooms Allergies: May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
Research clinicians at the University of Arizona Medical Center offer relief during the spring allergy season.
![[Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/carmonaslide_0.jpg?itok=lgN23Zb8 "Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS")
Dr. Richard Carmona, 17th U.S. Surgeon General, Presents ‘Prevention, Preparedness, Plagues and Politics: The Life of the Surgeon General,’ May 7 at UAMC
Wednesday, May 7, 8-9 a.m at DuVal Auditorium. Free and open to the public.
5th Annual ‘Travels in Medicine: Exploring the Global Health Community’ Photography Exhibit through May 10
Free and open to the public, the exhibit at the Arizona Health Sciences Library provides a glimpse of health care beyond our borders
![[Jeffrey R. Lisse, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/arthritislogoslide_0.jpg?itok=VSNQbcfI "Jeffrey R. Lisse, MD")
‘Oh My Aching Joints: Exploring the Latest Treatments for Joint Pain,’ May 7
Free lecture, open to the public, by Dr. Jeffrey R. Lisse, in conjunction with Arthritis Awareness Month
![[Marvin Slepian, MD, with University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart and another gentleman]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/slepianhartslide_0.jpg?itok=9VtPxdJL "Marvin Slepian, MD, with University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart and another gentleman")
UA Sarver Heart Center Expert Offers Insights into New Uses of a Surgical Adhesive in New England Journal of Medicine
UArizona’s Dr. Marvin Slepian and Stonybrook University’s Dr. Danny Bluestein, co-authored a review article citing the benefits of hydrophobic light-activated adhesive (HLAA), a fluid, blood-resistant tissue glue that can be applied as a liquid before a procedure is performed and activated on demand to adhere, cure and bond.
![[Dr. Louise Hecker]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/heckerteaser.jpg?itok=uIi4RFag "Dr. Louise Hecker © Rhonda June McSween")
Pulmonary Researcher Dr. Louise Hecker Joins UA College of Medicine – Tucson
Dr. Hecker will be a key contributor in UA efforts to fully develop novel programs in respiratory medicine, lung biology and drug discovery.
TOPCAT Trial Tests Possible Treatment for Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Heart Pump Function
Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, director of the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center and chief of the Division of Cardiology at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson serves on the TOPCAT executive committee.