Medicine Grand Rounds with Dr. Tara F. Carr

The Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson presents:

Topic: “Advances in Asthma Care: AIR, MART, and Biologics”
Tara F. Carr, MD 

Noon-1 p.m., Lecture Hall, Room 5403
College of Medicine – Tucson
(See flyer below for ALL virtual viewing links.)

— A light lunch will be provided. —

LIVESTREAM LINK!

Presenter: Dr Tara Carr is a board-certified Allergist/Immunologist physician and Professor of Medicine and Otolaryngology at the University of Arizona with clinical, research, and educational passions. Dr Carr attended medical school at the University of Virginia, where she became fascinated by the field of Allergy & Immunology. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and Allergy & Immunology fellowship at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL, with an emphasis on translational research of airways inflammation and immune dysregulation. She joined the faculty of the University of Arizona in 2011 and has since established and leads the Adult Allergy & Immunology Clinic at the Banner University Medicine North Campus in Tucson. She started the first ACGME-accredited Allergy/Immunology Fellowship Program in the state of Arizona, for which she serves as Program Director, and is passionate about teaching pediatricians and internists the nuance of this specialized field. In her research career, Dr Carr is focused on studying the impact of environmental exposures on development and heterogeneity of allergic disease, with an emphasis on asthma. Dr Carr has contributed to national collaborative research networks studying novel treatments of asthma for children and adults. Her highly collaborative laboratory at Bio5 serves as biorepository for multiple clinical cohorts and utilizes a broad range of experimental methods to describe the immunological characteristics of asthma and allergic disease.

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■ Flyer for this event:  dom_grand_rounds_flyer_2024-10-23_v2-cdm.pdf

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

Medicine Grand Rounds are held in Room 5403, on the fifth floor of the College of Medicine – Tucson. To view Medicine Grand Rounds remotely, see this live weblink: https://streaming.biocom.arizona.edu/streaming/. To view it after the fact, click on "Archive" at the top of this same link's webpage and, from the dropdown menu under "Category," select "Medicine Grand Rounds" and click "Search" to find the event you're seeking.

Accreditation Statement: The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement: All Faculty, CME Planning Committee Members, and the CME Office Reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with ineligible companies that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.

Learning Objectives:

• Diagnose a variety of internal medicine illnesses
• Understand more clearly advances in therapy
• Become truly professional physicians

For questions or accommodations that may be necessary, please contact the Office of the Chair, 520-626-6349 at least three days in advance of event.