Rheumatology
Dr. Victoria Murrain Named Permanent Deputy Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Victoria Murrain, DO, has been appointed deputy dean for diversity and inclusion at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. The appointment went into effect Dec. 3; Dr. Murrain previously held the title of interim deputy dean since January 2018.
First-Ever Clinical Trial to Treat Liver Cancer Through Immunotherapy is Accepting Patients
A novel approach to treat liver cancer using the body’s own immune system is now in clinical trials at the University of Arizona Cancer Center at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center. This will be the first time immunotherapy has been used as a primary treatment option for liver cancer.
New Director of Scientific Programs Named for All of Us Research Program at UA-Banner
Jason Hansen Karnes, PharmD, PhD, BCPS, FAHA, has been named director of scientific programs for the All of Us Research Program team at the University of Arizona and Banner Health.
Pulmonary Chief Dr. Parthasarathy to Help NIH Prioritize Research on Science of Sleep
Inaugural Clinical Excellence Award Winners Feted at COM – Tucson General Faculty Meeting
Congratulations to Bujji Ainapurapu, MD; Erika Bracamonte, MD; Monica Vandivort, MD, and Tirdad Zangeneh, DO—four Department of Medicine faculty
Dozen College of Medicine – Tucson Teaching Awards Go to Internal Medicine
Dr. Curiel Co-Authors New Care Guidelines for Melanoma by American Academy of Dermatology
A Work Group for the American Academy of Dermatology released earlier this month new “Guidelines of Care for the Management of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma,” that include input from work group member Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, MD, from the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
Global Respiratory Alliance Names UA Interstitial Lung Disease Program among Designated 'WASOG Sarcoidosis Clinics’
The University of Arizona Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Program at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South clinical faciliti
Medicine Grand Rounds
TOPIC: Introduction to Non-Cardiac Vascular Surgery Emergencies
SPEAKER: Dr. Craig Weinkauf
LOCATION: UAHS 5403 (LIVE) and Banner-UMC-SC 3030 (Video Conferenced)