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"Melanoma and resistance to immunotherapy"
Montaser Shaheen, MD
A member of the UA Cancer Center and UA Skin Cancer Institute, Dr. Shaheen received his medical degree from Damascus University in Syria, and then went on to complete his residency and internship at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Ill, specializing in internal medicine. He completed his fellowship at Indiana University Medical Center, specializing in hematology/oncology. Dr. Shaheen is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in hematology and medical oncology.

UArizona to Host COVID-19 Webinars Open to Public

TUCSON, Ariz. — Members of the media and the public are invited to join a series of virtual discussions on the COVID-19 pandemic, led by University of Arizona experts from a variety of disciplines.

UArizona Invention May Help COVID-19 Patients Breathe Easier

Clockwise from the top: CEO of company licensing the respiratory-assist-device technology Manny Teran, inventor Dr. Sairam Parthasarathy and mechanical designer Greg Jewell.

UArizona Medical Students Step Up to Help Health Care Professionals

TUCSON, Arizona — When College of Medicine – Tucson student Darien Stratton heard about students volunteering to help medical professionals in areas of the country hit hard by COVID-19, the University of Arizona was still on spring break. Local schools, preschools and businesses remained open, and social distancing was just entering the lexicon.

UArizona Regents Professor Submits Designs to DOD for Three Low-Cost Ventilator Prototypes – One Using a Basketball

TUCSON, Ariz. – A renowned researcher at the University of Arizona Health Sciences has taken the university’s reputation as a basketball powerhouse to a new level – designing an easily manufactured and low-cost ventilator prototype that uses a basketball to respond to the fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic.

UArizona Researchers Team to 3D-Print Medical Masks for Banner

TUCSON, Arizona — Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals across the world are running short on personal protective equipment, including N95 respirators – masks that, unlike surgical masks, fit tightly around the face and are capable of filtering out 95% of airborne particles.

UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Students Given Option for Early Graduation in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson has announced that it will offer its Class of 2020 students set to graduate later this spring the opportunity to apply for early graduation.

A similar alternative was offered to UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix students on Friday. Both measures are driven by projected health-care staffing demands due to the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the nation and globe.

Integrative Medicine Approaches May Combat COVID-19

TUCSON, Ariz. – During this time of great societal stress, there is a high level of interest in evidence-based integrative strategies to augment public health measures to prevent COVID-19 virus infection and associated pneumonia.

UArizona Cancer Center Joins Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network

TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona Cancer Center is one of two new centers to join the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) and has received an initial $1.4 million to advance cancer prevention and control science, with particular focus on the health needs of Hispanic cancer survivors.

Is COVID-19 Making You Stay at Home? Turn Your Home into a Healing Space!

Are you one of the more than 100 million Americans and 1.5 billion worldwide under a shelter in place or stay at home order due to the coronavirus pandemic? Is being made to stay close to home stressing you out?

Esther Sternberg, MD

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