Rheumatology
With April ‘Donate Life’ Campaign, Banner – UMC to Host Organ Donor Family Tribute, April 23
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and UA Health Sciences, in cooperation with Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South hospitals and clinics, has teamed up with the Donor Network of Arizona, to participate in its annual Health Care for Hope campaign.
Rheumatology Grand Rounds
RHEUMATOLOGY GRAND ROUNDS
Southwestern Clinic and Research Instittute (SCARI) Lecture
SPEAKER: V. Michael Holers, MD
TOPIC: Studies of At-Risk Populations Provide Insights into the Origins, Pathogenesis and Prevention of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds
Speaker: Leonard Ditmanson, MD
Title: "The Opioid Epidemic in America; Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment"
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Lenn Ditmanson is a practicing internist in Tucson. He is the Medical Director of the 5th St. clinic and MAT Medical Director at ConnectionsAZ. He has been involved with opiate addiction treatment for 15 years.
Reminder: DOM Research Seminar on Cardiovascular Phenotypes in Sickle Cell Disease, and HIV and B Cell Follicles, April 13
In the April installment of the DOM Research Seminar, Ankit A. Desai, MD, will speak on “Bench-to-Bedside Approaches Unravel Inflammatory Mechanisms Underlying Novel Cardiovascular Phenotypes in Sickle Cell Disease” and Elizabeth Connick MD, will talk about “The Role of B Cell Follicles in HIV Replication and Persistence.”
Rheumatology Grand Rounds
RHEUMTATOLOGY GRAND ROUNDS
PRESENTERS: Dominick Sudano, MD & Emily Jeffrey, MD
TOPIC: Difficult Cases
UA Researchers Land $2.27M Grant to Study Why Some Don’t Get Valley Fever, Some Die of It
A haboob, or dust storm, blowing into Ahwatukee, near Phoenix, as seen from the top of South Mountain, looking south on July 23, 2011. Inhalation of a fungus found in soils of the U.S. Southwest is what causes Valley fever. After an event like this, incidences of infection tend to spike.
2nd Annual UAHS-Banner Precision Medicine Symposium
2nd Annual UA Health Sciences/Banner Precision Medicine Symposium
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
- Joshua Denny, MD, MS, Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine, Vanderbilt University
- James Evans, MD, PhD, Byron Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
AM Session: Precision Medicine in the Clinic
PM Session: Pharmacogenomics
CME & CPE Credits Available
UA Sarver Heart Center Presents ‘Sleeping for Peak Performance and Your Heart,’ April 12
New Faces, Updates to Admin Staff in Department of Medicine Announced
Four divisions within the Department of Medicine will experience changes in their administrative staff with the addition of two new admins and transfer of a third, announced Irene Robles, admin support supervisor for the department with Banner – University Medical Group.