News - Internal Medicine Residency - Tucson Campus
Two University Campus IM Residents Win for Recent Medicine Grand Rounds Presentations
Cheers to University of Arizona residents Drs. Kevin Breen and John Dicken, named winners of the Medicine Grand Rounds presentations for those recognized at Research Academic Half Day (AHD) and American College of Physicians (ACP) Clinical Vignettes research competitions. They presented on May 15 and May 8, respectively, Dr. Breen on regulation of a protein in brain cancer (i.e., astrocytoma to glioblastoma) and Dr. Dicken on heart arrhythmias (i.e., differences between wide complex tachycardia and V-tach)…
‘Class of 2019’ Video, Photos Provide Up Close, Personal Viewpoint on College of Medicine – Tucson Convocation
Congratulations to the more than 100 University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson students in the Class of 2019 that celebrated their graduation at the convocation ceremony hosted May 9 at the UA Centennial Hall. See a video and mini-photo gallery (courtesy of Drs. Indu Partha and Kevin Reilly) of the event that showcases participating DOM faculty…
Latest Bressler-Alpert Society Travel Award Winner to Present at ASCO Annual Meeting
Dr. Bryce Perkins, a member of the University of Arizona Internal Medicine Residency Program – University Campus, will present at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s 2019 Annual Meeting in Chicago in early June. He is one of four winners of Department of Medicine travel awards from the society this year. Others presenting at AAAI Annual Meeting, in February, and ATS 2019 International Conference, later this month. Join or contribute today!…
Thirty-three Students, Physicians Recognized at 2019 DOM Awards Assembly
Congratulations to all the winners at the 2019 University of Arizona Department of Medicine Awards Assembly, hosted at the Arizona Inn on Tuesday, April 30. In all, 36 awards were presented. Double award winners this year included medical students Zoey Harris and Amir Abidov and Dr. Tirdad Zangeneh. Among repeat winners from last year were: Drs. Nathan Coffman, Elly Varma, Daniel Orta (who won the inaugural Lois Estok, MD, Award for Outstanding Resident in General Internal Medicine), Norman Beatty, Meenakshi Dagar, Eugene Trowers and Joseph Alpert…
Tucson Campus Internal Medicine Residents Shine at Research AHD – Oral Vignettes Next
Congratulations to winners at the 2019 Research Academic Half Day poster contest for the UA Internal Medicine Residency Program at Tucson Campus: Drs. Phan Saligrama, Kevin Breen, Darien Reed, Nicole Smith and Hyun Soo “Kevin” Jang. They’ll offer oral vignettes on their projects at Medicine Grand Rounds, May 15, 12-1 p.m., Room 5403. Thanks to all who participated, including faculty: Drs. Khadijah Breathett, Elizabeth Connick, Lori Fantry, J.P. Ferreira, Steve Goldman, Julia Indik, James Knepler, Laura Meinke, Dalia Mikhael, Serena Scott, Amy Sussman and Jil Tardiff…
New Patient Tower Opens at Banner – UMC Tucson
Nine-story hospital tower opens to patients April 22; community preview April 7
UA Match Day Results: 49 DOM Incoming Residents, with 46 in Internal Medicine, 3 in Dermatology
Congrats to the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s 95 graduating medical students who matched March 15 on Match Day 2019 into residency physician training programs—18 into internal medicine programs. From here and around the nation, 46 total matched into those programs at the UA Department of Medicine (36 at main campus, 10 at South Campus) and three more in dermatology. See how they are and where they come from—and a photo gallery, too!...
![[The scoreboard showing where all UArizona medical students from Tucson matched across the country]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/match_day_map_for_social_and_slideshow_400x320.jpg?itok=8uKzB6Fx×tamp=1552939068 "The scoreboard showing where all UArizona medical students from Tucson matched across the country")
Future Physicians Celebrate Match Day
Forty percent of the UA College of Medicine – Tucson Class of 2019 will remain in Arizona to practice medicine and pursue their residency training. More than one-third of the class will pursue primary care — a physician specialty that is critically low in Arizona and the nation.
Media Contact: Nadia Whitehead
![[Drs. Malvika Varma and Bulbul Cibei (Photos: UAHS BioCommunications) ]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/docs-teaser_0.jpg?itok=6e_U0lCJ×tamp=1552594510 "Drs. Malvika Varma and Bulbul Cibei (Photos: UAHS BioCommunications)")
Two New Internal Medicine Specialists Join Faculty as UA-Banner Clinician Educators
Drs. Malika Varma and Bulbul Cibei bring broad clinical experience in training internal medicine resident physicians and medical students to the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South.
![[Students celebrate during Match Day 2018]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/matchday2018-teaser_0.jpg?itok=Zi-PoY53×tamp=1710783070 "Students celebrate during Match Day 2018")
Soon-to-be-Doctors Learn their Future at Match Day Ceremony at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson
On Friday, March 15, more than 100 medical students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson simultaneously will open an envelope revealing where they will go for their residency training. Surrounded by friends and family, the emotion-filled ceremony is a rite of passage for soon-to-be doctors.
Latest Anti-retroviral Drug Regimens Provide `Lazarus Effect’ for HIV Patients Suffering from Frailty
Frailty related to HIV infection “is rapidly becoming a specter of the past” and today it “is possible to control HIV infection in all patients,” according to a perspective article authored by a clinical team at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
New, Minimally Invasive Treatment for Enlarged Prostate Shows Promise
Banner – UMC first to offer PAE in Southern Arizona
UA Study Confirms Self-reported Sleep Duration an Accurate, Useful Health Measure in Children
A new study by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson shows that sleep duration reports by children and their parents are fairly accurate.
