Arthritis is the most debilitating disease in society today. Every day, 53 million people experience the effects of this insidious ailment; 140,000 people with arthritis will visit their doctors; and 3,750 joints will be replaced due to the damage caused by arthritis.
![[Iconographic illustration of anatomy of cardiopulmonary vasculature]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/lungteaser_0.jpg?itok=o-M26fqE "Iconographic illustration of anatomy of cardiopulmonary vasculature")
For most people, the idea of having lung cancer or end-stage lung disease sounds like a death sentence. ![[Samuel Kim, MD, and Scott Lick, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/drs.kim-n-lick_0.jpg "Samuel Kim, MD, and Scott Lick, MD")
![[First to announce, Shawn Ong]](/sites/default/files/matchday16_ong-shawn_dsc_0104_600x300px-96dpi.jpg "[First to announce, Shawn Ong]")
Shawn Ong, a medical student at the UA College of Medicine - Tucson, was first up to declare where he was headed for his physician residency on Friday, March 18, during the National Resident Matching Program announcements held simultaneously at medical schools across the country.
The ability of cancers to develop is attributed to a set of hallmarks: unlimited growth, resistance to cell death (apoptosis), a blood supply (angiogenesis), evasion of the body’s immune system, and ability to leave the primary tumor site and grow in other organs (invasion and metastasis). Our scientists continue to work to understand these hallmarks of cancer to further clarify mechanisms contributing to this complex disease and to develop novel therapeutic remedies.
Cardiopulmonary and vascular complications associated with diabetes are major contributors to mortality of patients with diabetes. Vascular endothelial cells play a critical role in vascular function, as they are involved in regulation of vascular tone, formation of new vessels, and serving as an anticoagulant barrier between blood and the vascular wall. Many cardiovascular diseases result in endothelial cell damage and subsequent vascular complications.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive and fatal disease that predominantly affects women. PAH constitutes a heterogeneous group of clinical disorders sharing similar pathogenic mechanisms and categorized as idiopathic PAH, heritable PAH, associated PAH, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), and pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) and pulmonary capillary haemangiomatosis (PCH).
![[Medical student Shawn Ong shares Match Day excitement at learning where he'll practice medicine after graduating this spring.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/shawn_ong_90x110_3_0.jpg?itok=RC5A8M4W "Medical student Shawn Ong shares Match Day excitement at learning where he'll practice medicine after graduating this spring.")
TUCSON, Ariz. – Fourth-year University of Arizona medical student Shawn Ong danced across the stage of DuVal Auditorium Friday after opening his Match Day envelope to learn he will be doing his residency training in internal medicine at Yale – New Haven Hospital.
![[Medical student Ryan Wong excited about finding out his destination on Match Day 2016.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/whitecoatteaser_2.jpg?itok=mY0R7GR4 "Medical student Ryan Wong excited about finding out his destination on Match Day 2016.")
![[Medical student Ryan Wong excited about finding out his destination on Match Day 2016.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium_image/public/matchdayslide2016.jpg?itok=k1pbtvzU "Medical student Ryan Wong excited about finding out his destination on Match Day 2016.")
“Match Day” – the day that medical students across the country have been working toward for four years – will be held Friday, March 18.
