News Archive: 2016
![[Photo of Bentley Bobrow, MD, and another of someone providing CPR on a dummy]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/bobrowcprslide_0.jpg?itok=LlJ1d5WW×tamp=1710726545 "Photo of Bentley Bobrow, MD, and another of someone providing CPR on a dummy")
May 4, 2016
“These outcomes demonstrate that it is feasible to save lives from cardiac arrest through implementing and measuring this key intervention of Telephone-CPR instructions delivered by 9-1-1 dispatchers,” said UA Emergency Medicine researcher Dr. Bentley J. Bobrow.
![[Oscar Beita, MPH]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/beitateaser.jpg?itok=j_e4iwp8×tamp=1462556988 "Oscar Beita, MPH")
May 3, 2016
Oscar Beita, MPH, and Lydia Kennedy, MEd, who currently work within the UA Health Sciences Office of Diversity and Inclusion, will be taking on new leadership roles.
May 2, 2016
Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center South are part of Banner – University Medicine, a premier academic medical network. These institutions are academic medical centers for the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
![[Alex Sandweiss]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/2016-05-02_sandweiss_alex_900x675px.jpg?itok=Ig7PvpW4×tamp=1710723797 "Alex Sandweiss")
May 2, 2016
Understanding how opioids activate the reward pathway leading to addiction is crucial to developing a non-addictive pain reliever, says Sandweiss, who also is arranger/director for the singing group DocApella
![[Living Healthy With Arthrtis purple logo]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/teaser_2.jpg?itok=hyFEKiz8×tamp=1462034437 "Living Healthy With Arthrtis purple logo")
April 29, 2016
Free and open to the public, the lecture by Dr. Charles Ratzlaff will discuss the prevention and management of knee and hip osteoarthritis with an emphasis on neuromuscular re-training.
April 28, 2016
Did you know that you can view/listen to UA Department of Medicine Grand Rounds via Apple’s iTunes? It's true...
April 28, 2016
University of Arizona Health Sciences, University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University researchers are one step closer to understanding the genetic and biological basis of diseases like cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and rheumatoid arthritis – and to identifying new drug targets and therapies.
April 28, 2016
Dr. Kent Kwoh's research focuses on outcome assessment and examination of risk factors for the development and progression of a broad spectrum of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, most notably identification of MRI imaging biomarkers for the development and/or progression of knee osteoarthritis and related pain characterization...
April 22, 2016
Banner Health—the chief clinical partner for the UA Health Sciences colleges—will soon launch a redesigned, more customer-friendly public website that’s designed to be mobile-friendly and offers new functionality and features. Views are geocentrically coordinated to clinical programs and services of the nearest Banner facilities. Preview it via video highlights here…
![[Victoria Maizes, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/maizesslide_0_0_0.jpg?itok=nKOy6sOo×tamp=1709064674 "Victoria Maizes, MD")
April 20, 2016
Dr. Maizes will describe local and national initiatives that are being implemented and producing meaningful change, from school-based mindfulness programs to community gardens as well as University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine programs that can enhance well-being and improve the health of our society. The lecture is free and open to the public.
![[Wanda Moore and Nancy Sweitzer, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/mooreteaser.jpg?itok=vnERr_mc×tamp=1462295378 "Wanda Moore and Nancy Sweitzer, MD, PhD")
April 18, 2016
April is National Minority Health Month and the UA Sarver Heart Center Community Coalition for Heart Health Education, a minority outreach program, works year-round to raise awareness of heart health disparities.
![[Bentley J. Bobrow, MD, and Joe G.N. “Skip” Garcia, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/garciabobrowslid2_0.jpg?itok=dCiLQMWx×tamp=1710458448 "Bentley J. Bobrow, MD, and Joe G.N. “Skip” Garcia, MD")
April 18, 2016
Joe G.N. “Skip” Garcia, MD, and Bentley J. Bobrow, MD, FACEP, FAHA, made Phoenix Magazine’s list of the top 25 most influential people involved in Phoenix health care.
April 15, 2016
Dr. Sasha Taleban’s research focuses on clinical characterization and management of patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, aka inflammatory bowel disease, particularly those of advanced age...
April 14, 2016
April 14 is Heart Failure Society of America’s Red Steps Challenge – 6 million red steps to raise awareness of the 6 million Americans who are living with heart failure
![[Lalitha Madhavan, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/madhavanteaser.jpg?itok=rdLdL6f4×tamp=1462295378 "Lalitha Madhavan, MD, PhD")
April 14, 2016
April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month and innovative research is especially significant in working toward an eventual cure for this progressive disorder that affects an estimated seven to 10 million people worldwide.
![[Lawrence J. Mandarino, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/mandarinoslide_0.jpg?itok=2_GWnnjJ×tamp=1710368709 "Lawrence J. Mandarino, PhD")
April 12, 2016
Internationally recognized translational researcher tapped to lead University of Arizona Health Sciences’ efforts to accelerate interdisciplinary research toward the prevention, treatment and cure of diabetes and related conditions.
![[Charles B. Cairns, MD, FACEP, FAHA]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/cairnsslide_1_0.jpg?itok=8_OYE4x2×tamp=1710367980 "Charles B. Cairns, MD, FACEP, FAHA")
April 11, 2016
A nationally recognized leader in emergency medicine and critical care research, Dr. Cairns has served as interim dean of the college since February 2015.
April 6, 2016
Valley Fever Clinic opens in Tucson in April; Banner – University Medical Center thanks and honors its volunteers April 8; head and neck cancer lecture, April 14.
April 6, 2016
UA Vice President for Athletics Greg Byrne and “Voice of the Wildcats” Brian Jeffries will be guest speakers at the event, which benefits research to identify the causes, improve the diagnosis and treatment and find cures for the more than 100 forms of arthritis.
![[University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/uacc_0.jpg?itok=TZPpcoOQ×tamp=1710191763 "University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson")
March 31, 2016
Overall implications for this new approach suggest that low energy X-rays or electron beams have a high therapeutic ratio in relieving the limiting symptoms of “Scleredema of Buschke” and in improving the quality of life of the patients afflicted by it.