News Archive: 2018

All of Us Research Program in Tucson to Host Awareness Event Nov. 15
November 13, 2018

The All of Us Research Program in Tucson is hosting an awareness event open to the public on Thursday, Nov. 15, to promote the national effort to gather data from one million or more people living in the United States to accelerate health-related research.


Dozen College of Medicine – Tucson Teaching Awards Go to Internal Medicine
November 9, 2018

More than 20 outstanding medical educators shared 37 awards presented Thursday, Nov. 8, during the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s 39th Annual Faculty Teaching Awards and the Vernon and Virginia Furrow Awards. Twelve were for internal medicine, including Educator of the Year and a Lifetime Award for Dr. Amy Sussman. See photos of all the winners as well as video from the ceremony…


Packed House, Agenda Make for Eventful Fall 2018 DOM General Faculty Meeting
November 9, 2018

With a full agenda at the Fall 2018 General Faculty Meeting for the UA Department of Medicine, seats filled quickly. About 65 people attended with several more watching online to hear addresses by Drs. Michael Dake (Sr. VP, UA Health Sciences), Irv Kron (Dean, UA College of Medicine – Tucson) and Rick Schnellman (Dean, UA College of Pharmacy). Other reports came from Tech Launch Arizona, and Drs. Tammy Ojo (Clinical Affairs) and Amy Sussman (Education). See the photo gallery, view the video…


Inaugural Clinical Excellence Award Winners Feted at COM – Tucson General Faculty Meeting
November 8, 2018

Congratulations to Drs. Bujji Ainapurapu, Erika Bracamonte, Monica Vandivort and Tirdad Zangeneh, four Department of Medicine faculty who were among 10 physicians recognized Nov. 7 at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson General Faculty Meeting with inaugural Clinical Excellence Awards by Dean Irving Kron. See the photos, watch the video!…


Dr. Curiel Co-Authors New Care Guidelines for Melanoma by American Academy of Dermatology
November 8, 2018

A Melanoma Work Group for the American Academy of Dermatology released in early November new “Guidelines of Care for the Management of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma,” which includes among its co-authors work group member Dr. Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, from the University of Arizona Division of Dermatology, UA Skin Cancer Institute and UA Cancer Center…


Banner – University Medicine Hiring Event Set for Nov. 13 at UA Health Sciences Plaza
November 7, 2018

Southern Arizonans seeking employment in the medical professions are invited to attend a Banner – University Medicine hiring event from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, to learn about hundreds of health-care job openings across Tucson. It will be held in the plaza south of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, adjacent to Banner – University Medical Center Tucson at 1501 N. Campbell Ave…


UA’s Dr. Donata Vercelli Elected First Female Secretary General of International Allergy Collegium
November 6, 2018

Donata Vercelli, MD, has been elected secretary general of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum, a group of distinguished international physicians and scientists who study the emerging field of allergy and clinical immunology. As secretary general, Dr. Vercelli eventually will become the first female president of the organization.


UA Nephrology Celebrates Busy Schedule, Multiple Successes for Third Quarter 2018
November 5, 2018

Among kudos for the division in the past few months are the opening of a multidisciplinary stone clinic, creation of a Nephrology Fellow Survival App, welcome of a new pancreas and kidney transplant medical director, successful conference presentations and honors, a record 10 kidney transplants in one week and a kidney patient panel talk…  


B Cell Follicles Shield HIV, According to UA Research Findings
November 2, 2018

A review article published by the journal Frontiers in Immunology and written by the University of Arizona Division of Infectious Diseases’ Drs. Matthew Bronniman and Elizabeth Connick  highlights recent research findings UA regarding the barriers to a cure for HIV that are posed by the B cell follicle…


UA Petersen Clinics Participate in National Latino AIDS Awareness Day at Abrams Center
November 1, 2018

The University of Arizona Petersen HIV Clinics, a clinical care and outreach program hosted by the UA Division of Infectious Diseases at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South, sponsored a table at local festivities for the 16th Annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) held Oct. 26 at the Abrams Public Health Center…


UA Professor Receives Grant for Innovative Research in Preventing Heart Failure
November 1, 2018

NIH grant will allow Taben Hale, PhD, to study cardiac fibroblasts.


UA Rheumatologists, Arthritis Center Members on Frightful Pace in October
October 30, 2018

Led by Dr. Kent Kwoh, UA Arthritis Center director and Division of Rheumatology chief, researchers had 15 abstracts accepted for the 2018 American College of Rheumatology/American Rheumatology Health Professionals Annual Meeting, Oct. 19-24, in Chicago. PGY2 rheumatology fellow Dr. Manjinder Kaur won first place in the 2018 Image Competition. In addition, division faculty and researchers presented a series of lectures to highlight “Spotlight on Arthritis Week” at world-renowned Canyon Ranch Health Resort in Tucson, Oct. 9 -12. All this and more…


‘Conquering Arthritis...Meet the University of Arizona Arthritis Center Researchers,’ Nov. 8
October 29, 2018

An opportunity to visit one-on-one with UA Arthritis Center faculty members, physicians and scientists to learn about the Center’s leading-edge research.


UA to Co-Host Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Lecture, ‘Empowering the IPF Patient,” at Aloft Tucson University, Dec. 3
October 28, 2018

Dr. Sachin Chaudhary will co-chair a complimentary 3.5-CME event, “Empowering the IPF Patient,” Dec. 3, at Aloft Tucson University with National Jewish Health’s Dr. Gregory Cosgrove, who also is CMO for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation. The event is free and open to the public…


Four from Department of Medicine Honored with First-Ever COM-T Clinical Excellence Awards
October 25, 2018

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…


Banner – UMC Tucson Earns Blue Distinction Center Designation from Blue Cross Blue Shield
October 25, 2018

Physicians at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson can take much of the credit for recent news Banner – University Medical Center Tucson has been recognized by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association as a Blue Distinction Center® for lung transplants. It’s the second such feat in a year, as the lung transplant program earned Aetna Institutes of Excellence™ status last fall. Both should broaden the geographic base of the program’s clientele…


UA College of Medicine – Tucson Recognizes Best in Clinical Excellence Among Faculty
October 25, 2018

For their outstanding dedication to clinical care, 10 physicians have received the UA College of Medicine – Tucson’s new Clinical Excellence Awards.


Could Wearable Technology Help Patients Monitor Blood Pressure?
October 24, 2018

A lab simulation model of an artificial artery in the Slepian Lab at the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center demonstrates “pulse wave velocity” is a feasible measurement for monitoring blood pressure. Wearable patches show promise for measuring PWV, making them a potentially inexpensive blood-pressure monitoring option.


Standing, Stretching and Sun: Healthy Office Habits Make a Major Difference
October 23, 2018

Dr. Esther Sternberg, UA Center for Integrative Medicine research director and the UA's resident expert on workplace well-being, offers advice for staying healthy at the office – like standing, stretching and getting outside. "Add up every day of your working life and these small, incremental improvements truly add up to a much happier, healthier life," she says. "You can think of your office as your new gym..."


Healthy Dose Blog Looks at BRCA1, BRCA2 Mutations, HPV for October Posts
October 22, 2018

Two Healthy Dose Blog posts from the University of Arizona Health Sciences focus our attention on cancer this month, one appropriately—as October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month—targeting BRACA1 and BRACA2 mutations. The other addresses HPV, which is causes cervical cancer and head-and-neck cancer…


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