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.
3rd Annual Skin Cancer Prevention Friends’ Spring LuncheonMonday, May 1, 2017 | Noon – 2 p.m.
Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort | 5501 N. Hacienda del Sol Road | Casa Feliz Room
GUEST SPEAKER:
Montaser F. “Monte” Shaheen, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine
University of Arizona Cancer Center
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.”
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.
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
AM Session: Precision Medicine in the Clinic
PM Session: Pharmacogenomics
CME & CPE Credits Available
LECTURE: Sleeping for Peak Performance and Your Heart
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.
Two UA College of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program – South Campus physicians and Victoria Murrain, DO, assistant dean for graduate medical education at the UA College of Medicine at South Campus, appear in the broadcast of “Morning Blend” on KGUN9 TV channel today, April 6, to tout “A Pathway to Success” — a career fair for high school students at Banner – UMC South to explore jobs
TOPIC: "Pharmacogenetics and Precision Medicine"
SPEAKER: Eugene R. Bleecker, MD, co-director, Division of Pharmacogenomics, UA Center for Applied Genetics and Genomic Medicine, and co-chief, Division of Genetics, Genomics and Precision Medicine, UA Department of Medicine
Free stroke screenings will be offered at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson’s DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., on Saturday, May 6, from 8 to 11:30 a.m., as part of Stroke Check 2017.
