Hosted by Banner - University Medical Center Tucson and South, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and the UA Health Sciences, the 12th Annual Organ Donor Family Tribute Ceremony will be held Sunday, April 23, 2-4 p.m., in Kiewit Auditorium at the UA Cancer Center’s Leon F. Levy Building, 1515 N. Campbell Ave.
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.
SPEAKER: H. Thomas Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Director of Transplantation Anesthesiology
Vice Chair for Laboratory Research
Department of Anesthesiology
New York Presbyterian Medical Center
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, N.Y.
TOPIC: “Mechanism of Remote Organ Injury After Ischemic AKI”
SPEAKER: V. Michael Holers, MD
TOPIC: Studies of At-Risk Populations Provide Insights into the Origins, Pathogenesis and Prevention of Rheumatoid Arthritis
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