Dr. Meinke Featured in ASTEC Photo on Winning Grad Researchers
Dr. Laura Meinke, director of the University of Arizona Internal Medicine Residency Program – Tucson Campus, was featured in a photo accompanying a story about two UA graduate students and ASTEC research specialists winning a best in show award at the 2019 International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), held Jan. 26-30 in San Antonio, Texas…
UA College of Nursing Launches Bachelor of Science in Nursing Integrative Health Program in Gilbert, Ariz.
The new program will be the first program nationally to incorporate integrative health content and interventions into a BSN nursing program.
Global Health Clinical Course Open to UA/Banner Health Residents, Fellows
The Office of Global Health at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson would like to inform residents and fellows at Banner – University Medical Center clinical facilities that they are able to enroll in the Global Health: Clinical and Community Care (MED896A) course to prepare to join colleagues abroad on medical missions to broaden their training and clinical experience...
Get a Load of Expanded Agenda, Speakers List and Topics for THE TUCSON CONFERENCE, Feb. 2 – Sign Up Today!
With eight additional speakers, an extra 0.5 continuing medical education units—for a total of 8.5 CMEs—and free registration for UA residents and fellows, the final agenda is complete for “THE TUCSON CONFERENCE – A CME Event for the Tucson Community.” The event is open to all Southern Arizona area clinicians on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m, at the Tucson Marriott University Park…
A Frenzy of Fellowship Matches, Both ‘To’ and ‘From’ DOM Training Programs, Announced for 2019-20
Thirty-five residents and fellows matched into the 17 ACGME-accredited fellowships available at the University of Arizona Department of Medicine, among them six from the UA Internal Medicine Program – Tucson Campus, three from the UA Internal Medicine Program – South Campus, four UA fellows and a chief resident from the UA Emergency Medicine Residency Program. In addition, two Tucson Campus IM chief residents and the South Campus IM chief resident and nine IM residents from the UA matched into fellowships elsewhere. See who’s coming and who’s going…
Why Internal Medicine? Ask Dr. Indu Partha. SheMD for ‘Women in Medicine’ Did.
Dr. Indu Partha, an assistant professor in the Division of Geriatrics, General Internal and Palliative Medicine at the University of Arizona College of medicine – Tucson and Banner – University Medicine, was the featured author in a blog, “Why (Inpatient) Internal Medicine? – PCP on the Wards” that posted Jan. 6 at sheMD.org — a virtual community and digital journal club for “Women in Medicine”…
Fourth UA Cardiology Research Fair Offers a Dating Perspective for Investigators, Mentors, Trainees
The UA BIO5 Institute’s Room 103, in the Thomas W. Keating Building, plays host to the next Cardiology Research Fair on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 4-5:30 p.m. Come learn about the innovative, cutting-edge investigations occurring at the University of Arizona to combat cardiovascular disease. Get a chance to talk one-on-one with the researchers and prospective mentors/mentees via a speed-dating format…
Four from Department of Medicine Honored with First-Ever COM-T Clinical Excellence Awards
Hospitalist Dr. Bujji Ainapurapu, geriatrician Dr. Monica Vandivort, infectious disease specialist Dr. Tirdad Zangeneh and pathologist Dr. Erika Bracamonte, who heads the Renal Biopsy Service with a dual appointment in the Division of Nephrology, were among 10 University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson faculty to be presented Nov. 7 with the inaugural Clinical Excellence Awards at the college’s quarterly general faculty meeting…
Third Annual Fellows Retreat to Capitalize on Medicine’s Recruiting Successes
The 2018 Department of Medicine Fellows Retreat, with more than 75 fellows and faculty expected to attend, is set for 5:30-7:30 p.m., Sept. 12, at the University of Arizona Cancer Center’s Kiewit Auditorium. Come learn about career trajectories of junior and senior faculty, opportunities in research and academic medicine, mentorship and more. You’ll hear from Drs. Irving Kron, Monica Kraft, Jil Tardiff, Tara Carr, Anita Koshy and your peers. By invitation only…
Forty-Plus New Banner UMC Chief Residents Undergo ‘Complex Care for All Ages’ Training
The 9th Annual Interprofessional Chief Resident Immersion Training (IP-CRIT) Program in the Care of Complex Patients of All Ages was hosted June 9-10 by the University of Arizona Center on Aging at the J.W. Marriott Star Pass Resort with more than 40 chief residents in attendance. Participating as instructors were the UA Department of Medicine’s Drs. Gordon Carr, Mindy Fain, Bree Johnston and Stacie Pinderhughes. See a photo gallery from the dinner…
Retiring Dr. Yeager Passes Baton to Dr. Chalasani as UA Hem-Onc Fellowship Director
Dr. Pavani Chalasani is the new director of the University of Arizona Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship Training Program in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the UA Department of Medicine and UA Cancer Center. As of May 1, she replaces Dr. Andrew Yeager, who has been named a professor emeritus and will continue to give lectures and lead a fellows boot camp. His official retirement is June 29…
Graduating Class of 2018 Department of Medicine Residents Celebrating in Style
Twenty-eight residents, eight interns and four chief residents in the UA Internal Medicine Residency Program – University Campus graduated Saturday, June 2, at a ceremony hosted at the Skyline Country Club—with others also recognized by the program with awards. Dermatology residents held their graduation May 17. South Campus internal medicine residents celebrate theirs June 15. See photos and where they’re headed next…