Division of Cardiology Chief and Sarver Heart Center Director Dr. Nancy Sweitzer presents at the C3 Conference.
The UA Division of Cardiology and Sarver Heart Center were well represented at the Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics C3 2017 Conference in Orlando, Fla., at the end of June.
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.
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) offers a free webinar Wednesday, Aug. 16, of interest to specialists in pulmonary and critical care medicine. It begins at 11 a.m. Arizona/Mountain Standard Time.
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.
![[Jane Mohler, RN, MPH, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/mohler_jane-rnmphphd_dsc-0064_4x5.jpg?itok=Qwyg9HPH "Jane Mohler, RN, MPH, PhD")
![[Jane Mohler, RN, MPH, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/mohler_jane-rnmphphd_dsc-0064_4x5.jpg "Jane Mohler, RN, MPH, PhD")
Jane Mohler, RN, MPH, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Associate Director of the Arizona Center on Aging, and Co-Director of the Arizona Geriatric Education Center, was awarded Arizona Gerontologist of the Year (2012), at the Arizona Geriatric Society’s annual meeting held in Phoenix.
Banner – University Medical Center Tucson has been ranked among the best hospitals in the nation for cancer, geriatrics, gynecology and pulmonary care in U.S. News & World Report’s 2017-18 Best Hospitals’ ratings, and as “high performing” in four other medical specialties.
By Anna C. Christensen, UA Cancer Center
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the world, and is caused mainly by exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet rays. In Arizona, skin cancer awareness programs ramp up with the escalating temperatures from spring to summer. By the time the mid-summer monsoons hit, these messages start to fall off our radar. When the weather once again is hospitable as fall rolls around, many of us are back to enjoying the outdoors without adequate sun protection. Reducing our risk of skin cancer, however, is a year-round activity.
If you need to see a rheumatologist in Arizona, chances are you’re going to have to wait—especially if you’re in a rural area. These specialists are in short supply in the United States, and the demand for them is high as the population ages.
![[Members of the UA Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation team. ECMO is an advanced technology that provides heart and lung functions to a patient whose heart and/or lungs are so damaged they are unable to work unassisted. It typically is used to support a patient awaiting surgery, or gives the patient’s organs time to heal from surgery or disease.(ECMO)]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/img_8471_rev.jpg "Members of the UA Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation team.</body></html>")
