Internal Medicine Residency – Tucson Campus

Congratulations to our 2025-26 IM Chief Residents
Banner – University Medical Center Tucson - 2024-25 U.S. News & World Report Best Regional Hospital, ranking No. 1 in Tucson, No. 3 in Arizona and the best hospital in Southeastern Arizona.
When on ICU Service Residents and Med Students always find reasons to Smile
Internal Medicine Residency – Tucson Campus 2024 Meet-and-Greet Event - Department of Medicine Faculty members and IM Residents chat with UA medical students.
Associate Program Director, Dr. Anthony Witten with our IM Residents thriving on Inpatient Service!
IM Core Faculty Member, Dr. Ian Coe presenting All About Echo's at Academic Half Day
2024 American College of Cardiology Conference Presenters
2024 Internal Medicine Chiefs bonding with our new IM Interns on a Chiefs' Hike in Mount Lemmon.
Internal medicine residents, fellows and students share thoughts on their projects and posters during Research Academic Half Day competition in Kiewit Auditorium
Tucson Campus former Internal Medicine resident Dr. Alexander Peck presents his report, “The Case of MC,” at Medicine Grand Rounds for ACP Clinical Vignettes competition.

Over nearly five decades, we have developed a highly collegial, mid-sized academic training program that offers diverse experiences at multiple state-of-the-art training sites. With Tucson nestled in the northern region of the Sonoran Desert and in the heart of the Old West, our residents gain exposure to a broad range of patients and faculty. We also offer centers of excellence on arthritis, cancer, diabetes, geriatrics, heart, liver, lung disease and more, in which University of Arizona faculty welcome our residents into their labs and allow them to participate in both clinical and bench research.

If you are looking for a friendly program with high academic standards and rigorous clinical models, we welcome you to visit and meet our leadership, faculty and residents as part of our interview process. Tomorrow is here today. Come grow with us!

Laura E. Meinke, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinical Scholar
Associate Vice Chair, Office of Education, Department of Medicine
Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program – Tucson Campus, Department of Medicine

Internal Medicine Residency – Tucson Campus

Housestaff training in internal medicine at the University of Arizona originated in 1972. Since then, we’ve graduated more than 700 physicians trained in all aspects of primary care. We consider this training experience to be highly competitive and successful. Residents learn the fundamentals of inpatient medicine while caring for patients on the general medical wards and in state-of-the-art intensive care and cardiac care units. The experience is broadened by ample exposure to ambulatory medicine. We also enjoy one of Arizona’s highest board passage rates.

Our primary clinical partner is Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, which is part of the academic division of Phoenix-based Banner Health along with multiple clinical facilities in Tucson that include the Banner – UMC South community hospital, UA Cancer Center Peter & Paula Fasseas Cancer Clinic and, adjacent to that, the new adult multispecialty outpatient center known as Banner – University Medicine North. Along with other community partners such as the Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (SAVAHCS), residents are now able to care for patients in a range of settings: a University hospital, community hospital and VA medical center, in addition to various outpatient clinical operations.

Residents are expected to focus on three major goals — education, clinical skills and research excellence. Research opportunities are plentiful and encouraged. Our intent is to provide the necessary background for the successful practice of medicine and to allow growth and interest in clinical and basic sciences research at an early stage in training. To accomplish this, three major teaching facilities are utilized: Banner – UMC Tucson, the SAVAHCS, and Tucson Medical Center. In addition, outpatient continuity clinic experiences are available at Banner – UMC Tucson, SAVAHCS as well as with specialty and general practice groups and community physicians.

[Our Current Residents]

Dr. Sherry Chow: Chemoprevention innovator advances Cancer Center’s impact on early-stage trials

With more than a quarter century’s worth of dedication to the University of Arizona Cancer Center and her retirement approaching, the value of Dr. Sherry Chow’s impactfulness has been felt far beyond her work with early-phase cancer prevention research trials.

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Meet our Residents

Kaitlyn Baber, MD

PGY-1

MD: University of Kansas School of Medicine, 2022

Originally from Kansas, I pursued my undergraduate and medical education within my home state. Eager to broaden my horizons and escape Midwest winters, I looked for residency opportunities outside of Kansas. I chose The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson because of its reputation for combining a welcoming atmosphere with high academic standards and commitment to outstanding patient care. My interests outside of medicine include reading, hiking, live music, and trying new restaurants.

Resident News - Internal Medicine Residency - Tucson Campus

[NIH/NIAID microscopy image of coccidioides fungal spore, which causes Valley fever, with images of U of A's Dr. John Galgiani in his lab and two Congressmen who introduced new legislation for a human vaccine]

Bipartisan bill to accelerate human vaccine for Valley fever introduced in Congress

Two U.S. representatives, a Democrat from Phoenix and a Republican from California’s Central Valley, recently filed legislation to fund creation of a national strategy for a human vaccine for Valley fever. DOM infectious diseases professor Dr. John Galgiani is quoted.

[Collage of images and logos re: 2024 Arizona Chapter Scientific Meeting of the American College of Physicians, 11.8-9.24, in Tucson]

Tucson’s Casino del Sol to host ACP-AZ Scientific Meeting, Nov. 8-9

With a record number of posters from medical students and residents, a new Great Debates contest added to the Doctor’s Dilemma and poster/oral vignettes contests, and a point-of-care ultrasound training session, the state chapter of the American College of Physicians event is building excitement, says ACP-AZ Education Committee Chair and DOM Associate Professor Dr. Indu Partha. See the schedule, who’s speaking – and register today!

[Graphical illustration of NHLBI Workshop on Health Disparities in Pulmonary Vascular Disease]

U of A-led NHLBI Workshop explores disparities in pulmonary hypertension

A virtual national workshop, Oct. 22-23, chaired by the DOM Pulmonary division’s Dr. Franz Rischard goes beyond how much a person’s race outweighs their mixed ancestry, sex and/or social determinants of health in a disease directly affecting over 2 million people in the U.S. Read the Q&A with Dr. Rischard on why this is important.