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Dr. Vijay Chandiramani named Hospitalist of the Year
June 24, 2024

The associate chief for Division of Inpatient Medicine received the honor from Arizona Chapter of American College of Physicians.


Latest DOM newsletter focuses on graduations, new clinic, research day and promotions
June 21, 2024

The June 2024 Internal Digest newsletter is out, putting the spotlight on graduations from DOM’s 15 fellowship and two residency programs, a new Cardiology clinic, IM Research Day results, faculty promotions and the Boyer Liver Institute – and featuring six photo galleries.


New Tanque Verde Cardiology Clinic expected to open soon
June 14, 2024

Division of Cardiology and Sarver Heart Center faculty and staff are excited about new 11,000-square-foot facility next to Banner Cardiovascular surgery center in Tucson with ample access for midtown, foothills patients. 


DOM fellows, residents look to future in post-graduate world
June 13, 2024

DOM Fellows and residents have been graduating since May 5 from the 15 fellowship and two residency programs currently active within the Department of Medicine. All are headed to bigger and better things whether here or across the country and world. See where they’re going.


Summer sessions for DOM Faculty Instructional Development announced
June 11, 2024

The summer schedule for Faculty Instructional Development sessions – six in all (two per month) – within the Department of Medicine has been released, with the first occurring Wednesday, June 12, 2-2:30 p.m., via Zoom. Register for this and other sessions today!


Thomas D. Boyer Liver Institute newsletter offers insights, updates and outreach
June 7, 2024

Staff profiles, Global Fatty Liver Day on June 13, community outreach for free Hep-C screenings, and a plethora of info on research, policy briefs & outbreak updates, clinical trials and other current studies is what you’ll find in the most recent newsletter.


Study finds potential pathway to reducing breast cancer brain metastases
June 6, 2024

Brain metastases are the most prevalent adult central nervous system tumors, with 20% to 30% of cases resulting from breast cancer patients. DOM’s Dr. Jennifer Carew and Steffan Nawrocki were co-authors on the paper.


Nine DOM faculty win title upgrades via promotion
May 28, 2024

Well wishes for Department of Medicine faculty who earned promotions for the next academic year. They include Drs. Mohanad Al Obaidi, Tara Carr, Michel Corban, Sima Ehsani, Justin Hayes, Olivia Hung, Neha Jaswal, Elizabeth Juneman and Bijin Thajudeen. Three are from Cardiology and two from Infectious Diseases.


Research Academic Half Day adds oral vignettes to poster competition for 2024
May 24, 2024

Residents got twice the bang for their buck at this year’s Internal Medicine Research Academic Half Day with both a traditional poster contest as well as – for the first time ever – oral vignettes during the event’s activities. Multiple DOM faculty participated as judges. See photo gallery and announcement of who won.


More than 75 join to celebrate lives of Drs. Jim Dalen, Jay Smith
May 23, 2024

Families, friends and former faculty of prior College of Medicine – Tucson dean and vice dean—both with Department of Medicine divisions—share memories of a dynamic time in the college’s history at May 22 memorial held in their honor and hosted by DOM chair, Dr. Jim Liao, and vice chair, Dr. Joe Alpert.


Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine celebrates grand opening
May 15, 2024

Panel discussion with pioneers in integrative health care, cooking demonstrations, public open house highlight debut of new complex. DOM faculty were prominent at each, if only in attending. See who was there with two mini-photo galleries and a video.


Bhattacharya named inaugural executive director of CAMI
May 13, 2024

The Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies will be led by Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, a renowned immunologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson.


Two DOM faculty to graduate from SSWIMS fellowship, four more named fellows
May 10, 2024

Drs. Olivia Hung and Salma Patel are among 11 who’ll graduate May 15 in the first class for the Spurring Success for Women in Medicine and Science, or SSWIMS, fellowship at the College of Medicine – Tucson. And Drs. Danielle Avila, Billie Bixby, Saher Khalid and Amy Klein have been named to the second class.


Seven from DOM recognized by Academy of Medical Education Scholars UArizona chapter
May 8, 2024

Four DOM faculty were inducted recently into the UArizona Chapter of the Academy of Medical Education Scholars, or AMES, at the College of Medicine – Tucson and three others from the department won research grants. Find out who they were here.


Summer 2024 professional development opportunity for UArizona faculty
May 8, 2024

UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson faculty are encouraged to apply to participate in NAU Flagstaff program to build bridges and transform institutions in support of graduate STEM education among indigenous and Latinx students.


Photo Gallery: Mediterranean diet, fiber-rich foods focus of latest ‘Docs in the Kitchen’ cooking demo
May 7, 2024

A fiber-rich diet’s many benefits include reducing risk of cancer, according to hematology & oncology fellowship director Dr. Krisstina Gowin and Dr. Juanita Merchant, UArizona Cancer Center interim director and GI division chief. See a photo gallery of them helping prepare four-course meal.


Surgery Department welcomes new Cardiothoracic Surgery Chief, Scott Silvestry, MD
May 7, 2024

Prior to joining UArizona, Dr. Silvestry was at Advent Health Orlando where he served as co-executive medical director of the Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute and surgical director of Thoracic Transplant Programs.


Dr. Elizabeth Juneman listed among 2024 Rising Star Women of Medicine
May 6, 2024

Women We Admire, a membership organization comprised of accomplished women executives and leaders across the U.S. and Canada, included University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson cardiologist Elizabeth B. Juneman, MD, among the 2024 Rising Star Women of Medicine.


DOM faculty anchor Climate Change panel at Arthritis Center symposium
May 6, 2024

Arthritis Center director and Rheumatology division chief Dr. C. Kent Kwoh moderated the panel which included the DOM’s Drs. Fariba Donovan, Randy Horwitz and Julia Jernberg and Emergency Medicine’s Dr. Art Sanders. A related KJZZ story with Dr. Jernberg was picked up by over 1,000 media outlets. See mini-photo gallery.


Invasive squamous cell carcinoma study presented at AACR annual meeting
May 3, 2024

Dermatology division chief and UArizona Skin Cancer Institute co-director, Dr. Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski presented the work in San Diego on the effect of melanoma drug TVEC on patients with cutaneous invasive squamous cell carcinoma, or cSCC.


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